Archive for September, 2010
Seal and Heidi Have a “Secret”
• September 30, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Africans, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Germany, Love, Music, Music Videos, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, Women
Tags: "Secret", Black Briton, Brazil, Erotic, Fashion, Fashion Model, German Americans, Germans, Heidi Klum Samuel, Interracial Celebrity Couples, Interracial Couples, Interracial Marriage, Interracial Relationships, Intimacy, Love, Marriage, Model, Music Video, Nigeria, Seal, Seal Samuel, Sex, Singer, Vocalist
UPDATE: Jamal Parris and Spencer LeGrande, Two of the Four Plaintiffs Against Bishop Eddie Long, Speak Out
• September 29, 2010 • 4 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Love, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Televangelists, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Dime Wars", African Americans, Anti-Gay, Anti-Gay Remarks, Atlanta, B.J. Bernstein, Baptist, Baptists, Bisexual, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Long, Black Evangelicals, Charlotte NC, Child Sexual Abuse, Civil Suit, Closet, Coercion, Cologne, Colorado, Cult, Daddy, Dale Russell, District Attorney, Eddie Long, Ephebophilia, Faux News, Faux Noise, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox News, Fox News Channel, Gay, Grooming, Homosexual, Interview, Jamal Parris, LGBT, Maurice Robinson, Media Critics, Out of the Closet, Pastors, Pedophilia, Plaintiff, Preachers, Prosperity Gospel, Protestants, Sex, Sex Predator, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Misbehavior, Spencer LeGrande, United States, WAGA-TV
The President at the University of Wisconsin, Madison
• September 29, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, National Issues, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Economy, Wisconsin
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, Blacks, Children, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Crush, Library Mall, Madison WI, Mayor Tom Barrett, Midterm Elections, Milwaukee WI, Organization, President Barack Obama, Rep. Tammy Baldwin, Ron Johnson, Senator Russ Feingold, Sick, Stampede, The Midterm Elections 2010, University of Wisconsin Madison, UW-Madison, Wisconsin
That American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning “Tongue” Ad Spot
• September 27, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Class, Comedy, Commercials, Cultural History, Natural Disasters, Television
Tags: Boilers, Business, Children, Cold, Construction and Maintenance, Earth Science, Floods, Furnaces, Ice, Indian Summer, Materials and Supplies, Mechanical, Mother, Natural Disasters and Hazards, Parents, Snow, Tongues, Wisconsin
Don Lemon Versus Bishop Eddie Long; My Feelings Lie with The Survivors
• September 27, 2010 • 4 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Education, Joblessness, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Spirituality, Televangelists, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Black Voices", "Spiritual Sons", "Young Acting", Abusers, Anger, Anthony Flagg, Apostle Bill Anderson, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Long, Black Masculinity, Black Mothers, Black Women, Cable TV, Charlotte NC, Chronological Age, CNN, Daddy, Deals with the Devil, Degradation, Don Lemon, Dr. Boyce Watkins, Exposure, Father, Favorites, Female Headed Families, Gay, Gay Marriage, Heterosexual, Homosexual, Hyper-Masculinity, Jamal Parris, Jury, Jury Trial, Legend in His Own Mind, Lithonia GA, Male Bordello, Marriage, Marriage Vows, Masculinity, Maurice Robinson, Mental Health, Mercenary, Myths, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Obsession, Omission, Parishioners, Pedophiles, Rage, Rape, Raped, Reputation, Reverend Bernice King, Settlement, Sex Predators, Sexual Abuse, Sissies, Spencer LeGrande, Spiritual Health, Stephen Brown, Subjugation, Survivors, Tammy Wynette, Television, The Black Community, The Great Recession, The Media, Tricks, Validity, Vanessa Long
UPDATE: Bishop Eddie Long Rumored To Be Stepping Down After Those Muscle Shots and A Fourth Litigant Surface
