Archive for the 'The Rest of the World' Category
“Fruitvale Station,” The Drama About The Death of Oscar Grant, Premieres in July, 2013
• May 13, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in Acting, African American History, Awards, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Film, History, People of Color, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Academy Award, African Americans, Ariana Neal, BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant, Blacks, California, Cannes Film Festival, Cell Phone Videos, Cell Phones, Chad Michael Murray, Constables on Patrol, David Silva, Drama, Fruitvale, Fruitvale Station, Grant, Latinos, Love, Melonie Diaz, Michael B. Jordan, Motherhood, Murder, Octavia Spencer, Oscar Grant, Racism, Ryan Coogler, Sundance Film Festival, Weinstein Company, YouTube
Aren’t You Glad It Isn’t Anyone Black? Putting to Rest The Myth of The Dark-Skinned Terrorist
• April 19, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Chechya, Class, Crime, Discrimination, Domestic Terrorism, European History, Facebook, Health, History, Islam/Sufism, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, MSNBC, National Issues, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Religion, Russia, Stephen Colbert, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Boston, Boston Marathon Bombing, Bronx, Caucasian, Caucasians, Chechens, Chechya, CNN, Common Sense, Facebook, Guilty, Haj, Homeland Security, John Allen Mohammad, John King, Journalism, Journalism and Ethics, Lee Boyd Malvo, Lynch Mob, Malcolm X, Martin Richard, Middle East, MSNBC, Murder, Muslim, N.Y. Post, Nation of Islam, Naturalized American, New York Post, Oklahoma City Bombing, President Obama, Race Baiting, Ruslan Tsarni, The Twitterverse, Timothy McVeigh, Twitter, United States, White People
Princess Caroline is a Grandmother; Andrea Casiraghi and Tatiana Santo Domingo Welcome a Son to the House of Grimaldi
• April 12, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in Art, Celebrities/Royals, Class, European History, Gossip, Health, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Andrea Casiraghi, Brazil, Caroline Princess of Hanover, Charlene Princess of Monaco, Charlotte Casiraghi, Columbia, Ethical Fashion, Fashion Sustainability, Hossein Alikhani, House of Grimaldi, Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Media Heiress, Monaco, Muzungu Sisters, Princess Caroline, Rio de Janeiro BRAZIL, Santo Domingo, Tatiana Santo Domingo, Vera Rechulski
Kentucky Derby Contender Kevin Krigger Could Make More African Americans Return to the Profession of Jockey
• April 11, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American History, Animals, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Kevin Krigger/Black Jockeys, Love, Race, Sports, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, U.S. Virgin Islands/U.S. Possessions
Tags: Churchill Downs, Doug O'Neill, Goldencents, Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Kevin Krigger, Krigger, Santa Anita Derby, Wikipedia
Tina Turner is Becoming a Swiss Citizen for Love, Not for Evading American Taxes
• March 7, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, American History, Black Expatriates, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Facebook, Fashion, Film, Love, Music, Religion, Sexuality, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Spirituality, Switzerland, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Tina Turner, Travel, Women
Tags: American Citizenship, Armani, Capitol Records, Carl Jung, Chateau Algonquin, Craig Hill, Eduardo Saverin, EMI, EMI Germany, Erwin Bach, Europe, French Riviera, German, Germany, Ike Turner, Küsnacht, Kuesnacht, Long Term Relationship, Love, Millionaires, Nina Simone, Papparazzi, Phil Spector, Ronnie Turner, Soka Gakkai International - Switzerland, Swiss Bank Accounts, Switzerland, Taxes, Tina, Tina Turner, U.S. Citizenship, United States, Zurich
Archaeologist Hilke Thuer Wants to Prove Bones Are of Cleopatra’s Sister, But Without the Skull There’ll Always Be a Shadow of a Doubt
• March 1, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in Africans, Archaeology, Celebrities/Royals, Classical History, Cultural History, Documentaries, Education, Egypt, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, Turkey, World History
Tags: "Cleopatra Portrait of a Killer", "Cleopatra", Africa, Arsinoe IV of Egypt, Austrian Academy of Science, BBC One, Black Ancestry, Blacks, Charlotte Observer, Classical History, Cleopatra VII, DNA, Dynasty, Egyptian, Ephesus, Greco-Roman, Greeks, Half-Sister, Julius Caesar, Ptolemy XII Auletes, Sister, Temple of Artemis, The Ptolemies, Turkey, Tutankhamun
Hoodies Up! Where Are We Since Trayvon Was Murdered?
