Archive for October, 2010
Whoopi Goldberg’s FightBackPac.Org PSA for Gay Marriage
• October 30, 2010 • Comments Off on Whoopi Goldberg’s FightBackPac.Org PSA for Gay MarriagePosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Democrats, Love, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Whoopi Goldberg, Women
Tags: "30 Rock", "Modern Family", "Sex in the City", "The Advocate", African Americans, Bill Stachowski, Bisexuals, Black Women, Blacks, Buffalo, Chelsea, Child Abuse, Common Sense, Cynthia Nixon, FightBack.Org, Frank Padavan, Gay Marriage, Gays, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Latinos, Lesbians, LGBT, Love, Marriage, New York, New Yorker, PAC Fight Back New York, PSA, Public Service Announcement, Queens, Roman Polanski, Rosie Perez, Sex, Sexuality, Sr., State Senate of New York, State Senator Ruben Diaz, T, The View, Tim Kennedy, Transgender, Twinkies, Whoopi Goldberg
The President with Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show,” October 27, 2010
• October 28, 2010 • Comments Off on The President with Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show,” October 27, 2010Posted in American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Democrats, Homelessness, Joblessness, Jon Stewart/"The Daily Show", Journalism and Ethics, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Stephen Colbert, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, Teabagging Party, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Stimulus Bill
Tags: 2010, African Americans, Cable, Charlie Sheen, Citizens, Comedy, Comedy Central, Congress, Cop Shooting, Daily Show, David Arquette, Democrats, Eugene Walker, Exclusive Interview, Fake News Show, FBP, First Black President, Fitchburg WI, GOTV, Interview, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jon Stewart, Midterm Elections, Obama Administration, POTUS, President, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Stephen Colbert, Students, The Daily Show, The House of Representatives, The Midterm Elections 2010, The Senate, United States, Young, Youth, Youth Vote
Mitrice Richardson: Okay, So Explain It to Me Again; Why Did The L.A. Sheriff’s Deputies Need Her Skull So Badly That They Got “Authorization” to Move Her Body?
• October 26, 2010 • Comments Off on Mitrice Richardson: Okay, So Explain It to Me Again; Why Did The L.A. Sheriff’s Deputies Need Her Skull So Badly That They Got “Authorization” to Move Her Body?Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Dr. Ronda Hampton, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, Latice Sutton, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Murder/Manslaughter, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Womanism, Women
Tags: "The Malibu Surfside News", Agoura Hills California, Anne Soble, Assistant Chief Ed Winter, Body, Coroner, Death by Cop, Death by Cops, Decomposition, Guilt, Guilty, Haste, Innocence, L.A. County, L.A. County Coroner's Office, Las Vegas Nevada, Latice Sutton, Law, Lee Baca, Los Angeles County California, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Lt. Mike Rosson, Malibu, Malibu Agoura-Lost Hills Sheriff's Department, Malibu CA, Michael Richardson, Mitrice Richardson, NCIS, Sheriff, Sheriff Lee Baca, Sheriff's Deputies, Skeleton, Steve Whitmore
Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Chef Rod Ladson of Johnny’s Italian Steakhouse of Middleton, WI; This Brother is Always Cooking Something Good
• October 25, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Commercials, Cooking, Cultural History, Education, People of Color, Television, Wisconsin
Tags: African Americans, Black Man, Blacks, Boob Tube, Brother, Burg, Chef, Chicken Picatta, Cook, Cooking Porn, Eating, Endurance House, Filet Marsala, Filet Medallion Trio, Food Network, Greenway Station, Home, Joe Stadele, Johnny's Italian Steakhouse, Mad City, Madison WI, Male Cooks, Middleton WI, Midwest, Moline IL, Popeye's Chicken, Recipes, Rod Ladson, Shrimp Minelli, Steven Raichlen, Takara, Takara Japanese Restaurant, The Purple Goose, Upper Iowa University, Verona WI, West Des Moines IA, YouTube
That Party City “Thriller” Commercial
• October 21, 2010 • Comments Off on That Party City “Thriller” CommercialPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Holidays, Love, Michael Jackson, Music, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: "Thriller", AdWeek, African Americans, Blacks, Children, Costume, Cris Judd, Dressing Up, Estate of Michael Jackson, Growing Up, Hallowe'en Costume, Hallowe'en Night, Halloween, Holiday, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, Party City, PR Newswire, Zimmerman Advertising