• September 24, 2010 • 10 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Mental Health/Psychology, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Kingdom Relationships", "Spiritual Sons", "Traditional Family Values", Abs, Age of Consent, ATL, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, B.J. Bernstein, Bisexual, Bishop Earl Paulk, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Long, Black Gays, Bossip, Built, Charlotte NC, Child Molestation, Civil Suits, Conservative, Cut, Dating, Evangelical Christians, Gay, Gay Romeo, Gays, George Alan Rekers, Georgia, Heterosexual, Homophobe, Homophobia, Homophobia in the Black Church, Homophobia in the Black Community, Homosexuality, Jail, Jasmyne Cannick, Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart, Karma, Keith Boykin, Kenya, Lavalife, Lesbians, LGBT, Long Fellows Youth Academy, Married Clergy, Match.com, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, North Carolina, Parishioners, Professionalism, Republican, Rigid, San Francisco, Scripture, Sex, Sex Predator, Sexual Invitation, Sexual Relationship, Six Pack, Spencer LeGrande, Ted Haggard, The Bible, The Down Low, The Downlow, The Nineties, Tight, Traditional, Trinity Foundation, Yahoo Dating, Youth Ministers
UPDATE: President Obama Coming to UW Madison Tuesday, September 28
• September 22, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, National Issues, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Wisconsin
Tags: 'Bagger, African Americans, Barack Obama, Ben Harper, Blacks, Channel 3000, College Democrats, College Republicans, Dane County, Election Year, Harry S. Truman, Library Mall, Madison WI, Midterm Elections, Park and Bascom, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Presidents, State Street, The Fifties, The Kohl Center, The Midterm Elections 2010, The Secret Service, Wisconsin
The Next to the Last Word on Bethany Storro
• September 22, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Health, Hoaxes, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Today Show", "The Vancouver Voice", Bethany Storro, Clark County, Deaf, Drain Cleaner, Eff Bomb, Esther Park, Extremists, Fundamentalist Christians, Hate Crime, Hearing Impaired, Innocence, Internalized Racism, KGW-TV, Lynching, Mental Illiness, NBC, Police, Portland OR, Prosecutor Tony Golik, Racism, Rational Mind, Sadness, Suicide, The Pacific Northwest, Tony Golik, Vancouver WA, White Supremacist
UPDATE: Ken Kratz: A Third Woman Emerges, Tells of Sexual Harassment in Drug Case
• September 21, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in American Politics, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Political Malfeasance, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "Good Morning America", "The Isthmus", Attorney General, Calumet County, Columnist, Common Sense, DA Ken Kratz, DA Kratz, Dane County, District Attorney, Emily Mills, Governor Jim Doyle, J.B. Van Hollen, Ken Kratz, Lack of Common Sense, Lame Duck, Law School, Law Student, Maria Ruskiewicz, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City University of Law, Porn, Prosecutor, Republicans, Republicans Behaving Badly, Reputation, Sex Addict, Sex Addiction, Sexting, Sexual, Sexual Addiction, State Department of Justice, Text Messages, Wisconsin
A Disappointed Member of the Black Middle Class Addresses the President
• September 21, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, Teabagging Party, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Stimulus Bill, The Tea Party Movement, Women
Tags: African American, Alternatives, American Dream, Barack Obama, Black Women, Blacks, Foreclosures, Joblessness, Middle-Class, New York Times, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racism, Real Estate, Republicans, Subprime Loans, The Black Middle Class, The Economy, Third Political Party, Two-Party System, United States, Velma Hart, Veteran, Washington
Is James Jones a Hero? Outraged Father of Daughter With Cerebral Palsy Confronts the Bullies on the School Bus
