Category Archives: news
If you call a friend after killing a black man, saying “I just ran that n-word over.”…
…It’s a damn hate crime! Sometimes, I can’t stand BET’s news reporting online. I really can’t. Did a Hate Crime Resulting in Murder Occur in Mississippi? HUH? BET, This should not be the title of a post about what happened … Continue reading
Filed under african american, black, civil rights, news, opinion, race, television, why
Thoughts on the Casey Anthony Trail aka. Sit Down, Nancy Grace!
I didn’t get into the Casey Anthony Trial too much. I thought it was a tragedy on many different levels, and the media circus just turned me off. I cared, but there are hundred of children who are killed, molested, … Continue reading
Django Unchained: I’m not interested in any movie where black women are repeatedly raped
I don’t know about you, but a movie featuring mildly thought out black female slave characters who are repeatedly raped at a club for white slave owners is not my idea of a great film. I don’t want to see … Continue reading
Filed under african american, black history, black men, black women, celebrity, drama, media, n-word, news, opinion, race, racism, rape, sex, slavery, stereotype, women
What does Michele Bachmann know about the African-American community?
I’m confused. I know that all the potential Republican candidates are basically competing on the airwaves to see who can bash Obama best. However, Michele Bachmann has tacked on some promises to her usual President bashing in this video that … Continue reading
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Tomorrow might be the Rapture: Good things and Bad things
Good things that could happen if tomorrow is the day God raptures christians away to heaven. 1. I go to heaven. However, I don’t know if the Christianity of Jesus’s time is still the Christianity of today. For all I … Continue reading
Gentrification: White where there was no White in Chocolate City.
Swirl or Twist. That’s what most ice cream, frozen custard, or frozen yogurt places call it when your vanilla and chocolate frozen goodness is twirled together in harmony. Yummy. That isn’t Gentrification. It displaces people and cultures. Fault should not … Continue reading
Filed under african american, black, change, community, culture, d.c., interracial, news, opinion, politics, race, washington dc, white folks
So, Folks Have Issues with Jill Scott and Common at White House
Wow. Jill Scott and Common, two of the most mellow and artistic musical phenoms I know, are getting bashed by the right-wing (Palin and Drudge Report) for lyrics. I’m sure these pundits had no clue who they were before this … Continue reading
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