• February 28, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in "Stand Your Ground" Laws, African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Domestic Terrorism, Education, Hate Crimes, Immigration, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, Peru, Police Misconduct/Killings, Sybrina Fulton, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Afro-Peruvian, Black Women, Blacks, Cellphones, Children, Chuck D, CNN, Common Sense, Demetrius Martin, DNA, Dr. Gaye Theresa Johnson, Florida, George Zimmerman, GPS, Hate Crime, Jahvaris Fulton, Jamie Foxx, Latinos, Michael Eric Dyson, Million Hoodies March, Motherhood, Murder, New York City, Piers Morgan, Prosecution, Racism, Shooting, Trayvon, Trayvon Benjamin Martin, Trayvon Martin, Trayvon's Girlfriend, Union Square, Union Square Park, United States, Witness No. 8, Zimmerman
Daddy Hugh Grant Makes Another Baby–A Boy–With Tinglan Hong
• February 16, 2013 • Comments OffPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, China, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, European History, Journalism and Ethics, Love, People of Color, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), United Kingdom, Women
Tags: "Love Actually", Andy Coulson, Baby, Baby Daddy, Cellphones, Electronic Snooping, Elizabeth Hurley, Felix, Grant, He Is The Father, Hugh Grant, Leveson Inquiry, London, Maury Povich, Notting Hill, Paddington, Personal Life, Private Life, Rupert Murdoch, Son, Tabitha, Tinglan Hong, Twitter
Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco Win Libel Case Against The UK’s Sunday Times
• February 5, 2013 • Comments OffPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, European History, France, Gossip, Health, Japan, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Monaco, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Vanity Fair", Albert II Prince of Monaco, Andrea Casiraghi, Babies, Baby, Baroness de Massy, Charlene, Charlene Princess of Monaco, Children, Crown Princess Masako, Descendants, Diana Princess of Wales, Love, Mark Thomson, Marriage, Monaco, Motherhood, News International, Nicole Coste, Prince Albert, Prince Albert II of Monaco, Princess Antoinette, Princess Caroline, Princess Grace of Monaco, Rainier III Prince of Monaco, Royal Ancestry, Royalty, Rupert Murdoch, Sunday Times, Times
The Most Powerful Black Women in Europe in 2012
• February 2, 2013 • Comments OffPosted in Africans, Arabs, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Drama, European History, Fashion, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Love, Nigeria, People of Color, The Mainstream Media (MSM), United Kingdom, Women
Tags: "Gone Too Far", "Off the Endz", Albany Theatre, Berbers, Blacks, Bola Agbaje, Britain, Christian Louis de Massy, Death of Stephen Lawrence, Doreen Lawrence, Drama, Eurovision Song Contest, Guadeloupe, Immigrants, Laurence Olivier Award, London, Loreen, Lorine Zeinab Nora Talhaoui, Metropolitan Police, Monaco, Morrocco, Murder, Nigeria, Order of the British Empire, Playwright, Racism, Royal Court Theatre, Sweden
Richard Blanco Delivers the Inaugural Poem–He Is Who He Is In Spite of His Cubana Grandmother
• January 21, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in American History, American Politics, Arts, Books, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cuba, Cultural History, Immigration, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Television, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: Barack Obama, Blanco, Child Abuse, Colorado, Cuba, Cuban, Cubana, Florida International University, Gay, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Growing Up, Inaugural Poem, Inauguration of Barack Obama, Latina, Latino, Latinos, LGBT, Love, Poet, Poetry, President Obama, Racism, Richard Blanco, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, United States
Live Streaming of The Second Inauguration of President Barack Obama, January 21, 2013
• January 21, 2013 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Race, History, Barack and Michelle Obama, Obama Administration, Celebrities/Royals, Television, American Politics, The Rest of the World, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Class, Democrats, People of Color, American Foreign Policy, African American History, American History, Cultural History, National Issues
Tags: Common Sense, Michelle Obama, African Americans, The First Lady, Blacks, President Obama, Barack Obama, Sasha and Malia Obama, President Barack Obama, Love, United States, Washington D.C., First Lady Michelle Obama, FLOTUS, Martin Luther King, Live Streaming, Second Inaugural, Inauguration, Prayers, Faiths, National Mall, Capitol Hill, United States presidential inauguration, The King Holiday, The King Bible
The Newtown School Massacre: A Black and Latino Child Died Too
