Archive for the 'Haitians/Francophone Caribbean' Category
Rachel Jeantel: You’d Better Let That Girl Alone
• June 28, 2013 • 11 CommentsPosted in "Stand Your Ground" Laws, African American History, American Politics, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Education, Fashion, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Hate Crimes, Health, History, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, People of Color, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Rachel "DiDi" Jeantel, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Womanism, Women
Tags: African American, African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, California, Children, Common Sense, Continuation Schools, Don West, English Language, Florida, Growing Up, Haiti, Latinos, Lawyer, Miami, Murder, Rachel, Rachel Jeantel, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Trayvon, Trayvon Martin, United States, Zimmerman
The Most Powerful Black Women in Europe in 2012
• February 2, 2013 • Comments Off on The Most Powerful Black Women in Europe in 2012Posted 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
Satoshi Kanazawa May Lose His Job Over His “Psychology Today” Article That ‘Black Women Are Less Attractive’ Than Other Women (And He Should)
• May 26, 2011 • 3 CommentsPosted in Aborigines/Blacks, African American History, Africans, American History, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Education, European History, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Womanism, Women
Tags: "High Noon", "Shanghai Noon", "The Social Perception of Skin Color in Japan", African American Women, African Americans, Akiba Solomon, Apology, Ayn Rand, Black Women, Chon Wang, Color, Estrogen Levels, Ethnocentrism, Evolutionary Psychology, Gary Cooper, Hiroshi Wagatsuma, Honorary White, Japan, Japanese, London School of Economics, Love, LSE, LSE Students' Union, Mikhail Lyubansky, Psychology Today, Race, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Racism, Satoshi Kanazawa, Science Fiction, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Single Black Women, Sister Resistor, St. Ives, Stanford University, Testosterone Levels, The Great Pacific War, Unilever, United States, Whiteness, William Shockley, Xenophobia
Former President Jean Bertrand Aristide Returning to Haiti
• March 12, 2011 • Comments Off on Former President Jean Bertrand Aristide Returning to HaitiPosted in Africans, American Foreign Policy, Brazil, Canada, Class, Democrats in Name Only, Education, Exploration and Colonization, France, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Natural Disasters, Obama Administration, Race, South Africa, The Clintons, The Rest of the World
Tags: "Baby Doc" Duvalier, Blacks, Danny Glover, Democracy, Drug Cartels, Drug Money, Earthquake, Exile, Exiles, Fanmi Lavalas, Glen Ford, Haiti, Haitians, Harry Belafonte, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Jesse Jackson, Love, Madame Mildred Preval, Maryse Narcisse, Michel Martelly, MINUSTAH, Mirlande Manigat, Organization of American States, Passport, President Jacob Zuma, President Rene Preval, Pretoria S.A., Puppets, Racism, Return, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, South Africa, The Caribbean, The Haitian Earthquake, The United Nations, United Nations Security Council, United States, WikiLeaks
The Most Powerful Black Women in Europe in 2010
• December 6, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, Africans, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Fashion, Film, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Health, Immigration, Love, Music, People of Color, Race, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Activists, African American, African American History, African Americans, Afro-British, Afro-French, Afro-German, Afro-Greek, Afro-Russian, Afro-Swedish, Athletes, Black People, Black Women, Blacks, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Dounne Alexander, Educators, Europe, Grace Bumbry, History, Liechtenstein, Models, Norway, Politicians, Princess Angela of Liechtenstein, Singers, Spain, Sweden, Trisha Goddard, United States, Yvette Jarvis
Spike Lee Returns with a New Documentary About New Orleans (and the Oil-Soaked Gulf) Five Years After Katrina on HBO
• August 19, 2010 • Comments Off on Spike Lee Returns with a New Documentary About New Orleans (and the Oil-Soaked Gulf) Five Years After Katrina on HBOPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Democrats in Name Only, Documentaries, Documentary, Education, Environmental Crimes, Film, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Health, Hurricanes, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, People of Color, Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Cancer Alley", "If God is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise", "Treme", "When the Levees Broke", African Americans, Alabama, Barack Obama, Big Oil, Blacks, BP, Brown, Bush, Cable TV, Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Debut, Dick Cheney, Documentary, Environmental Disaster, Florida, George W. Bush, Haiti, HBO, Hurricane Katrina, Levees, Louisiana, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Michael Brown, Mississippi, Neighborhoods, New Orleans LA, NOLA, NOLA.com, Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, Premiere, President Barack Obama, Rep. Joseph Cao, Seafood Industry, Sean Penn, Simonize, Spike, Spike Lee, The BP Oil Spill, The Deepwater Horizon, The Gulf Coast, The Mahalia Jackson Theatre, Vietnamese Community, Wendell Pierce, William "Cold Cash" Jefferson
More Skepticism Voiced About Wyclef Jean Candidacy for President of Haiti
• August 8, 2010 • Comments Off on More Skepticism Voiced About Wyclef Jean Candidacy for President of HaitiPosted in American Foreign Policy, American History, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Celebrities/Royals, Class, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Race, The Clintons, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Jamaica Observer", "The New York Daily News", Agriculture, Aiyiti, Ansel Herz, Bill Clinton, Blacks, Exploitation, Fanmi Lavalas, Former Ambassador to the United States, Garment Industry, Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Katrina, Kréyol Aïsyen, Kreyol, Middle-Class, Mining, New Orleans, Paternalism, Pras, President Preval, Preval, Raymond Joseph, Reconstruction, Rich, Sean Penn, South Africa, The Black Republic, Wyclef Jean
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
“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
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
Don’t Believe The “Frontline” Update, “The Quake,” about Haiti
• April 27, 2010 • Comments Off on Don’t Believe The “Frontline” Update, “The Quake,” about HaitiPosted in American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Class, Documentaries, Documentary, Exploration and Colonization, Film, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, History, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Television, Race, Television, The Clintons, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Frontline", "The Quake", Aristide, Ayiti, Corruption, Deals, Destinies, Distortion, Elites, Fanmi Lavalas, Haiti, Haitians, National Public Radio, Neo-Colonialism, Oil, PBS, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Self-Determination, The Black Republic, The Haitian Blogger
Wyclef Jean Accused of Gifting Mistress with $105,000 of Yele Haiti Money in 2008, and of His Connections to Right-Wing Haitian Politics
• March 17, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in American Foreign Policy, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Natural Disasters, People of Color, The Clintons, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Black Agenda Report, Blacks, Bruce Dixon, Charitable Contributions, Charities, Charity, Charity Navigator, Claudinette Jean, Fanmi Lavalas, Follow The Money, Gawker, Global Grind, Lavalas, Mistress, Suzie Sylvain, Tax Return, The Smoking Gun, The Wyclef Jean Foundation, Twitter, Wyclef Jean, Yele Haiti, Zakiya Khatou-Chevassus
Trailer for “Jean-Michel Basquiat, The Radiant Child”
• March 2, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Art, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Documentary, Film, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Love, People of Color, Puerto Ricans, Race, Spirituality, The Rest of the World
Tags: African American, Andy Warhol, Blacks, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn NY, Director, Dope, Growing Up, Haitian American, Heroin, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Julian Schnabel, Latinos, Music Video, Music Videos, New York, Nominee, OD, Portoriqueña, Portoriqueño, Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rico, Sundance Film Festival, Tamra Davis, The Eighties, Voodoo, Voodou
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