• September 20, 2010 • 7 CommentsPosted in Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Class, Cultural History, Differently-Abled, Education, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Discipline", African Americans, Anti-Bullying Policy, Anti-Social Behavior, Black Families, Black Parents, Blacks, Buddhism, Buddhists, Bullying, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, Catholic Church, Catholic School, Conception, Condoms, Daughter, Gay Bait, Generations, Greenwood Lakes Middle School, Growing Up, Hero, Insensitivity, James Jones, Juvenile Court, Juvie, Lake Mary FL, Lake Mary Florida, Love, New Orleans, Nuns, OHellNawl, Prison, Prison Industry, Private School, Punching, Resources, School Administrators, School Bus, Schools, Seminole County, Seminole County Jail, Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, Slaus, Special Needs Child, Suicide, Suicide Watch, Teachers, The Sixties, Thuggish, Thugs, Thugs-in-Training, Triflin', Uncouth, Verbal Abuse, Violence and Abuse, Waste
UPDATE: Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Calumet County DA Facing More Pressure to Resign After He Sexted A Domestic Abuse Victim
• September 19, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Class, Crime, Domestic Violence, Political Malfeasance, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin, Women
Tags: Attorney General, Calumet County, Cell Phone Harassment, Common Sense, Defense Attorneys, Department of Justice, District Attorney, Divorce Attorneys, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Abuse Victim Advocates, Domestic Abusers, Domestic Violence, Governor Doyle, Governor Jim Doyle, Graphic, Harassment, Hard-Ons, J.B. Van Hollen, Judges, Kaukauna WI, Keith Sellen, Kenneth Kratz, Kevin Potter, Lack of Common Sense, Law, Law and Order, Lust, Marriage, Office of Lawyer Regulation, OLR, Prosecution, Prosecutor, Republican, Sexual Behavior, Sexual Harassment, State Department of Justice, Stephanie Van Groll, Testimony, The Wisconsin Supreme Court, Tony Gibart, Violation, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Wisconsin Crime Victims' Rights Board, Wisconsin District Attorneys' Association
“Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans” Comes to Madison in October
• September 19, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Documentaries, Documentary, Education, Film, Hurricanes, Love, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, The Catholic Church, Women
Tags: "Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans", "Treme", African American, African Americans, Birthplace, Black Creoles, Black Neighborhood, Black Women, Blacks, Brenda Marie Osbey, Children, Civil Rights, Creole Speaking, Creole Woman of Color, Creoles of Color, Documentary, Dr. Richard Davis, Eric Foner, Faubourg Tremé, French Speaking, Gens de Couleur, Glen David Andrews, Hurricane Katrina, Irving Trevigne, Jazz, John Hope Franklin, Lolis Eric Elie, Love, Madison Public Library, Marriage, New Orleanians, New Orleans, New Orleans LA, New Orleans Music, People of Color, Racism, South, South Madison Branch
Those Banned Utah State Fair Ads
• September 18, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Obama Administration, Race, Sexuality, Television
Tags: Ads, African Americans, Barry White, Black Farmers, Blacks, Blue Ribbons, Commercials, Competitions, Cows, Farmers, Gladys Knight, Inner Barry White, Kiss My Black Ads, Latter-Day Saints, Markus T. Boddie, Mormons, Pigs, Racism, Sex, Stereotypes, The Seventies, Utah, Utah State Fair, Utahns, You Tube
UPDATE: Bethany Storro Acid Attack a Hoax: I’m Getting Really Tired of These Psychos Blaming Blacks
• September 17, 2010 • 9 CommentsPosted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Columbian", "The Vancouver Voice", Acid Attack, African American, Ashley Todd, Bethany Storro, Bonnie Anne Sweeten, Burn, Cambodia, Charles Stuart, Copycat Crime, Derri Dias Velarde, Duke Lacrosse Team, Family, Fear, Health Insurance, Hoax, Jesse Anderson, Katheryn Russell-Brown, Latina, Marcus Griffith, Mesa AZ, Pakistan, Police, Psychos, Race, Racial, Racial Undertones, Racism, Susan Smith, Tawana Brawley, The Criminalblackman, The Media, The Oprah Winfrey Show, United States, Vancouver WA, Wisconsin
The “For Colored Girls” Trailer From Tyler Perry: It May Have You Wishing for a Revival of the Broadway Play
• September 15, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Race, Books, Womanism, Women, Education, Love, Sexuality, Film, Class, Health, Domestic Violence, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Acting, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Spirituality, Drama, African American History, Cultural History
