Archive for July, 2010
Mitrice Richardson in VEGAS?
• July 30, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Health, Latice Sutton, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Black Lesbian, Black Woman, Blacks, Constables on Patrol, Disappearance, Latice Sutton, Lesbian, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Malibu CA, Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station, Michael Richardson, Missing Black Woman, Missing Person, Mitrice, Mitrice Richardson, Racism, Single Black Woman, Unexplained Disappearance
Bad News for Haiti: Wyclef Jean Running For President?
• July 27, 2010 • 4 CommentsPosted in American Foreign Policy, American History, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, European History, France, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Sexuality, The Catholic Church, The Rest of the World
Tags: Africa, African, Baptist, Bill Clinton, Blacks, Catholicism, Duvalierists, Fanmi Lavalas, Haiti, Haiti Observateur, Haitian, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Kreyol, Liberation Theology, Nepotism, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Presidential Elections, Raymond Joseph, Ronald Reagan, South Africa, The Black Republic, The Eighties, The Fugees, The Nineties, The Salic Law, The United States, Voudou, Wyclef Jean, Zakiya Khatou-Chevassus
This is Your Mind on Drugs: Richard Pryor in Full Sail, Circa 1980
• July 25, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Acting, African American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Crime, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Late Night TV, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, Television Series, Women
Tags: "Silver Streak", "Stir Crazy", Cocaine, Coke, Crack, Drug Abuse, Freebasing, Gene Wilder, Interview, Johnny Carson, Lily Tomlin, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, Pryor, Richard Pryor, Suicide Attempt, Sunset Boulevard, The Eighties, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
First Black Elected to Public Office in Russia
• July 25, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Africans, Black People, Class, European History, Love, Race, Russia, The Rest of the World
Tags: African, African Immigrants, Benin, Common Sense, Corruption, Criminal Elements, Jean Gregoire Sagbo, Moscow, Nationalists, Novozavidovo, Politician, Politics, Racism, Right Wing, Russia, Russian Mafia, Sagbo, Soviet Russia, The Grio
What Else Andrew Breitbart Doesn’t Know About Shirley Sherrod? He Doesn’t Know $%*@! About the Black Church
• July 22, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, American Politics, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Democrats in Name Only, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, Keith Olbermann, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Spirituality, Teabagging Party, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Womanism, Women
Tags: ABC News, African Americans, AME, Andrew Breitbart, Audience, Baptist, Black Women, Call and Response, Charles Sherrod, COGIC, Hate, Holiness, Latinos, Lies, Lying, Methodist, President Barack Obama, Race Hate, Racism, Reverend Charles Sherrod, Selma Voting Rights Movement, Shirley Sherrod, SNCC, Spiritual Church of New Orleans, The Albany Movement, The Black Church, The Deity, The Tea Party, The Tea Party Movement, The View, Tim Wise
The Frame Up of Shirley Sherrod
• July 20, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Democrats in Name Only, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, Race, Teabagging Party, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Andrew Breitbart, Black Women, Blacks, Faux News, Fear, Fear Pimps, Fox News, Georgia, Half-Truths, Hate Speech, Lies, Mark Williams, NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, President Barack Obama, Race Baiting, Racism, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Set Up, Tea Party, The Cult of White Victimhood, The Department of Agriculture, The Economy, The Eighties, The Great Recession, The New Black Panther Party, The Obama Administration, The Tea Party Movement, The White House, Tim Wise, Tom Vilsack, Whites
“The Radiant Child” Basquiat Documentary to Open in 25 Cities, Including…Milwaukee
• July 20, 2010 • Comments Off on “The Radiant Child” Basquiat Documentary to Open in 25 Cities, Including…MilwaukeePosted in African American History, Art, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Film, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Love, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, Wisconsin
Tags: "Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child", "The Radiant Child", African Americans, Artist, August, Basquiat, Biracial, Black Harvest Film Festival, Blacks, Chicago IL, Documentaries, Documentary, Fame, Famous, Gene Siskel Film Center, Haiti, Haitian American, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Marketing, Milwaukee WI, October, Packaging, The Eighties
Meanwhile, Back in Madison, WI: Elderly Former Dane County Alderman Busted for Placing an Ad on Craig’s List for Someone to Build Him a Mail Bomb for His Wife’s Boyfriend
