• July 8, 2013 •
Comments Off on A Pro-Trayvon Song by Watoto From The Nile: “Warning “
Posted in "Stand Your Ground" Laws, African American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Gun Violence, Hate Crimes, Health, History, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, Music Videos, National Issues, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Watoto From The Nile, Women
Tags: African Americans, Baltimore, Baltimore MD, Black Women, Blacks, Children, Gucci Mane, Harriet Tubman, Lil Wayne, Nile, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, United States, Watoto, Watoto From the Nile, Wiz Khalifa, YouTube
• June 11, 2013 •
Comments Off on Little Grace Colbert, Star of the Cheerios Biracial Family Ad, and Her Parents Speak
Posted in African American History, American History, Black People, Celebrity Children, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Food, Grace Colbert, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Stephen Colbert, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Biracial Children, Biracial Girl, Biracials, Cheerios, Christopher Colbert, General Mills, Grace Colbert, Interracial Marriage, Interracing, Janet Colbert, Meaghan Hatcher-Mays, Multiracial, Nichelle Nichols, Rodney Allen Rippy, Stephen Colbert, United States, YouTube
• May 31, 2013 •
1 Comment
Posted in Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Facebook, Food, Health, Love, People of Color, Race, The Heart, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss
Tags: AdWeek, African Americans, Barack Obama, Biracial Children, Biracials, Black Women, Blacks, Cheerios, Children, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Facebook, General Mills, Jane Eyre, Latinos, Love, Marriage, Motherhood, Racism, Reddit, Sally Hemings, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Virginia, WalMart, YouTube
• May 13, 2013 •
1 Comment
Posted in Acting, African American History, Awards, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Film, History, People of Color, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Academy Award, African Americans, Ariana Neal, BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant, Blacks, California, Cannes Film Festival, Cell Phone Videos, Cell Phones, Chad Michael Murray, Constables on Patrol, David Silva, Drama, Fruitvale, Fruitvale Station, Grant, Latinos, Love, Melonie Diaz, Michael B. Jordan, Motherhood, Murder, Octavia Spencer, Oscar Grant, Racism, Ryan Coogler, Sundance Film Festival, Weinstein Company, YouTube
• April 17, 2013 •
Comments Off on Magic’s Son E.J. in First Interview Since Coming Out
Posted in African American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Education, Gossip, Health, History, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Anderson Cooper, Coming Out, Ellen DeGeneres, Gay-Friendly, GWist.TV, Howard Bragman, Johnson, Joy Behar Show, LGBT, Logo, Magic Johnson, New York University, RuPaul, Sunset Strip, YouTube
• March 28, 2013 •
Comments Off on The Very Dead But Forever Beloved Richard Pryor is Coming Out With a New Compilation Album Soon and a New Documentary
Posted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Drug Culture/Industry, Facebook, Film, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Compilation Album, Compilation CD, DVD, Marsha Warfield, Pryor, Richard Pryor, Shout Factory, Tribeca Film Festival, Whoopi Goldberg, YouTube
• July 23, 2012 •
Comments Off on Tina Turner “Speakeasy” Interview on Canadian TV
Posted in Black People, Canada, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Health, Race, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Spirituality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Arts, Black Women, Blacks, Buddhists, Canadian TV, Music, Nichiren Buddhism, Pop, SGI Buddhism, Television, Tina Turner, YouTube
• March 16, 2012 •
Comments Off on Herbie Hancock Talks About How One Could Make Peace Happen
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Cultural History, Education, Herbie Hancock, Love, Music, Religion, SGI Nichiren Buddhism
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Buddhism, Cosby Show, Herbie, Herbie Hancock, Love, Madison WI, New York, New York City, Nichiren Buddhism, Peace, Religion and Spirituality, SGI-USA, Tico Wells, UNESCO, United States, Wisconsin, World Peace, YouTube
• March 8, 2012 •
1 Comment
Posted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, American Politics, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Facebook, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Race, Shirley Sherrod, The Heart, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Women
Tags: "Frontline", ACORN, Andrew Breitbart, Barack Obama, Breitbart.com, BuzzFeed, Conspiracy Theories, Derrick Bell, Harvard Law School, iPad, Obama, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Rodney King, WGBH-Boston, YouTube
