Kevin Clash: Making Sense of a Tragedy
• November 24, 2012 • Comments Off on Kevin Clash: Making Sense of a TragedyPosted in African American History, American Politics, Arts, Black Nerds, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Children's Shows, Class, Consumerism, Crime, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Facebook, Film, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Being Elmo", "Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey", "My Life as a Furry Red Monster", "Sesame Street", African Americans, Andrew Vachss, Big Bird, Bishop Eddie Long, Blacks, Cecil Singleton, Child Abuse, Children, Common Sense, Elmo, Facebook, Grooming, Growing Up, Homosexuality, Homosexuals, Jerry Sandusky, Jim Henson, Katherine Franke, Kevin, Kevin Clash, LGBT, Love, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Marriage, Michael Jackson, Mitt Romney, PBS, Puppetry, Rape, Sesame Workshop, Sex, Shannon Clash, Sheldon Stephens, The Closet, The Muppets, The New York Times, TMZ.com, United States
“King: Montgomery to Memphis” Documentary Comes Out of The Vaults After a 40 Year Absence
• February 24, 2011 • Comments Off on “King: Montgomery to Memphis” Documentary Comes Out of The Vaults After a 40 Year AbsencePosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Discrimination, Documentary, Domestic Terrorism, Education, Film, Hate Crimes, National Issues, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "King: Montgomery to Memphis", 1955, African Americans, Black Power, Blacks, Desegregation, Documentary, Ellen Holly, Film Documentary, Freedom, James Earl Jones, Kwame Turé, Martin Luther King, Montgomery Bus Boycott, National Film Registry, Racism, Racists, Ruby Dee, Scott Walker, Segregationists, Sidney Lumet, Social Justice, Stokely Carmichael, The Black Power Movement, The Cheesehead Pharoah, The Civil Rights Movement, The Fifties, The New York Times, The Sixties, United States, Wisconsin
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
Memo to Henry Louis “Skip” Gates About Slavery and Reparations: With Friends Like You, Who Needs Enemies?
• April 24, 2010 • Comments Off on Memo to Henry Louis “Skip” Gates About Slavery and Reparations: With Friends Like You, Who Needs Enemies?Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African American History, African History, African Kings, Aggression, American History, Americans, Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., European Americans, Europeans, Guns, Henry Louis Gates Jr., History, Homeowners, Instigated Wars, Neo-Confederate, Op-Ed Contributor, Redlining, Reparations, Right Wing, Skip Gates, Slave Trading, Slavery, Sugar Cane, Teabaggers, The Akan, The Caribbean, The Fon, The Kongo, The Mbundu, The Middle Passage, The New York Times, The Slave Trade, Tobacco, Voters' Rights, Wars, White Supremacist, Whites
EXPLOSIVE: The Pope is Directly Implicated in the Cover-Up of a Wisconsin Sexual Abuse Case (w/Update)
• March 24, 2010 • Comments Off on EXPLOSIVE: The Pope is Directly Implicated in the Cover-Up of a Wisconsin Sexual Abuse Case (w/Update)Posted in Class, Crime, Education, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexuality, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Vatican City
Tags: "H", "L'Osservatore Romano", Archbishop Rembert Weakland, Archbishop Weakland, Bavaria, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Catholics, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Child Molesters, Children, Faith, Father Peter Hullermann, Germany, Pedophilia, Peter Isely, Pope Benedict, Pope Benedict XVI, Priests, Religious, Reverend Federico Lombardi, SNAP, St. John's School for the Deaf, St. Peter's Square, Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, The Catholic Church, The Fifties, The New York Times, The Seventies, The Sixties, The Vatican, Wisconsin, Youths
As 2010 Opens, Some are Living Only on Food Stamps While Homeowners Under Obama’s Loan Plan are Still Foreclosed On
• January 3, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Cooking, Democrats, Homelessness, Joblessness, Obama Administration, People of Color, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, The Economy, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: Banks, Bernanke, Cash Aid, CBS, Child Support, Dependency, Disability Insurance, EBT Card, Family Dollar Stores, Food Stamps, Foreclosures, Gambling, Geithner, HAMP, Home Affordable Modification Program, Homeless, Homeowners, Jobless, Jobs, Katie Couric, Lenders, Midterm Elections, Mortgages, Pensions, Poverty, President Barack Obama, Save-A-Lot, Stocks and Bonds, Taxes, Taxpayers, The Great Recession, The Middle Class, The New York Times, Third World Country, Unemployment Insurance, Wall Street
Massive Fail at News Organizations: It Was Sergeant Mark Todd Who Brought Down Major Nidal Hasan
• November 13, 2009 • Comments Off on Massive Fail at News Organizations: It Was Sergeant Mark Todd Who Brought Down Major Nidal HasanPosted in Black People, Crime, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Domestic Terrorism, History, Journalism and Ethics, Murder/Manslaughter, Religion, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Editor and Publisher", "Oprah", "The Early Show", African Americans, Blacks, CBS, Fort Hood, Greg Mitchell, Investigation, Iraq, Jessica Lynch, John Wayne, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, Mass Shootings, Mighty Mouse, Murder, PowerPoint, Private First Class Jessica Lynch, Sergeant Kimberly Munley, Sergeant Mark Todd, The New York Times, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Pentagon, Timeline
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
Screw Credit Cards: Foreclosures Hitting Blacks and Latinos Hardest
• May 16, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Gentrification, Race, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Bank of America, Banks, Blacks, Chicago, Color, Communities of Color, Homeownership, Hyde Park, Institutional Racism, Latinos, Long Island, Minorities, Mortgages, Queens N.Y., Racism, Red-lining, Segregation, Subprime Loans, The New York Times, Wells Fargo
Did Steve Harvey Plagiarize His New Book from Another Woman?
• March 29, 2009 • 3 CommentsPosted in Black People, Books, Oprah Winfrey, Women
Tags: Katt Williams, Original Kings of Comedy, Plagiarism, Sharon Carson, Steve Harvey, The New York Times, The Oprah Winfrey Show