• July 18, 2010 • Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Madison, WI: Elderly Former Dane County Alderman Busted for Placing an Ad on Craig’s List for Someone to Build Him a Mail Bomb for His Wife’s BoyfriendPosted in Class, Crime, Cultural History, Differently-Abled, Domestic Violence, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "You Light Up My LIfe", Ad, Affair, Alderman, Alderwoman, Assisted Living Aide, ATF, Attempted First Degree Intentional Homicide, Bomb, Bomb Making, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, County of Dane, Craig's List, Craigslist, Dane County, Divorce, Dorothy Wheeler, Elderly, Flesh, Heather Snively, Homicide, Jansson Wheeler, Joe Brooks, Joseph Brooks, Korena Roberts, Latex, Lover, Madison, Madison Police Department, Madison WI, Marriage, Milwaukee Craig's List, Montana, Murder Suicide, Newborn, Oregon, Philip Markoff, Portland OR, Revenge Killing, Sex Lives, Sexuality, The Craigslist Killer, The Madison Police Department
Johannes Mehserle Sentencing Delayed to Find Grounds for Appeal
• July 17, 2010 • Comments Off on Johannes Mehserle Sentencing Delayed to Find Grounds for AppealPosted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Appealing, Barbara Rodgers, BART, BART Police, Beating, Blacks, California, Constables on Patrol, Cops, Death by Cops, Excuse, Fruitvale Station, Grounds for Appeal, Guilty, Indefinite Delay, Innocent, Johannes Mehserle, John Burris, Justice Delayed, Latinos, Michael Rains, MSM, Murder, New America Media, Oakland, Oakland CA, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Police Officers, Racism, Reckless, Sentence, Sentencing Delay, Shooting, Stalling, Tasering, The Grio, The Media, White Supremacy
Peter Fernandez, the English Voice of the Original Speed Racer and His Brother Racer X, Passes
• July 15, 2010 • Comments Off on Peter Fernandez, the English Voice of the Original Speed Racer and His Brother Racer X, PassesPosted in Acting, Anime Cartoons, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Children's Shows, Class, Cultural History, Fiction Writing, Film, Japan, Memoir, Sports, Television, Television Series, The Rest of the World
Tags: "Astro Boy", "City Across the River", "Courage the Cowardly Dog", "Mr. District Attorney", "Speed Racer", Actor, Anime, Broadway, Cartoon, Channel 44, Children, Chim-Chim, Corinne Orr, Director, Drama, Growing Up, Hollywood, Japan, Japanese, KBHK TV, NBC, Peter Fernandez, Pops Racer, Pulp Fiction, Radio, Rex Racer, San Francisco, Sprytle, The Galaxy Rangers, The Seventies, The Sixties, Trixie, Voice, Voice Actor, Voice Overs, Voices, Writer
That Brother in the Old Spice Commercial is Back
• July 15, 2010 • Comments Off on That Brother in the Old Spice Commercial is BackPosted in Acting, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Commercials, Cultural History, Film, Race, Television
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Comedy, Commercial, Handsome, Isaiah Mustafa, Jack-in-the-Box, Men, Old Spice, Old Spice After Shave, Old Spice Body Wash, Product, Rodney Allen Rippy, Sobriquet, Spokesperson, The Guy in the Old Spice Commercial, The Little Boy in the Jack-in-the-Box Commercials, The Old Spice Guy, The Shulton Company, Tongue-in-Cheek, Towel, TV Commercial, TV Commercials, Women
Dave Zirin: LeBron James Doesn’t Deserve the Hate
• July 14, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Consumerism, Cultural History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Race, Sports, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Basketball, Basketball Player, Blacks, Casinos, Championship Player, Championship Team, Common Sense, Dan Gilbert, Dave Zirin, Forelosures, LeBron James, Ohio, Quicken Loans, Racism, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sports, Sports Journalist, Subrprime Loans, The Cleveland Cavaliers, The Economy, The Midwest
Queen Latifah with Rev. Al Green: “Simply Beautiful”
• July 14, 2010 • Comments Off on Queen Latifah with Rev. Al Green: “Simply Beautiful”Posted in Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Love, Music, Music Videos, Television, Women
Tags: "Simply Beautiful", Al Green, Neo-Soul, Queen Latifah, Reverend Al Green, Soul
The Ancestors Bring Historian Basil Davidson, 95, Home
• July 10, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, Africans, American History, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Books, Brazil, Class, Cuba, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Film, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, History, Jamaica/British Caribbean, Journalism and Ethics, Nigeria, Race, Senegal, The Rest of the World, United Kingdom, Women, World War II, Zimbabwe
Tags: "Africa: A Voyage of Discovery with Basil Davidson", "The Black Man's Burden: Africa and the Curse of the Nation State", African, African Americans, African History, Africanist, Afrocentrists, Amazon.com, American History, Anti-Colonialism, Anti-Fascist Fighter, Anti-Imperialism, Anti-Imperialist, Anti-Racism, Basil Davidson, Basil Risbridger Davidson, Blacks, Britain, British, Colonialism, Edward Said, Eric Hobsbawm, European History, Historian, History, Journalism, Journalist, Racism, Texas School Board, The Atlantic Slave Trade, The Slave Trade, The West
