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Update on Kenneth Harding, Who Was Shot Saturday in San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters’ Point District: The Guy Was a Convicted Pimp

• July 20, 2011 • 9 Comments

Posted in African American History, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Gang Violence, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Advocacy, African Americans, Bay Area, Black Girls, Black Women, Blacks, California Public Records Act, Chief of Police, Child Abuse, Child Prostitute, Child Sexual Abuse, Dolores Park, George Gascón, Kenneth Harding, Market Streets, Mesha Irizarry, Murder, Paramedics, Pimp, Pimping, Police Killings, Racism, Rape, Rodney King, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Municipal Railway, San Francisco Police Department, Seattle, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Slavery, SFPD, Tanaya Gilbert, The Crime Scene, United States, Washington State, YouTube

Meet Betty Dukes, The Black Woman Who Helped Launch the Class Action Discrimination Suit Against Wal-Mart

• May 2, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in African American History, American History, Betty Dukes, Black People, Class, Gentrification, Love, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Womanism, Women
Tags: "Betty versus Goliath", African Americans, American History, Bastion of White Privilege, Bay Area, Betty Dukes, Black Woman, Blacks, Brad Seligman, California, Class Action Suit, David versus Goliath, Divorced, Dukes v. Wal-Mart, East Bay, Federal Court of Appeals, Goliath, Greeter, Heather Ellis, Impact Fund, Legal, Legal Non-Profit Organization, Litigation, Manager, Married, Ms. Magazine Woman of the Year, Pittsburg CA, Racism, San Francisco Bay Area, Sex Discrimination, Sexism, Single, Single Black Woman, Small Business, The American Dream, The Middle Class, The Supreme Court, The U.S. Chambers of Commerce, Wal-Mart, Woman Minister, Woman Preacher, Women

Bill Cosby “Had His Own Language” with Robert Culp

• March 28, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in Acting, American Foreign Policy, Awards, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Film, History, Love, Race, Television
Tags: "I Spy", "The Los Angeles Times", Acting, African Americans, Alexander Scott, Bay Area, Bill Cosby, Blacks, Bro-Mance, Drama, Hugh Hefner, Intelligence, Kelly Robinson, Madison WI, Maleness, Man-Love, Oakland CA, Retro Television Network, Robert Culp, RTV, Spies, Spying, Tennis, Tennis Players, The CIA, The Playboy Mansion, The Sixties, Trainer

Richmond High Rape Update: Seventh, Middle-Aged Man Turns Himself In and Is Charged

• February 7, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Crime, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Age Difference, Ari Morales, Bay Area, Cody Smith, Contra Costa County, East Bay, Elvis Torrentes, Gang Rape, Gang Rape Survivor, Homecoming Dance, John Crane, Jose Montano, Manuel Ortega, Marcelles Peter, October 2009, Rape, Richmond CA, Richmond High, Richmond High School, Violence Against Women

Rick Stevens is Still in Jail and is Not a Young Man

• May 31, 2009 • 24 Comments

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Crime, Music, People of Color, Religion, Tower of Power
Tags: "Sparkling in the Sand", "You're Still a Young Man", Aaron Neville, Bay Area, Bump City, California, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Donald Stevenson, Double Life Sentence, Drug Dealers, Drugs, East Bay Express, East Bay Grease, Emilio "Mimi" Castillo, Growing Up, Katy St. Clair, KPIX, Lithium, Merle Haggard, Mule Creek State Prison, Murder, Narcotics, Prince, Reality, Remorse, Rick Stevens, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, The Bay Area, The Seventies, Tower of Power, Tower of Power Horn Section, United States, Young Man

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