• February 9, 2012 •
Comments Off on That Poster From Facebook: George Takei Talks About the Rollback of California’s Prop. 8
Posted in American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Love, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Good Morning America", Cali, California, California Proposition 8, Christine Gregoire, Facebook, Gakkai, Gay Marriage, Gender Identity, George, George Takei, LGBT, Marriage, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, Sexuality, Soka Gakkai International, Star Trek, United States, Washington, YouTube
• January 22, 2012 •
Comments Off on Louis and “Louis”
Posted in Acting, African American History, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Film, Louis Armstrong, Love, Music, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: African Americans, Anthony Coleman, Anthony Isaiah Coleman, Blacks, Boy, Documentary, Educational TV, Fictionalized, Film Documentary, Flushing Cemetery, Growing Up, Homage, Idiom, Kalamu, Kalamu ya Salaam, London Jazz Festival, Louis, Louis Armstrong, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Louisiana, Love, Lucille Armstrong, Melodrama, NeoGriot, New Orleans, Satchmo, Silent Film, Street Urchin, United States, Wynton Marsalis, YouTube
• December 21, 2011 •
2 Comments
Posted in African American History, Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Class, Cultural History, Education, Gang Violence, Murder/Manslaughter, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Hell is The Land of Tranquil Light", African Americans, Birdman, Black Women, Blacks, Children, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Facebook, Gang, Gang Violence, Gosho, Growing Up, Jefferson Parish Louisiana, Kimberly Ward, Lemoine Ward, Lil Wayne, Michael Taylor, New Orleans, Nichiren, Nichiren Buddhism, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sheriff, Taylor, Terrytown, United States, YouTube
• December 8, 2011 •
Comments Off on That GEICO “Rowing Guinea Pigs” Commercial
Posted in Animals, Black People, CGI Cartoons, Class, Comedy, Commercials, Cultural History, Television
Tags: "Ad-Week", "Advertising Age", "Easier Way to Save", Advertising, Advertising Campaign, AdWeek, African Americans, Black People, Blacks, CGI, Charlton Heston, Critters, Gecko, GEICO, Guinea, Guinea Pigs, iPhone, Richmond VA, Row, Television Commercials, The GEICO Gecko, The Martin Agency, United States, YouTube
• November 2, 2011 •
1 Comment
Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Film, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Nuyorican Soul, People of Color, Puerto Ricans, Rotary Connection, Spirituality, The Economy, Wisconsin, Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Arts, Black Spirituality, Black Women, Blacks, Chess Records, Donyale Luna, Jimi Hendrix, Jocelyn Brown, Love, Madison WI, Minnie Riperton, Music, Naomi Sims, New York City, Nikki Giovanni, Nuyorican, Puerto Rico, Racism, Richard Rudolph, Rotary Connection, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Shopping, Spirituality, Sun, The Seventies, United States, YouTube
• October 18, 2011 •
Comments Off on Veteran Marine Sgt. Shemar Thomas on the Occupy Wall Street Protests: “This is Our Time…to Change The Greed…in America”
Posted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Black People, Budget Cuts, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Health, Homelessness, Joblessness, Labor History, Labor Relations, Mental Health/Psychology, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Public Intellectualism, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Tea Party Movement
Tags: 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Afghan War, African Americans, Anarchists, Baggers, Benefits, Blacks, Civil Liberties, Civil Servants, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Current TV, Demonstrations, Dirty Hippies, Iraq, Iraq War, J. Edgar Hoover, Jobless, New York City Police Department, New York's Finest, Occupy Wall Street, OWS, Poor People's Campaign, Poverty, Raw Story, Ready-TV.com, Republicans, Riverside Church, Sgt. Shemar Thomas, Single Issue Politics, The Black Middle Class, The February Uprising, The Middle Class, The Poor People's Campaign, The Tea Party, Unemployed, Union Contracts, Union Members, United States, Veterans, Vietnam War, Wages, Wall Street, War Veteran, Wisconsin, Workers, You Tube, YouTube
• July 20, 2011 •
9 Comments
Posted in African American History, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Gang Violence, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Advocacy, African Americans, Bay Area, Black Girls, Black Women, Blacks, California Public Records Act, Chief of Police, Child Abuse, Child Prostitute, Child Sexual Abuse, Dolores Park, George Gascón, Kenneth Harding, Market Streets, Mesha Irizarry, Murder, Paramedics, Pimp, Pimping, Police Killings, Racism, Rape, Rodney King, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Municipal Railway, San Francisco Police Department, Seattle, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Slavery, SFPD, Tanaya Gilbert, The Crime Scene, United States, Washington State, YouTube