Tags: "For Colored Girls, "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuff", "Precious", Art, Depressing, Depression, Film, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, Frame of Mind, Growing Up, Janet Jackson, Juanita, Ladies in Colors, Live, Love, Marriage, Motherhood, Movies, Murder, Ntozake Shange, Palo Alto, Racism, Rape, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Suicide, The Image, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Tyler Perry, What About Our Daughters?, Whoopi Goldberg
The Ancestors Summon Artist Varnette Honeywood, 60
• September 14, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, Art, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Education, Love, Race, Varnette Honeywood, Women
Tags: "The Cosby Show", African American, African American Art, African Americans, Art, Artist, Bill Cosby, Black Art, Black Women, Blacks, California, Delta Sigma Theta, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA, Love, Marriage, Originals, Southern California, Terry McMillan, The Eighties, The Huxtables, The Nineties, Tulane University, United States, Varnette Honeywood, Varnette P. Honeywood
Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back: Gabourey Sidibe on the Cover of Elle Magazine’s 25th Anniversary Issue
• September 14, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Acting, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Gabourey Sidibe, Janet Jackson, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Women
Tags: "Elle Magazine", "Elle", "Vanity Fair", "Vogue", African Americans, Alek Wek, Amanda Seyfried, Attractiveness, Black Women, Blacks, Color Politics, Colorism, Dangerous, Darkening Color, Gabourey Sidibe, Janet Jackson, Lauren Conrad, Lightening Color, Megan Fox, O.J. Simpson, Racism, Retouching, Special Issue, Unattractive
The Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover Foundation Sponsors a Walk-Run Against Bullying
• September 13, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Class, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Education, Gang Violence, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Advocate, African Americans, Anti-Bullying, Anti-Gay Remarks, Attorney General Martha Coakley, Black Mother, Black Women, Blacks, Bullying, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover Foundation, Carl Walker-Hoover, Chairperson, Charter School, Children, Civil Rights, Female Bullies, Focus on the Family, Gangs, Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network, GLSEN, Governor Duval Patrick, Gwynetta Sneed, Harassment, High School, Irish Immigrant, Junior High, LGBT, Male Bullies, Massachusetts, Middle-Class, Motherhood, Parents, Phoebe Prince, Police, Poor, PTA, Racism, Rape, Scholarship, School Administrators, Schools, Single Black Mother, Snitching, Springfield MA, Stalking, Teachers, Walk-Run
“What Becomes a Legend Most?” Janet Jackson’s Blackglama Ad
• September 13, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Animals, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Janet Jackson, Women
Tags: "Vogue", "What Becomes a Legend Most?", Ad Campaign, Advertising Campaign, African Americans, Black Fur, Black Women, Blackglama, Blacks, Career Boost, Fur, Fur Coats, Fur Cowls, Fur Industry, Fur Stoles, Janet Jackson, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA, Photo Outtake, Photograhy, Photographer, Rocco Laspata, Self Image, Times Square, W
Yesterday, Nine Years Ago
• September 12, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Public Intellectualism, Race, History, Obama Administration, Memoir, American Politics, The Economy, Homelessness, Joblessness, Bailouts, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Crime, Teabagging Party, Class, Health, Wisconsin, The Iraq War II, Hate Crimes, Consumerism, People of Color, American Foreign Policy, Afghanistan, Iran, Mental Health/Psychology, Cancer, Domestic Terrorism, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Africans, Spirituality, The Catholic Church, Protestant Denominations, African American History, American History, Cultural History, Jews, Islam/Sufism, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, Immigration, Arabs, Iraq
