That Godiva Chocolate “Bar” Commercial with The Voice of Hercule Poirot
• December 9, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Fashion, Uncategorized
Tags: "Amélie", Acme Idea Co., Advertising Campaign, Agatha Christie, Audrey Tautou, Belgian, Belgium, Commercials, Costa del Sol, David Suchet, Godiva Chocolatier, Hercule Poirot, Madison WI, Marbella Spain, New York, New York Times, PBS, Public Broadcasting System, South Norwalk, Spain, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Television Commercials, The New York Times, Voiceover, Willy Street Coop, World War II
The Most Powerful Black Women in Europe in 2010
• December 6, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, Africans, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Fashion, Film, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Health, Immigration, Love, Music, People of Color, Race, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Activists, African American, African American History, African Americans, Afro-British, Afro-French, Afro-German, Afro-Greek, Afro-Russian, Afro-Swedish, Athletes, Black People, Black Women, Blacks, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Dounne Alexander, Educators, Europe, Grace Bumbry, History, Liechtenstein, Models, Norway, Politicians, Princess Angela of Liechtenstein, Singers, Spain, Sweden, Trisha Goddard, United States, Yvette Jarvis
Nelson George Gives Us The Black Presence in Barcelona, Spain
• October 13, 2010 • Comments Off on Nelson George Gives Us The Black Presence in Barcelona, SpainPosted in Africans, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, European History, People of Color, Race, The Rest of the World, Travel, Women
Tags: African Americans, Afro-Europe.com, American Airlines, Barcelona, Black Atlas.com, Black Entertainment Television, Black Women, Blacks, Domestic Travel, Espana, Europe, Expatriates, Hip Hop, International Travel, Judi Oshowole, Milan Italy, Music, NAACP Image Awards, Nelson George, Queen Latifah, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Spain, Travel, Travel Blogger, United States
The Lynch Mob Mentality Enters the “Mosque at Ground Zero” Controversy
• August 23, 2010 • Comments Off on The Lynch Mob Mentality Enters the “Mosque at Ground Zero” ControversyPosted in American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Islam/Sufism, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Religion, The Rest of the World
Tags: 911, Atlas Shrugs, Bahasa, Bahasa Indonesia, Balloon Juice, Black Muslims, Blogger, Brigitte Bardot, Burlington Coat Factory, Conks, Cordoba House, Criollo, Daisy Khan, FBI, Glenn Greenwald, Ground Zero, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Islam, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Kenny, Kufi, Little Rock Nine, Manhattan, Masjid al-Farah, Masjid Manhattan, Mestizo, Mouth Breathers, Muslim, Muslim Americans, Muslims, New York City, NIMBY, NYC, OKbomb, Pamela Geller, Park 51, People of the Book, Portugal, Racial Profiling, Robert Spencer, Sheikha, Skullcap, Spain, State Department, Stocking Caps, Sufism, The Iberian Peninsula, The Moors, The Pit, The Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), Under Armor Caps, World Trade Center
A Can of Watermelon-Flavored Soda: Another Racist Depiction? (w/Update)
• October 18, 2009 • Comments Off on A Can of Watermelon-Flavored Soda: Another Racist Depiction? (w/Update)Posted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cuba, History, Journalism and Ethics, People of Color, Race, The Rest of the World
Tags: Advertising, African Americans, Barack Obama, Blackface, Blacks, Canada, Cawy Bottling Co., Cawy Lemon Lime, Central America, China, Coco Solo, Common Sense, Depiction, Jupiña, Mainstream, Makeover, Market, Materva, Mexico, Miami FL, MInstrelsy, New Mexico, Post-Racial, Racial, Racism, Racist, Self Image, Spain, Target Stores, The Mainstream Media, Utopia, Watermelon Soda, Yerba Mate
Condi Loves Torture
• April 24, 2009 • 3 CommentsPosted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, History, Hurricanes, Obama Administration, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Abu Zubaydah, al Qaeda, Alberto Gonzales, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Elizabeth Cheney, Emptywheel, Eric Holder, Filipinos, George W. Bush, Jay Bybee, John Ashcroft, John Boehner, John Yoo, Keith Olbermann, Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, Marcy Wheeler, Philip Zelikow, Rachel Maddow, Saddam Hussein, Second World War, Spain, Spanish American War, Special Comment April 16, Steven Bradbury, The CIA, The Justice Department, Torture, Viet Cong, Vietnam War, Vietnamese, Waterboarding