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Dr. Conrad Murray Convicted and Sentenced, But Not Chastened; and The Proof Is In The Audio and The Video (w/Update)

• November 30, 2011 • Comments Off

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

“The Way of All Flesh,” A Documentary About Henrietta Lacks, HeLa, The Immortal

• June 5, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American History, Black People, Books, Cancer, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Film, Health, Henrietta Lacks/HeLa, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Oprah", "Shadow and Act", African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Cancer, Cell, Cell Line, Consent, Death, Disease, Exploitation, Feature Film, Harpo Productions, HBO, HeLa, Henrietta Lack, Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Informed Consent, Life, Medicine, Oprah Winfrey, Racism, Rebecca Skloot, Stealing, The Fifties, The Lack Family, United States

Shaniya Davis Update: Antoinette Davis Due in Court February 2, But No Trial Date Set

• January 24, 2011 • 17 Comments

Posted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Drug Culture/Industry, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Shaniya Davis, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Antoinette, Antoinette Davis, Black Women, Blacks, Child Abduction, Child Abuse, Child Protective Services, Child Sex Slave, Child Sex Slavery, Child Sexual Abuse, Children, Counties, Court, Crime, Cumberland County, Cumberland County Department of Social Services, Exploitation, Fayetteville, Fayetteville North Carolina, Human Trafficking, Kidnapping, Lawyer, Mario Andrette McNeill, Motherhood, Murder, North Carolina, Sex, Shaniya Davis, Supreme Court of the United States, Trial, United States

Willow Smith on “Ellen”: This Little Girl Is For Real, and Yet…

• November 3, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Education, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Music Videos, Sexuality, Television, Willow Smith, Women
Tags: "Hollywood-a-Go-Go", "Hullabaloo", "Shindig!", "The Lloyd Thaxton Show", "The Wizard of Oz", "Where the Action Is", African Americans, Blacks, Bugs Bunny, Cartoons, Child Abuse, Child Star, Children, Common Sense, Developing Early, Doris Day, Exploitation, Fantasies, Growing Up, Hair, Jackie Evancho, Janet Jackson, Judy Garland, Lennon Sisters, Lloyd Thaxton, Michael Jackson, Midget, Mighty Mouse, Rape, Self Image, Self-Worth, Sex, Shirley Temple, Taboo, Ticket Cashiers, Willow Smith, Wizard of Oz

Trailer for “Venus Noire,” The Film About ‘The Hottentot Venus,’ Saartjie Baartman of South Africa

• October 20, 2010 • 3 Comments

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

More Skepticism Voiced About Wyclef Jean Candidacy for President of Haiti

• August 8, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted 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

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