Trailer for “Venus Noire,” The Film About ‘The Hottentot Venus,’ Saartjie Baartman of South Africa
• October 20, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in Acting, African American History, Africans, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, European History, Film, France, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Saartjie Baartman, Sexuality, South Africa, The Rest of the World, Travel, United Kingdom, Women
Tags: "Venus Noire", Abdel Kechiche, Abdellatif Kechiche, Africa, African Americans, Arts, Black Venus, Black Women, Blacks, Britain, Circus, Colonialism, Degradation, Director, Drama, European Colonialism, European History, Exhibition, Exploitation, France, Hottentot Venus, Intervention, Khoi People, Khoikhoi, Khoisan Woman, Movies, New York, Pejorative, Prostitution, Racism, Rape, Saartjie Baartman, Sarah Baartman, Self Image, Self-Worth, Sex, South Africa, Subhumanity, United States
The Story Behind The ‘I Love My Hair’ Sesame Street Video
• October 19, 2010 • Comments Off on The Story Behind The ‘I Love My Hair’ Sesame Street VideoPosted in African American History, Africans, American History, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Children's Shows, Class, Cultural History, Education, Love, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Public Television, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "I Love My Hair", "I Whip My Hair", "Sesame Street", "The Bluest Eye", "The Spook Show", ABC News, African American, Angelina Jolie, Anything Muppet, Barbie Dolls, Biracial, Biracial Children, Biracials, Black Muppet Girl, Black Women, Blacks, Blonde, Blue Contact Lenses, Children, Culture, Deep, Girls of Color, Growing Up, Joey Mazzarino, Latinas, Latinos, Love, Mash-up, NBC News, Racism, Segi Mazzarino, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Straight, Television, The Media, Toni Morrison, Towel, Viral, W, Whoopi Goldberg, Willow Smith, Women of Color, Zahara Jolie-Pitt
‘I Love My Hair’ from PBS’ Sesame Street (w/Update)
• October 17, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Children's Shows, Class, Cultural History, Education, Love, People of Color, Public Television, Race, Television, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "I Love My Hair", "Sesame Street", African Americans, Articles and Interviews, Arts, Beauty, Beauty Standards, Biracial Children, Biracials, Black Hair, Black Women, Blacks, Chantylla "Chauncey" Johnson, Chantylla Johnson, Children, Children's, Chris Rock, Color Purple, Growing Up, Hair, Katy Perry, Love, Madison WI, Muppet, Muppet Wiki, Nappy Hair, People of Color, Programs, Racism, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Singer, Television, The Color Purple, Weaves, Wigs
The Beaver’s Mom, Barbara Billingsley, Dies at 94
• October 16, 2010 • Comments Off on The Beaver’s Mom, Barbara Billingsley, Dies at 94Posted in Acting, American History, Celebrities/Royals, Children's Shows, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Fashion, Television, Television Series, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Airplane", "Leave It to Beaver", "Ward, Barbara Billingsley, Eddie Haskell, Embarrassment, Fred Rutherford, Hollywood, Hugh Beaumont, I'm Worried About the Beaver", I. Magnin, I. Magnin's, Jerry Mathers, Jive, June Cleaver, Los Angeles Times, Lumpy, Memoir, Middle Class White America, Mom, Mother, Pearls, Pre-Feminism, San Francisco, Santa Monica California, Shame, Sherman Billingsley, Suburbia, The Beaver, The Fifties, The Middle Class, The Stork Club, Theodore Cleaver, Tony Dow, United States, Wally Cleaver, Ward Cleaver, White American Boyhood, White Suburbia, Wikipedia
The Brett Favre Taiwanese Penis Cartoon Video (Complete with Subtitles)
• October 16, 2010 • Comments Off on The Brett Favre Taiwanese Penis Cartoon Video (Complete with Subtitles)Posted in Brett Favre, Celebrities/Royals, CGI Cartoons, Class, Cultural History, Film, Mental Health/Psychology, Sexuality, Sports, Taiwan, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: Brett Favre, Casual Encounter, Favre, Jenn Sterger, Mobile phone, New York Jets, NMA News, Packer Nation, Penis Politics, Professional Relationship, Sexual Harassment, Taiwan, The Green Bay Packers, The Minnesota Vikings, Violence and Abuse
Well, There’s WiFi on the Eighth Floor Tonight