Defense Attorney Releases Mehserle Letter Apologizing for Shooting Grant
• July 9, 2010 • Comments Off on Defense Attorney Releases Mehserle Letter Apologizing for Shooting GrantPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Apology, BART, BART Police, Blacks, Blaming the Victim, California, Cephus Johnson, Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant, Constables on Patrol, Defense Attorney, Gall, Johannes Mehserle, John Burris, Killing, Letter, Michael Rains, Murder, Oakland CA, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Police Brutality, Police Killings, Shooting, The Banality of Evil, Tony Coleman
After the Verdict on Mehserle, Black Oakland Largely Sits This One Out
• July 9, 2010 • Comments Off on After the Verdict on Mehserle, Black Oakland Largely Sits This One OutPosted in African American History, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Aftermath, Attitudinal Healing Connection, Black Youth, Blacks, Churches, Coffeehouses, Community Centers, Constables on Patrol, Drama, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Growing Up, Johannes Mehserle, Lake Merritt, Latinos, Mainstream Media, Mayor Ron Dellums, MSM, Murder, Oakland CA, Oakland Chamber of Commerce, Oaktown, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Racism, Rage, Richard Pryor, Rodney King, Ron Dellums, Shawn Gullatt, The Media, Verdict, Vigil, Youth, Youth Uprising, Youths of Color
Oscar Grant’s Family and Supporters Respond…
• July 8, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Dateline", "Nightline, African Americans, BART, BART Cop, BART Train, Black Women, California, Cephus Johnson, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Cops, Death by Cops, Google News, Johannes Mehserle, Latinas, Latinos, LeBron James, Los Angeles CA, Murder, New Year's Day, Oakland CA, Oakland City Hall, Oakland Police Department, Oscar Grant, Racism, Verdict
Johannes Mehserle GUILTY of Involuntary Manslaughter in the Shooting of Oscar Grant
• July 8, 2010 • Comments Off on Johannes Mehserle GUILTY of Involuntary Manslaughter in the Shooting of Oscar GrantPosted in African American History, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Uncategorized
Tags: African Americans, Alameda County, BART, BART Cops, BART Train, Black Mothers, Black Women, Blacks, California, Civil Suit, Constables on Patrol, Cops, Discharging Weapon, District Attorney David Stein, Fruitvale Station, Johannes Mehserle, L.A. County, Los Angeles CA, Los Angeles County, Money, Oakland, Oaktown, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Wanda Johnson
BREAKING: A Verdict Has Been Reached in the Oscar Grant-Johannes Mehserle Case
• July 8, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Los Angeles Times", Acquittal, African Americans, BART, Blacks, California, Constables on Patrol, Cops, Decision, Drama, Gun, Involuntary Manslaughter, Johannes Mehserle, Jury, Justice, Murder, Oscar Grant, Police, Racism, Second Degree Murder, Taser, Tasering, Transit Cop, Verdict, Voluntary Manslaughter
2010 Emmys Announced: Braugher, “Endgame,” “Treme” Nominated
• July 8, 2010 • Comments Off on 2010 Emmys Announced: Braugher, “Endgame,” “Treme” NominatedPosted in Acting, African American History, American Politics, Arts, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cooking, Cultural History, Documentary, Drama, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Fashion, Film, Love, Public Television, Race, Reality Shows, Television, Television Series, Women
Tags: "Breaking Bad", "Brick City", "Endgame", "Pressure Cooker", "Treme", African American History, African Americans, Andre Braugher, Awards Show, Barack Obama, Bill Maher, Blacks, California, Children, Emmy, Emmys, Gian Carlo Esposito, Los Angeles CA, President Barack Obama, Racism, Sofia Vergara, The Emmys, Wanda Sykes
Bettye LaVette Sings “Salt of the Earth” on “Good Morning, America,” July 6
• July 8, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Music, Television, The Economy, Women
Tags: "Beggars Banquet", "Good Morning America", "Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook", "Salt of the Earth", African Americans, Altamont, Bettye LaVette, Black Women, Blacks, Kennedy Center Honors, Singer, Singers, The Kennedy Center, The Rolling Stones, The Sixties
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Howard Dean Calls Faux Noise’s Coverage of Shirley Sherrod Racist
• July 25, 2010 • Comments Off on Howard Dean Calls Faux Noise’s Coverage of Shirley Sherrod RacistPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Race, Television, The Clintons, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: 2004, African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Chris Wallace, Clack, Crooks and Liars, Governor Howard Dean, Governor of Vermont, Howard Dean, Lies, Lying, Media, Media Coverage, Presidential Candidate, Press Coverage, Race, Racism, Shirley Sherrod, The Black Commentator, The Mainstream Media