Tags: 2001, 2050, 30 Mosques 30 States, Afghanistan, African Americans, al Qaeda, Alpha Kappa Alpha, American, American Exceptionalism, American Extremism, American Racism, Americans, Ayman al Zawahiri, B-17, B-29, BBC, Bin Laden, Black Muslims, Brown-Skinned People, Bush, California, Collateral Damage, Faculty Meeting, Fear, Fiction Writing, Human Beings, Iraq, Israel, Jingoism, Lebanon, Lives, Memoir, Mike Wallace, Mosques, Multiracial, Muslim Americans, Muslim Extremism, Muslims, Nationalism, Nativism, New York, New York City, North Dakota, Novel, NPR, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Palestinians, Racism, Reactionaries, Reactionary, Ross, Saudi Arabia, September 11, Sheboygan WI, Shi'a, Sunni, Television, Terrorists, The Bay Area, The Empire State Building, The FBI, The Justice Department, The Twin Towers, The World Trade Center, Travel Scholarship, Under Armour Caps, W, War on Terror, Writing, Writing Residency
Yesterday Was “Fighting Bob Fest” in Wisconsin
• September 12, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Consumerism, Democrats, Joblessness, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, Teabagging Party, The Economy, The Rest of the World, The Stimulus Bill, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "Fighting Bob Fest 2010", "Fighting Bob" LaFollette, Barack Obama, Chatauqua, Economic Justice, Human Rights, Issues, Jesse Jackson, Jobs, Kickoff, Leftists, Liberals, Madison WI, Midterm Elections, Network, Political Activism, Political Chatauqua, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Progressives, Republicans, Robert LaFollette, The Barrymore Theater, The Capitol Times, The Midterm Elections 2010, The Obama Administration, The Reverend Jesse Jackson, Wisconsin
Fantasia on “Wendy Williams”: The Clothes Were a Hint That She’s a Mess
• September 12, 2010 • 7 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Drama, Fashion, Gossip, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Protestant Denominations, Race, Sexuality, Television, Women
Tags: "God Bless the Child", "The Wendy Williams Show", Adultery, African Americans, Antwaun Cook, Aretha Franklin, Attention-Seeking, Black Women, Blacks, Blouse, Bossip.com, Braless, Breastesses, Cammie, Cleavage, Common Sense, Daughter, Daytime Talk Show, Divorce, Fantasia Barrino, Fashion, Fashion Sense, Growing Up, Interviews, Lack of Common Sense, Love, Marriage, Overdose, Paula Cook, Scandal, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex Scandal, Singer, Singing, Sued, Suicide, Suicide Attempt, Sympathy, Talk Show Host, Television, The Queen of Soul, The Sixties, Therapist, Therapy, Trainwreck, Vest, Wendy Williams, Wig, Zion Quari Barrino
The Eyewear Industry Is Robbing You Blind: Get Your Glasses Online
• September 11, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Class, Consumerism, Fashion
Tags: Alternet, America's Best, Anneli Rufus, Astigmatism, Better Business Bureau, Customers, Davis Duehr Dean, Elderly, Eyeglasses, Eyemart Express, EyeMed, Eyewear Business, Eyewear Industry, Fixed Income, Glasses, Glassy Eyes, Ira Mitchell, Japanese Americans, John Belushi, LensCrafter, Low Income, Luxottica, Middle-Aged, Monopoly, OLTs, Optical Lens Technicians, PearleVision, Racist, Ripoff, Savings, SNL, Toshiro Mifune, Tsubaki Sanjuro
The Ancestors Claim South African Writer Lewis Nkosi, 73, Author of “Mating Birds”
• September 10, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Africans, Arts, Books, Class, Comedy, Drama, Fiction Writing, Film, Love, Nonfiction/Essays, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sexuality, South Africa, Stroke, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Drum", "Mandela's Ego", "Mating Birds", "Rainbow Nation Speech", "Rainbow Nation", "Underground People", Albert Camus, Apartheid, Astrid Starck, Commonality, Drama, Durban, Essayist, Existentialism, Funeral, Glenn Masokoane, Identity, IsiZulu, Johannesburg, Joy Nkosi, Lewis Nkosi, Louise Nkosi, Nadine Gordimer, Nelson Mandela, Nieman Fellowship, Nostalgia, Playwright, Politics, Race, Racism, Random House Struik, Relationships, Resistance, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sexuality, Sibiya, South Africa, Stroke, The Eighties, The Treason Trial, Vusi Mchunu, Zulu