• October 16, 2010 • Comments Off on Well, There’s WiFi on the Eighth Floor TonightPosted in Black People, Class, Education, Fiction Writing, Holidays, Joblessness, The Economy, Who I Am, Wisconsin, Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Apple, Black Women, Blacks, Boohooing, Business, Cali, California, Cisco Systems, EBT, EBT Card, Joni Mitchell, Lake Mendota, Life Goes On, Madison Metro, Madison WI, Michelangelo's Coffeehouse, People, Retraining, Self-Respect, State Street, The Bay Area, The Big One, The Eighth Floor, The Eighties, The Great American Black Woman's Novel, The Madison Children's Museum, The Yellow Brick Road, Unemployed, Unemployment Insurance, United States, Web Design, Wi-Fi, Wisconsin, YWCA, YWCA Madison
REVEALED: L.A. Sheriff’s Deputies Moved Mitrice Richardson’s Body Against Coroner’s Orders
• October 13, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Dr. Ronda Hampton, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, Latice Sutton, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Malibu Surfside News", Abduction, African Americans, Against the Law, Anne Soble, Black Woman, California, Captain Tom Martin, Detective Michael Rosson, Dr. Ronda Hampton, Illegal, Jasmyne Cannick, Latice Sutton, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Los Angeles County Coroner, Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Malibu Agoura-Lost Hills Sheriff's Department, Malibu Canyon, Malibu Creek, Marijuana Farms, Marijuana Grove, Michael Richardson, Missing Black Woman, Mitrice Richardson, Murder, Pornography, Rape, Sex Crimes, Sheriff, Sheriff Lee Baca, Single Black Woman, Violence Against Women
Nelson George Gives Us The Black Presence in Barcelona, Spain
• October 13, 2010 • Comments Off on Nelson George Gives Us The Black Presence in Barcelona, SpainPosted in Africans, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, European History, People of Color, Race, The Rest of the World, Travel, Women
Tags: African Americans, Afro-Europe.com, American Airlines, Barcelona, Black Atlas.com, Black Entertainment Television, Black Women, Blacks, Domestic Travel, Espana, Europe, Expatriates, Hip Hop, International Travel, Judi Oshowole, Milan Italy, Music, NAACP Image Awards, Nelson George, Queen Latifah, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Spain, Travel, Travel Blogger, United States
MSNBC LIVE FEED: The Rescue of The Trapped Chilean Miners
• October 12, 2010 • Comments Off on MSNBC LIVE FEED: The Rescue of The Trapped Chilean MinersPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Chicanos/Latinos, Chile, Class, People of Color, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Americans, Benefits, Camp Hope, Celebrities, Chile, Chileans, Compensation, Copiapó, Espanol, Families, Heroes, History, Marriage, Miner, Miners, Mining Accident, Mining Disaster, Mistresses, MSNBC, President, Rescue, Shaft, South America, Spanish, Spanish Speaking, United States, West Virginia, Wives, Women, Workers, Working Class
Playwright Ntozake Shange Talks about Tyler Perry and “For Colored Girls”
• October 12, 2010 • 5 CommentsPosted in Acting, African American History, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Books, Class, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Drama, Education, Film, Love, Memoir, Murder/Manslaughter, Ntozake Shange, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Spirituality, Stroke, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Anika Noni Rose, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Black Women, Blacks, Brooklyn, Drama, Growing Up, Harriette Cole, Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Love, Marriage, New York, Novelist, Ntozake Shange, Playwright, Poet, Racism, Sex, Sexism, Sexism in the African American Community, The Root, The Seventies, The Washington Post, Tyler Perry, United States, Video
George Soros Spending on Causes, Not Democrats
• October 11, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Uncategorized
Tags: Barack Obama, Democratic, Democrats, George Soros, GOP, Human Rights Watch, New York Times, Presidency of George W. Bush, Republican, Republicans, The Democratic Party, United States, United States Congress
Nothing Much on Eddie Long: The Billboard, The Lawyers, The Finances, The Mess
