Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Ex-“Lambeau Leap” Footballer LeRoy Butler Gives a Four-Word Tweet of Support for Jason Collins; Loses Church Gig, But Gains More Fans for His Stand Against Homophobia
• May 3, 2013 • Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Ex-“Lambeau Leap” Footballer LeRoy Butler Gives a Four-Word Tweet of Support for Jason Collins; Loses Church Gig, But Gains More Fans for His Stand Against HomophobiaPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Education, Gays in Sports/Coming Out, Hate Crimes, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Sports, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Bullying, Butler, Children, Common Sense, Dunstan, Enforced Heterosexism, Green Bay Packer, Green Bay Packers, Jason Collins, Lambeau Field, LeRoy Butler, LGBT, Love, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sports Illustrated, Torment, Twitter, Wisconsin
That Kohl’s “Gotta Go to Kohl’s on Black Friday” Commercial
• November 22, 2011 • Comments Off on That Kohl’s “Gotta Go to Kohl’s on Black Friday” CommercialPosted in Class, Commercials, Consumerism, Cultural History, Holidays, Music, Television
Tags: Adrants, Advertising, Black Friday, Bullying, Buying, Christmas, Christmas Shopping Season, Commercials, Department Store Chain, Friday, Kohl, Kohl's, Midnight, Music, Music Jingle, Rebecca Black, Sales, Shopping, Teenage Girl, Teenager, Threats, TV Commercials, Visible Measures, Xmas, Youth
When Nadin Khoury, The Boy Hung From a Fence, Visited “The View”
• February 4, 2011 • Comments Off on When Nadin Khoury, The Boy Hung From a Fence, Visited “The View”Posted in Africans, Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Class, Differently-Abled, Gang Violence, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The View
Tags: Behavioral Problems, Bullying, DeSean Jackson, Hanging, Jamaal Jackson, Liberia, Libero-Americans, Lynched, Nadin Khoury, New York Times, Opportunity Center, Parents, Rebecca Wright, Remedial Studies, Teenagers, The View, Todd Herremans, Torture, Troubled Teens, United States, Upper Darby Township Delaware County Pennsylvania
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!
Is James Jones a Hero? Outraged Father of Daughter With Cerebral Palsy Confronts the Bullies on the School Bus
• September 20, 2010 • 7 CommentsPosted in Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Class, Cultural History, Differently-Abled, Education, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Discipline", African Americans, Anti-Bullying Policy, Anti-Social Behavior, Black Families, Black Parents, Blacks, Buddhism, Buddhists, Bullying, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, Catholic Church, Catholic School, Conception, Condoms, Daughter, Gay Bait, Generations, Greenwood Lakes Middle School, Growing Up, Hero, Insensitivity, James Jones, Juvenile Court, Juvie, Lake Mary FL, Lake Mary Florida, Love, New Orleans, Nuns, OHellNawl, Prison, Prison Industry, Private School, Punching, Resources, School Administrators, School Bus, Schools, Seminole County, Seminole County Jail, Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, Slaus, Special Needs Child, Suicide, Suicide Watch, Teachers, The Sixties, Thuggish, Thugs, Thugs-in-Training, Triflin', Uncouth, Verbal Abuse, Violence and Abuse, Waste
The Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover Foundation Sponsors a Walk-Run Against Bullying
• September 13, 2010 • Comments Off on The Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover Foundation Sponsors a Walk-Run Against BullyingPosted in Black People, Class, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Education, Gang Violence, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Advocate, African Americans, Anti-Bullying, Anti-Gay Remarks, Attorney General Martha Coakley, Black Mother, Black Women, Blacks, Bullying, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover Foundation, Carl Walker-Hoover, Chairperson, Charter School, Children, Civil Rights, Female Bullies, Focus on the Family, Gangs, Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network, GLSEN, Governor Duval Patrick, Gwynetta Sneed, Harassment, High School, Irish Immigrant, Junior High, LGBT, Male Bullies, Massachusetts, Middle-Class, Motherhood, Parents, Phoebe Prince, Police, Poor, PTA, Racism, Rape, Scholarship, School Administrators, Schools, Single Black Mother, Snitching, Springfield MA, Stalking, Teachers, Walk-Run
Richmond High Gang Rape Update: The Kids Are Pissed Off
• October 28, 2009 • 7 CommentsPosted in Chicanos/Latinos, China, Class, Crime, Education, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: 23rd Street, 911, Brandy, Bullying, Bystander Effect, California, Children, Constables on Patrol, Detective Ken Greco, Disrespect, Drew Carberry, El Cerrito High, Emeric Avenue, Genovese Syndrome, Girlfriend, Girls, Growing Up, KGO-7, Kitty Genovese, Latinos, Lighting, Lt. Mark Gagan, Murdered, National Council on Crime Prevention, Negativity, New Bedford MA, Normalcy, Queens, Rally in Support of Rape Victim, Raped, Raul Rubio, Recapitulation, Richmond CA, Richmond High, Richmond High School, Safety Issues, Security Cameras, Stabbed, The New York Times, West Contra Costa School Board, Women, You Tube
Morehouse College Shootings: Elite Black Students Going Gangsta
• May 20, 2009 • 3 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Education, Race
Tags: African Americans, Black Upper Class, Bullying, Caleb Cooper, CNN, Community, Dr. Boyce Watkins, Drugs, Essence, Frank Rashad Johnson, Fronting, Gangs, Gangsta, Guns, Jack and Jill Politics, Joshua Brandon Norris, Legacy Students, Morehouse College, Students, The Maroon Tiger
“Good Times” Artist Ernie Barnes, 70, Dies
• April 28, 2009 • 4 CommentsPosted in Art, Black People, Ernie Barnes, Varnette Honeywood
Tags: "A Life Restored", "From Pads to Palettes", "Good Times", "I Want You", "The Bench", "The Cosby Show", Arts, Baltimore Colts, Bullying, Denver Broncos, Ernie Barnes, Football, J. J. Evans, Jimmy "J-J" Walker, Kanye West, Marvin Gaye, Michelangelo, Raphael, San Diego Chargers, Sports, Sports Art, The Haight, The Seventies, Varnette Honeywood, Visual Arts
Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, 11, Commits Suicide Over Anti-Gay Bullying
• April 16, 2009 • 6 CommentsPosted in Black People, Commercials, Race, Sexuality, Television
Tags: Anti-Intellectualism, Bullying, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, Enforced Heterosexism, Gay, Hypermasculinity, Sirdeaner Walker, Springfield MA, Suicide, Wanda Sykes