Why Nichelle Nichols Stayed On As Uhura in “Star Trek”
• September 9, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Acting, African American History, American History, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Drama, Film, Love, Memoir, Music, Nichelle Nichols, Race, Sexuality, Television, Television Series, Women
Tags: "Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories", "Reflections", African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Commander Nyota Uhura, Creepin', Decision, Dr. King, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Extramarital Relationships, First Interracial Kiss on TV, Gene Roddenberry, Interracial Relationships, Kiss, Los Angeles CA, Love, Lt. Uhura, Majel Barrett, NAACP, Race, Racism, Saint of the Sixties, Savas Abadsidis, Sex, Star Trek, Starship Enterprise, The Original Series", UCLA, William Shatner
UPDATE: The Kids Are Stepping Out: Willow Smith (Daughter of Will and Jada) and Zoe Kravitz (Daughter of Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz)
• September 9, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Acting, Arts, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Drama, Film, Love
Tags: "Black Celebrity Kids", "Elevator Fight", "Fury Road", "Shadow and Act", "Twelve, "Whip My Hair", "X-Men: First Class", African Americans, Ben Foster, Biracials, Bit Parts, Blacks, California, Children, George Lopez, Growing Up, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Jaden Smith, Jay Z, Lenny Kravitz, Lisa Bonet, Marriage, Motherhood, Multiracials, People of Color, Roc Nation, The Eighties, Tweens, Will Smith, Willow Smith, Woman of Color, Zoë Kravitz
Rodney King to Marry Former Juror From Civil Suit Trial?
• September 8, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Drug Culture/Industry, Hate Crimes, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Police Misconduct/Killings, Protestant Denominations, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew", "Celebrity Rehab", "Sober House", Addiction, African Americans, Alcoholism, Birdshot Pellets, Blacks, Boxer, Boxing, California, City of Los Angeles, Clean and Sober, Common Sense, Cynthia Kelley, Disease, Domestic Violence, Dr. Drew, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Driving While Drunk, Driving While Intoxicated, DWD, DWI, Growing Up, Jehovah's Witness, Juror No. 5, L.A. Riots, L.A.P.D., Pasadena Recovery Center, PCP, Racism, Radar Online, Rehabilitation, Rialto, Rodney King, San Bernardino, Shotgun, Sobriety, Taser, Taser Gun, Tasering, The Children's Museum of Los Angeles, The Freeway, The Nineties, VH-1
The Little Rock Nine Are Now Eight: The Ancestors Bring Home Jefferson Thomas
• September 6, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Democrats, Education, Health, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, The Clintons, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Accounting, African Americans, Arkansas, Baptist, Barack Obama, Blacks, California, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Central High School, Charismatic Churches, Children, Church of God, Columbus OH, Congressional Gold Medal, Department of Defense, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Growing Up, Hillary Clinton, Huckajesus, Jefferson Thomas, L.A. State, Little Rock AK, Little Rock Nine, Los Angeles State, Los Angeles State College, Melba Pattillo Beals, Mike Huckabee, Minnijean Brown Trickey, Mobil Oil, NAACP, Ohio, Pancreatic Cancer, President Bill Clinton, Racism, Retail Sales Business, Sophomore, Terrence Roberts, The Little Rock Nine, The Little Rock Nine Foundation, The Supreme Court, Thelma Mothershed-Wair, Vietnam, Wayne State University
Buddhist Altars I Have Made
• September 6, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in American History, Art, Class, Cultural History, Django Reinhardt, Love, Music, SGI Nichiren Buddhism
Tags: Architecture, Berklee College of Music, Building Arts, Butsudan, Cabinetry, Creativity, Difference, Django Reinhardt, Japanese Buddhism, Joel Bitton, Mahayana Buddhism, Medford MA, Morning Sun, Nakayama Butsudans, SGI, SGI Buddhism, SGI Buddhists, SGI-USA, Shrine, Woodworking
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