• October 11, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Protestant Denominations, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Spirituality, Televangelists, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Son of a Bishop My Testimony", Advertisement, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, Atlanteans, B.J. Bernstein, Baptist, BET News, Billboard, Bisexual, Bishop Earl Paulk, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Long, Bobby Brewer, Cathedral at Chapel Hill, Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Church Board, Craig Gillen, Cult, Default, DeKalb County, Dirt, Dirty Laundry, Federal Prosecutor, Flock, Frederick Folson, Gay, Gay community, Gay Lesbian and Bisexual, Grandiosity, Homosexual Christians, Homosexuality, Iowa, J.C., Jason Wright, Jesus, LGBT, Lithonia GA, Loan, Marrion Heflin, Mike Stewart, Mona Brewer, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Over-Extended, Pastors, Private Investigator, Religion and Spirituality, Rod 2.0, Samuel Brown, Senator Chuck Grassley, Settlement, Sex, Sexual Abuse, The Messiah, Traditional Christian Fundamentalist, Transgressions
Run-Walk Sponsored by the Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover Foundation a Great Community Success
• October 7, 2010 • Comments Off on Run-Walk Sponsored by the Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover Foundation a Great Community SuccessPosted in Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Education, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Bullying, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover Foundation, Child Abuse, Children, Children and Young People, Gay Bait, GLBT, Love, Massachusetts, Run-Walk, Scholarship, Scholarship Fund, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Springfield MA, Springfield Technical Community College, Suicide, Tweens, United States, Violence and Abuse, Western Massachusetts, Youth
James Willie Jones with His Daughter Chatari: How Much and How Long Must He Apologize?
• October 7, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Education, Joblessness, Love, Memoir, People of Color, Race, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Today Show", African Americans, Alonzo Brundidge, Anti-Bullying, Apologies, Big Scary Black Man, Black Fatherhood, Black Relationships, Black Women, Bullying, Cerebral Palsy, Chatari Jones, Children, Ego, Father, Fatherhood, Fragile, Gangsta, Gay Teen Suicides, Growing Up, Hard, Hospitalization, Jail Time, James Jones, James Willie Jones, Lake Mary, Lake Mary Florida, Love, Matt Lauer, Memoir, Reform School, Schools, Seminole County, Sensitive, Suicide, Swagger, Tender, The Great Recession, Today (NBC program), Tyler Clementi, Violence and Abuse, Working Class, Working Poor, Wrong!
Shaniya Davis: The Department of Social Services Betrayed Her From Day One
• October 5, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Antoinette Davis, Billy King, Biracial Children, Black Women, Blacks, Bradley Lockhart, Brenda Reid Jackson, Child Abduction, Child Abuse, Child Protective Services, Child Sex Slave, Child Sexual Abuse, Children, Criminal Investigation, Cumberland County, Department of Social Services, District Attorney Ed Grannis, Domestic Violence, DSS, DSS Director, Fayetteville Observer, Investigation, Law, Mario McNeill, Motherhood, North Carolina, Obstruction of Justice, Report, Shaniya Davis, South Carolina, State Bureau of Investigation, Stonewalling
Over a Million Hits to a Fox Affiliate to See This Video of Jamal Parris Saying Where and When Bishop Long Wanted Sex
• October 1, 2010 • 4 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African American, African Americans, Alone, Anthony Flagg, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, Automobiles, Blacks, Cars, Church, Civil Suit, Civil Suits, Coercion, Cul-de-Sac, Cult, Dale Russell, Faux News, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox News, Gays, Growing Up, International Travel, Jamal Parris, Lawsuit, Leon Wright, LGBT, Long Fellows Youth Academy, Mega-Church, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Rape, Rendezvous, Rod 2.0, Rupert Murdoch, Seduction, Sex, Sex Crimes, Sexual Relationship, Sexuality, South DeKalb, Support Groups, Tract Home, Trips, Video, WAGA-TV
The “Faubourg Tremé” Screening Didn’t Happen Tonight
• October 1, 2010 • Comments Off on The “Faubourg Tremé” Screening Didn’t Happen TonightPosted in Uncategorized
Tags: "Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans", Black Creoles, Creoles of Color, Documentary, Jazz, Neighborhoods, New Orleans, Screening, South Madison Branch Public Library, Street Bands
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