Monthly Archives: November 2007
Chocolate: The taste of Slavery
“There may be a hidden ingredient in the chocolate cake you baked, the candy bars you sold for your school fund-raiser, or that fudge-ripple ice cream cone you enjoyed on Saturday afternoon”, says Sudarsan Raghavan and Sumana Chatterjee Knight Ridder … Continue reading
Tay Zonday is selling Cherry Chocolate Rain
“This is the Web. And it’s going to murder your TV.” To promote their new Cherry Chocolate flavor, Dr. Pepper has employed viral video wonder, 25 yr old Ph.D. candidate Adam Nyerere Bahner, aka Tay “Chocolate Rain” Zonday. His newest … Continue reading
Divorce goes slow after Juanita Bynum’s Essence article
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting that the divorce case of national evangelist Juanita Bynum and her estranged husband have broken down since the pastor dished about her troubled marriage in Essence magazine. Attorney for Bishop Thomas W. Weeks III said … Continue reading
Where am I at? With Mickey Avalon, of course
If you are like me, you said “Who the hell is that??” when you saw the new Boost Mobile Television ads featuring Young Jeezy and Jermaine Dupri. The “David Bowie Pretty” white “guy” is Mickey Avalon. Did this match up … Continue reading
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Rodney King gets shot. Can’t we all just stay out of the news?
Can’t we all just get along? Can’t you just stay the hell out of the news, my brother? Why is Rodney King back in the news? He was shot on Wednesday. CNN is reporting that Rialto, California, Police Department Sgt. … Continue reading
South African Lesbians and Rape as a Hate Crime
Rape for Who I Am is a documentary about the plight of South African lesbians. As well as facing institutional discrimination and a lack of support from their families, lesbians in South Africa run the risk of being raped because … Continue reading