• December 15, 2012 • 4 CommentsPosted in American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Education, Health, Love, Mass Shootings, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, New Orleans, Obama Administration, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rico, Religion, Slavery, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Domestic Violence, African Americans, Blacks, Marriage, Murder, President Obama, Children, President Barack Obama, Love, United States, Facebook, New Orleans, The Black Panthers, Ottawa, Elementary School, Connecticut, Biracial Children, Jovan Belcher, Kassandra Perkins, Greene, University of Manitoba, Newtown Connecticut, Winnipeg, Newtown, Ana Greene, Jimmy Greene, Ottawa Citizen, Herald Sun, Jeff Tamarkin, Ana Grace Marquez-Greene, Nelba, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Columbine, Aurora CO, NRA, National Rifle Association, Marquez-Greene
A Little Sunday Music, “Morning Has Broken,” Cat Stevens (aka Yusuf Islam), from “Teaser and the Firecat,” 1971
• November 25, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam), Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Islam/Sufism, Love, Music, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), United Kingdom
Tags: "Morning Has Broken", BBC Radio 5 Live, Carly Simon, Cat Stevens, Eleanor Farjeon, Love, Lyrics, Paul Samwell-Smith, Rick Wakeman, Singer Songwriter, Songwriting, The Seventies, Yusef Islam
The Democratic Convention Yesterday: Other Speeches and Other Stars of the Night
• September 5, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in Affordable Care Act, African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Democrats, Documentaries, Education, Immigration, Labor History, National Issues, Obama Administration, Race, Television, The Economy, The Kennedys, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Barack Obama, Delegates, Democratic National Convention, Democratic National Convention 2012, Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts, Illinois National Guard, Iraq War, Latinos, Lilly Ledbetter, Marco Rubio, Mexican Americans, Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama, Red Meat, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Tammy Duckworth, Ted Kennedy, Teddy Kennedy, United States, United States Department of Veterans Affairs
The Democratic Convention, September 4, 2012: The First Lady Hits It Way Out of The Park
• September 4, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in Abortion, Affordable Care Act, African American History, American History, American Politics, Bill Maher, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Facebook, Fashion, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, Immigration, Labor Relations, Love, Michelle Obama, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Social Security, Television, The Clintons, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Voter Suppression, Women
Tags: 2012 Presidential Campaign, 2012 Presidential Election, African Americans, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bill Maher, Black Women, Blacks, Charlotte North Carolina, Children, Concrete Loop, Democratic National Convention, Facebook, Hillary Clinton, Love, Malia, Malia Obama, Marriage, Michelle Obama, Motherhood, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Sasha, Sasha Obama, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, The Big Dog, The First Lady, United States, White House
The Ancestors Summon Academy Award Nominee Michael Clarke Duncan, 54, Star of “The Green Mile”
• September 4, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in Acting, African American History, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Drama, Film, Health, Love, Race, Reality Shows, Television, The Heart, The Rest of the World, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Women
Tags: "The Finder", "The Green Mile", Academy Award, Academy Award Nominee, Acting, Actor, African Americans, Blacks, Bruce Willis, California, Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Craig Ferguson, Duncan, Golden Globe Nominee, Green Mile, Love, Michael Clarke Duncan, Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, PETA, The Nineties, United States
Some Sunday Love: The Friends of Distinction, “Going in Circles,” 1969
• August 12, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Music, Music Videos, Public Television, Race, Religion, Television, Television Series, The Friends of Distinction, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: African Americans, Arts, Barbara Jean Love, Blacks, Butler, California, Charles Manson, Ed Sullivan Show, Fifth Dimension, Floyd Butler, Friends of Distinction, Grazing in the Grass, Harry Elston, Hugh Masekela, Isaac Hayes, Jessica Cleaves, Jim Brown, LGBT, Manson Family, Music, Music Videos, Satanic Bible, Stonewall Riots, Television, The Sixties, United States
That Poster From Facebook: How We See President Obama
• August 11, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Education, Facebook, Obama Administration, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Tea Party Movement
