Cut Steeler Rashard Mendenhall, An Athlete Thinking Aloud, Some Slack
• May 11, 2011 • Comments Off on Cut Steeler Rashard Mendenhall, An Athlete Thinking Aloud, Some SlackPosted in American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Education, International Terrorism, Journalism and Ethics, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Public Intellectualism, Race, Rashard Mendenhall, Religion, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, War Crimes
Tags: 9-11, Anger, Animality, Buddhism, Celebrity, Charlie Sheen, Communication, Curt Flood, Football, Football Player, Hell, Hunger, Jack and Jill Politics, Jingoism, Nationalism, Osama bin Laden, Patriotism, Pittsburgh Steelers, Players' Strike, Rashard Mendenhall, Slavery, Social Justice, Social Networking, Sports, The Four Evil Paths, The World Trade Center, Tweets, Twitter, United States, War on Terror, White House, World Trade Center
Hip-Hop Artist Jasiri X Does a Music Video on The Ground at Capitol Square in Madison!
• February 25, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in American History, American Politics, Black People, Budget Cuts, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Discrimination, Labor History, Labor Relations, Music, National Issues, Obama Administration, Political Malfeasance, Public Intellectualism, The Economy, The Rest of the World, The Tea Party Movement, Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin
Tags: "Free the Jena 6", "This Week with Jasiri X", "What If the Tea Party Was Black?", American Workers, Black History Month, Budget Repair Bill, Jack and Jill Politics, Jasiri Oronde Smith, Jasiri X, Jena 6, John Boehner, Koch family, Mac Miller, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, Public Employees, Public Sector Unions, Rupert Murdoch, Union Busting, Unions, United States, UW Platteville, Wiz Khalifa, YouTube
Technical Difficulties…and Some Updates on Long Running Stories: Mitrice, Oscar Grant
• November 8, 2010 • Comments Off on Technical Difficulties…and Some Updates on Long Running Stories: Mitrice, Oscar GrantPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Democrats, Education, Fashion, India, Indonesia, Islam/Sufism, Latice Sutton, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, South Korea, Stroke, Television, The Economy, The Heart, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Who I Am, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "The Los Angeles Times", "The Malibu Surfside News", African Americans, Alameda County, Anne Soble, Aretha Franklin, Barack Obama, BART, BART Police, Black Women, Blacks, Blue Screens, California, Constables on Patrol, Coroner, Error Messages, Indonesia, Jack and Jill Politics, Johannes Mehserle, Laptop Computer, Latrice Sutton, LGBT, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County California, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Malibu CA, Mitrice Richardson, Murder, Oakland CA, Oscar Grant III, Police Cover-Up, Police Murder, Police Shooting, Protesters, Rebooting, Republicans, Sheriff, Sheriff Lee Baca, Technical Difficulties
Wanda Sykes Does Erykah Badu’s “Window Seat” Video
• April 15, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Erykah Badu, Sexuality, Television, Wanda Sykes, Women
Tags: "Window Seat", African Americans, Blacks, Comedy, Controversy, Erykah Badu, Getting Naked, Jack and Jill Politics, Late Night TV, Laughter, Played for Laughs, Playing It for Laughs, Talk Show, Video, Wanda Sykes, Young Black and Fabulous
Obama Nominates Sonia from the Bronx
• May 26, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in American Politics, Chicanos/Latinos, Democrats, History, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Sonia Sotomayor, Women
Tags: Barack Obama, Hispanics, Jack and Jill Politics, Justice David Souter, Latinos, New York Federal Circuit Court, Princeton, Sonia Sotomayor, The Bronx, The Hill, The Supreme Court
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
Iman: Michelle Obama “Not a Great Beauty”
• May 17, 2009 • 18 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Fashion, Michelle Obama, Race, Women
Tags: African, African American, African Americans, Aging, Barbara Smith, Beauty, Color, Eritrea, Eritreans, Ethiopia, Ethiopians, First Lady of the United States, Glamour, Harvard, Huffington Post, Iman, Internalized Racism, Jack and Jill Politics, Looksism, Parade Magazine, Princeton, Self Image, Somalia, Somalis, Style, Zuleikha Haywood