• July 18, 2011 •
8 Comments
Posted in Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: BART Cops, BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant, Bayview-Hunters Point San Francisco, Black Males, Black Men, Black Teens, Black Youth, Buena Vista Park, Bus Fare, Constables on Patrol, Cops, Death by Cops, KTVU, MUNI, Police, Pregnant, Racism, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Municipal Railway, San Francisco Police Department, Seattle WA, Tanaya Gilbert, Washington, YouTube
• June 9, 2011 •
6 Comments
Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Baptists, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Long, Black Women, Blacks, Child Abuse, Children, Christianity, Common Sense, Creflo Dollar, Eddie Long, Gays, Grooming, Jesus, Lawsuits, LGBT, Long, Ministers, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Preachers, Prosperity Gospel, Religion, Religious Shysters, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sexual Abuse, Sherri Shepherd, Taking Sides, United States, Veronica Roberts, YouTube
• June 4, 2011 •
1 Comment
Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Mental Health/Psychology, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Bernice King, Birmingham AL, Bishop Eddie Long, Charlotte North Carolina, Church Expansion, Darius Wise, Denver CO, Easter, Eddie Long, Elder Darius Wise, Elder Wise, Financial Mismanagement, Financial Reverses, Multi-site church, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Reverend Bernice King, Sex, Sex Scandal, YouTube
• March 24, 2011 •
Comments Off on Serena Williams Shows What She’s Got in An “Unauthorized” Top Spin 4 Ad (w/Update)
Posted in Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Fashion, Sexuality, Sports, Venus and Serena Williams, Women
Tags: 2K Sports, Anna Kournikova, Ass-ets, Clot, Lung, Maria Sharapova, Marketing, Reverse Psychology, Rileah Vanderbilt, Serena Williams, Tennis, Top Spin 4, Viral, YouTube
• March 14, 2011 •
Comments Off on Three Little Sistas Called Watoto From The Nile Put Lil’ Wayne on Blast
Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Music Videos, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Sexuality, Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Black Girls, Black Woman Hating, Black Women, Blacks, Children, Children's Records, Children's Songs, Disrespect, Drugs, Erykah Badu, Gender, Gender Roles, Generations, Growing Up, Hip Hop Culture, Hip Hop Music, iTunes, Jay Z, Kids' Records, LilWayne, Love, Marriage, Misogyny, Nile, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Steve Harvey, The Eighties, The Seventies, United States, YouTube
• February 28, 2011 •
Comments Off on The P.S. 22 Chorus Closes The Oscars
Posted in Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Education, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Love, Music, People of Color, Television, The PS 22 Chorus
Tags: "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", "The Wizard of Oz", 1939, Academy Award, African American Children, Anne Hathaway, Asian American Children, Children, Colin Firth, Dreams, European American Children, Fifth Graders, Glee Club, Growing Up, James Franco, Kirk Douglas, Kodak Theater, Kodak Theatre, Latino American Children, Love, New York, Oscars, P.S. 22 Chorus, Singers, Staten Island, The Future, The Thirties, United States, YouTube
• February 25, 2011 •
1 Comment
Posted 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
• February 7, 2011 •
Comments Off on My Favorite Super Bowl Ads
Posted in Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Film, Love, Sports, Television, The Super Bowl
Tags: "Coca Cola Siege", "Cowboys and Aliens", "House Sitting", "One Epic Ride", "Rango", "The Force", 2011, Advertising, Chad Vader, Commercials, Doritos, Facebook, Kia Optima, Pepsi, Pepsi Max, Super Bowl, Television, Television Commercials, The Super Bowl, YouTube
• February 4, 2011 •
1 Comment
Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Consumerism, Cultural History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Protestant Denominations, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Atlanta GA, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Long, Blacks, Born again (Christianity), Common Sense, Dale Russell, Ephren Taylor, Financial Mismanagement, Financial Presentation, Fox I-Team, Fox News, Illegal Gambling, John Meddling, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Seven Deadly Sins, Sweepstakes Video Games, The Black Church, Vanity, YouTube
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