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, Blacks, Booker T. Washington, Children, Common Sense, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Great White Fleet, History, New Deal, President Barack Obama, Racism, Republicans, Roosevelt, Square Deal, Taft, Teddy Roosevelt, The American Lake, Theodore Roosevelt, United States, White House, William Howard Taft
Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: We’ve Got a Shooting in an Oak Creek Sikh Temple
• August 5, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Obama Administration, Women, Television, Love, American Politics, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Crime, Class, Wisconsin, Hate Crimes, People of Color, Murder/Manslaughter, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Domestic Terrorism, India, American History, Cultural History, National Issues, Immigration, Discrimination, Mass Shootings, Sikhs
Tags: Drama, CNN, Guns, Murder, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Terrorism, Hate Crime, Children, Muslim, United States, Mass Shootings, Nichiren Buddhism, India, Sikh, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Chief of Police, World Peace, Amritsar, Oak Creek Wisconsin, Gurdwara, Sikhism, Sikhs, Turbans, Indian Americans, Temple Shootings, World Peace Gongyo, Religions
Gabrielle “Gabby” Douglas Triumphs at the Olympics…Despite Disses About The State of Her Hair and About Her Blackness
• August 4, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in Black People, Gossip, Race, Celebrities/Royals, Women, Television, Education, The Rest of the World, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Class, Health, People of Color, Sports, United Kingdom, Protestant Denominations, African American History, American History, Cultural History, Travel, Celebrity Children, Venus and Serena Williams, The Summer Olympics 2012, Gabrielle "Gabby" Douglas
Tags: "Advertising Age", African American, African Americans, Arielle Hawkins, Balance Beam, Black Hair, Black Teenagers, Black Women, Blacks, Common Sense, Gabby, Gabby Douglas, Gabrielle Douglas, Growing Up, Gymnastics, Hair, Iowa, Jordyn Wieber, Olympic, Olympic Games, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sister, Teenagers, The 2012 Summer Olympics, The Olympics, The Summer Olympics, Uneven Bars, United States, West Des Moines IA, Young Black Girls.Young Black Women
Those Pictures from Facebook: The Olympics
• July 29, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, European History, Facebook, Jews, Love, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, Sports, Television, The Beatles, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Summer Olympics 2012, Women, World War II
Tags: Academy Award, African Americans, Amateur Sports, Avalon, Biracial Children, Biracials, Black Hair, Britain, British History, Children, Danny Boyle, Elizabeth II, Facebook, Glastonbury Tor, Global Secular Humanist Movement, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Growing Up, Hair, Highlights, Industrial Revolution, Lolo Jones, London, Lord Voldemort, Love, Mitt Romney, Mixed, Mr. Bean, National Health Service, Olympic Games, People of Color, Prince Philip, Queen, Queen Victoria, Racism, Rowan Atkinson, Slumdog Millionaire, Sport, Sports, The 2012 Summer Olympics, The Olympics, Track and Field, United States, World War II
Tina Turner “Speakeasy” Interview on Canadian TV
• July 23, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Canada, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Health, Race, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Spirituality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Arts, Black Women, Blacks, Buddhists, Canadian TV, Music, Nichiren Buddhism, Pop, SGI Buddhism, Television, Tina Turner, YouTube
Serena Does It Again at Wimbledon; Shares Doubles Title with Sister Venus
• July 7, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in Auto-Immune Diseases, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Health, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Travel, United Kingdom, Venus and Serena Williams, Womanism, Women
Tags: African American, African Americans, Agnieszka Radwańska, Andrea Hlaváčková, Black Women, Blacks, Centre Court, Grand Slam, Love, Martina Navratilova, Radwanska, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Serena, Serena Williams, The Championships Wimbledon, United States, Venus, Venus Williams, Williams
Saturday Night Music, July 7, 2012: “Sowing the Seeds of Love,” Tears for Fears, 1989
• July 7, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in Class, European History, Love, Music, Tears for Fears, The Economy, United Kingdom, Womanism, Women, World History
Tags: "Songs from the Big Chair", Curt Smith, George Martin, Margaret Thatcher, Oldies, Oleta Adams, Roland Orzabal, Seeds of Love, Sowing the Seeds of Love, Tears for Fears, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Sixties, United States, Woman in Chains
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