• February 2, 2013 •
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Posted 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
• July 29, 2012 •
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Posted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, European History, Facebook, Jews, Love, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, Sports, Television, The Beatles, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Summer Olympics 2012, Women, World War II
Tags: Academy Award, African Americans, Amateur Sports, Avalon, Biracial Children, Biracials, Black Hair, Britain, British History, Children, Danny Boyle, Elizabeth II, Facebook, Glastonbury Tor, Global Secular Humanist Movement, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Growing Up, Hair, Highlights, Industrial Revolution, Lolo Jones, London, Lord Voldemort, Love, Mitt Romney, Mixed, Mr. Bean, National Health Service, Olympic Games, People of Color, Prince Philip, Queen, Queen Victoria, Racism, Rowan Atkinson, Slumdog Millionaire, Sport, Sports, The 2012 Summer Olympics, The Olympics, Track and Field, United States, World War II
• November 30, 2011 •
Comments Off on Dr. Conrad Murray Convicted and Sentenced, But Not Chastened; and The Proof Is In The Audio and The Video (w/Update)
Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Drug Culture/Industry, Film, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Michael Jackson, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, Television, The Jackson 5/Michael Jackson, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Dr. Oz", "Michael Jackson and The Doctor", "The Man Who Killed Michael Jackson", "The Today Show", African Americans, Blacks, Britain, California, Celebrity, Common Sense, Conrad Murray, County Jails, Documentary, Dr. Conrad Murray, Drama, Drugs, Exploitation, Faux Documentary, Governor Jerry Brown, Invasion of Privacy, iPhone, Jackson, Judge Michael Pastor, Katherine Jackson, LaToya Jackson, Lucrative, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, MSNBC, Murray, Pharmacies, Prescription Drugs, Prisons, Propofol, Quack, Remorse, Sentence, Sentence (law), The Jackson Family, Twitter, United Kingdom, Verdict
• December 16, 2010 •
Comments Off on Julian Assange of WikiLeaks Granted Bail; Accused Leaker Bradley Manning Found in Extremely Solitary Confinement for Past Three Months; “Wiki Rebels” Documentary Released
Posted in American Foreign Policy, American History, Australia, Canada, Class, Documentaries, History, Journalism and Ethics, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), United Kingdom, Women
Tags: "V for Vendetta", Alan Moore, American Foreign Policy, Anonymous, Arrest of Bradley Manning, Britain, Daniel Ellsberg, David Lloyd, Evey Hammond, Gay, Glenn Greenwald, Guy Fawkes Mask, Hackers, Hacktivists, Julian Assange, LGBT, Margaret Thatcher, Matthew Broderick, OpenLeaks.org, Pentagon Papers, Quantico Virginia, Rape, Rape Accusation, Rape Frame-Up, Ronald Reagan, Salon.com, Sexual Abuse, Sweden, The Pentagon Papers, Vee, Wandsworth Prison, WarGames, Whistleblowers, WikiLeaks
• November 29, 2010 •
Comments Off on Forty Years Since George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass” Released; Nine Years Since George Left Us
Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Film, Love, Memoir, Music, Public Television, Religion, Spirituality, Television, The Beatles, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "All Things Must Pass", "Rubber Soul", "The Concert for George", Anniversary, Assassination, Beatle, Britain, David Crosby, Death, George Harrison, High School, India, Indians, Jim Croce, John Lennon, Joni Mitchell, Knife Attack, Los Angeles California, Lung Cancer, Memorial, Music, Paul McCartney, PBS, Phase, Religion, Religion and Spirituality, Religious, Singer Songwriter, Sitar, Solo Album, Spiritual Rock, The Beatles, The Seventies, Tribute
• October 20, 2010 •
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Posted 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
• September 2, 2010 •
Comments Off on So..How Many Advertisers Does Glenn Beck Have Left?
Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Islam/Sufism, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, The Tea Party Movement
Tags: "Fox & Friends", "People Power", "The Progressive", Advertisers, Boycott, Britain, Cambridge MA, Chris Wallace, Christopher Pike, Color of Change, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Edmund Pettus Bridge, Edward Bellamy, Faux Noise, Ferdinand Marcos, Fox News, George Washington, Glenn Beck, Hate, James Rucker, Low Rent District, Mahatma, Media Matters, MLK, Mohandas Gandhi, Mormon, National Archive, Racism, Right Wing, RTV, Rupert Murdoch, Sarah Palin, St. Francis of Assisi, The Berrigan Brothers, The Dream, The KKK, The Klan, The Lincoln Memorial, The Philippines, The Raj, This.TV, Tiananmen Square, White Supremacy, Winston Churchill
• July 10, 2010 •
2 Comments
Posted 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
• April 22, 2010 •
2 Comments
Posted in Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, European History, Fiction Writing, Film, Jamaica/British Caribbean, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Public Television, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Television, Women, World War II
Tags: "Masterpiece Theater", "Small Island", Afro-British, Afro-Caribbean, Andrea Levy, Belonging, Bernard, Black British, Black Britons, Blacks, Britain, Colin Firth, Cotswolds, Drama, Gilbert, Great Britain, Hortense, Interracial Couples, Interracial Love, Interracial Relationships, Jamaica, King and Country, Love, Naivety, PBS, Queenie, Racism, Sade, Sex, World War II, WW II
• March 25, 2010 •
Comments Off on BBC Production of Zadie Smith’s “White Teeth” at Hulu
Posted in Africans, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Class, Crime, Domestic Terrorism, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Fiction Writing, Film, Health, History, India, Jamaica/British Caribbean, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Public Television, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, Television, The Rest of the World, United Kingdom, Women, World War II
Tags: "White Teeth", Anti-Immigration, Black Muslims, Blacks, Britain, Culture, Immigration, India, Indians, Islam, Islamists, Love, Malcolms, Neo-Colonialism, Pakistan, Pakistanis, World Culture, Zadie Smith
• March 17, 2010 •
Comments Off on Bobby McFerrin is Back
Posted in Black People, Bobby McFerrin, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Documentary, Film, Germany, Love, Music, Music Videos, Race, Spirituality, The Rest of the World, United Kingdom
Tags: "The Power of the Pentatonic Scale", African Americans, Blacks, Bobby McFerrin, Britain, Cabaret, California, Choral Blend, Germany, Janis Siegel, Jazz, Jr., Linda Goldstein, Lisa Fischer, Luciana Souza, Musical Collaboration, New Album, Opera, Performance Art, R&B, Robert McFerrin, Rock, San Francisco, The Barbican, The Masonic Center, Touring, Tribal Chants, UK, VOCAbuLarieS, Voices, Voicestra, World Science Festival
• March 9, 2010 •
2 Comments
Posted in SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Spirituality, United Kingdom
Tags: Britain, Common Sense, Musician, Nichiren Buddhism, Nichiren Buddhists, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, SGI-UK, Young Men's Division, Youth Division
• August 18, 2009 •
Comments Off on 90% of U.S. Currency Tainted with Traces of Cocaine
Posted in Crime, Drug Culture/Industry, Science
Tags: "The Los Angeles Times", Addicts, American Chemical Society, Britain, Cocaine, Dirty Money, Dollars, Money, Opium, Sphere of Influence, U.S. Currency
• June 26, 2009 •
3 Comments
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Gossip, History, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Blanket", "The King of Pop", AEG Live, Britain, Cardiac Arrest, Comeback, Concerts, CPR, Custody, Debbie Rowe, Dr. Conrad Murray, Dr. Conrad Robert Murray, E! Online, England, HuffPo, L.A.P.D., Las Vegas, Los Angeles County Coroner, Michael Jackson, Minor Children, Motherhood, Paris Katherine Jackson, Payroll, Prince Michael Jackson, Prince Michael Jackson II, Seven Minutes, Surrogate, The Huffington Post, The Jackson Family, Time of Death, TMZ.com, Toxicology Report
• June 25, 2009 •
5 Comments
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Gossip, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Michael Jackson, Music, Race, Sexuality, Television
Tags: "Billie Jean", "The King of Pop", "Thriller", AEG Live, Britain, Comeback, Concerts, CPR, Dancer, Dancing, July 13-March 2010, London, Los Angeles Fire Department, Lou Ferrigno, Michael Jackson, Paramedics, The Jackson 5, The Jackson Five, UCLA Medical Center
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