Archive for March, 2012
Trying to Finish This Long Post on Trayvon
• March 28, 2012 • Comments Off on Trying to Finish This Long Post on TrayvonPosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, American Politics, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Education, Hate Crimes, Immigration, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: El Cajon California, Iraq, Million Hoodies March, New York City, Sandra Rose, Shaima Alawadi, Southern California, Trayvon, Trayvon Benjamin Martin, Trayvon Martin, Union Square, United States, Whitney Houston
Some Saturday Love: Lalah Hathaway in Concert, “When Your Life Was Low”
• March 24, 2012 • Comments Off on Some Saturday Love: Lalah Hathaway in Concert, “When Your Life Was Low”Posted in African American History, American History, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Education, Lalah Hathaway, Love, Music, Music Videos, Women
Tags: Arts, Daughter, Donny Hathaway, Eldest Daughter, Erykah Badu, Esperanza Spalding, Lalah, Lalah Hathaway, Lupe Fiasco, Meshell Ndegeocello, Mos Def, Music, Musiq Soulchild, Robert Glasper
Herbie Hancock Talks About How One Could Make Peace Happen
• March 16, 2012 • Comments Off on Herbie Hancock Talks About How One Could Make Peace HappenPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Cultural History, Education, Herbie Hancock, Love, Music, Religion, SGI Nichiren Buddhism
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Buddhism, Cosby Show, Herbie, Herbie Hancock, Love, Madison WI, New York, New York City, Nichiren Buddhism, Peace, Religion and Spirituality, SGI-USA, Tico Wells, UNESCO, United States, Wisconsin, World Peace, YouTube
Move On’s “The GOP War on Women” Commercial
• March 14, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in Abortion, African American History, American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Discrimination, Education, European History, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Obama Administration, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Reproductive Rights, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Television, The Catholic Church
Tags: "The Handmaid's Tale", Adolf Hitler, African Americans, Barack Obama, Beale Street, Blacks, Christian Fundamentalists, Elvis Presley, Fascism, Jesse Owens, Margaret Atwood, Memphis TN, Political Ad, Political Commercial, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Republic of Gilead, Republican, Rick Santorum, Sex, United States, White Citizens Councils
Audra McDonald and Stephen Colbert Duet The Gershwins’ “Summertime” from “Porgy and Bess”
• March 12, 2012 • Comments Off on Audra McDonald and Stephen Colbert Duet The Gershwins’ “Summertime” from “Porgy and Bess”Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Drama, Love, Music, Race, Republicans in Name Only, Sexuality, Stephen Colbert, Women
Tags: African Americans, Audra McDonald, Bess, Black Women, Blacks, Broadway, Drama, George and Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin, Love, McDonald, Musicals, Porgy, Porgy and Bess, Racism, Stephen Colbert, Theatre, Truthiness, United States
Whitney Houston: The Daughter, The Singer, Her Life and Her Lover(s)
• March 11, 2012 • 4 CommentsPosted in Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Drug Overdoses, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Protestant Denominations, Sexuality, Television Series, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Whitney Houston, Women
Tags: "Oprah's Next Chapter", Accident, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Bobby Brown, Brandy Norwood, Forbes, Gary Houston, Homicide, Houston, L.A. County Coroner, Oprah Winfrey, OWN Network, Pat Houston, Ray J, TMZ, Whitney, Whitney Houston
All Female and Nearly All Black: Democratic Georgia State Senators Walk Out Protesting a War on Women
• March 11, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in Abortion, African American History, American Politics, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Education, Health, People of Color, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate, Reproductive Rights, Sexuality, The Tea Party Movement, Womanism, Women
Tags: Abortion, Access, African Americans, Barry Goldwater, Birth Control, Black Women, Blacks, Democratic Party (United States), Georgia Senate, Georgia State Senate, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive Rights, Republican, Richard Nixon, Women of Color, Womens Rights, Young Black Women
A Work in Progress Trailer of “Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth”
• March 10, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Alice Walker, Black People, Books, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Fiction Writing, Film, Love, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Reproductive Rights, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Rest of the World, Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Alice Walker, Arts, Black Women, Blacks, British Film Institute, Danny Glover, Film Documentary, LGBT, London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Love, March 2012, Movies, Pratibha Parmar, Racism, Rebecca, Rebecca Walker, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Seventies, The Sixties, United States, Walker
Chris Rock at L.A.’s Comedy Store Riffs About Being Invited to the President’s 50th Birthday Party
• March 9, 2012 • Comments Off on Chris Rock at L.A.’s Comedy Store Riffs About Being Invited to the President’s 50th Birthday PartyPosted in American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, Big Pimpin, Birthday, Birthday Party, Black Women, Blacks, Camcorder, Chris Rock, Comedy Routine, Comedy Store, Free Republic, Houston, Inside Edition, Jam Master Jay, Jay Z, Material, Obama, Politico, President, Republican, Rock, Stars, Television, United States, White House
So THIS Is The Video That Got Andrew Breitbart “Killed”??
• March 8, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, American Politics, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Facebook, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Race, Shirley Sherrod, The Heart, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Women
Tags: "Frontline", ACORN, Andrew Breitbart, Barack Obama, Breitbart.com, BuzzFeed, Conspiracy Theories, Derrick Bell, Harvard Law School, iPad, Obama, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Rodney King, WGBH-Boston, YouTube
Gymnast Gabby Douglas Taking Dead Aim at Gold in the Summer Olympics
• March 6, 2012 • Comments Off on Gymnast Gabby Douglas Taking Dead Aim at Gold in the Summer OlympicsPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Gabrielle Douglas, Sports, Television, The Rest of the World, The Summer Olympics 2012, United Kingdom, Women
Tags: African Americans, Amanar, Amy Chow, Bela Karolyi, Black Girls, Black Women, Blacks, Douglas, Floor Competition, Flying Squirrel, Gabby Douglas, Gabrielle Douglas, Gymnastics, Jordyn Wieber, Karolyi, London, Madison Square Garden, Olympic, Saturday, Sport, The 2012 Summer Olympics, Uneven Bars, United Kingdom, United States, Virginia Beach, Young Black Women
That Chipotle Willie Nelson Singing Coldplay’s “The Scientist” Commercial
• March 6, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in Animals, CGI Cartoons, Class, Clay Animation, Commercials, Cultural History, Food, Health, Willie Nelson
Tags: AdWeek, Burritos, Chipotle, Coldplay, Free-Range, Grammy Award, iTunes, Johnny Kelly, Michael Pollan, Omnivore's Dilemma, PSA, Scientist, Sustainable Farming, The Grammys, The Red-Headed Stranger, Willie Nelson
Sandra Fluke Could Be Anyone’s Daughter, Sister, Friend, Wife, Lover: She Could Be You
• March 5, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in American History, American Politics, Class, Cultural History, Education, Facebook, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Public Intellectualism, Reproductive Rights, Sandra Fluke, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Anger, Barbara Walters, Black Women, Catholics, Civil Discourse, Color of Change, Darrell Issa, Democratic Party, Democrats, Discourse, Ed Schultz, Facebook, Fluke, Georgetown University, Homophobia, Jesuits, Memoir, Misogyny, Patricia Heaton, Planned Parenthood, Racism, Republicans, Right Wing, Right-Wing Smear, Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke, Talk Radio, The Blunt Amendment, The Non-Apology Apology, The Pill, The View, Twitter, Viagra, Women, Women of Color
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