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White valedictorian at Morehouse!
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For the first time in it's 141 year history historically black college Morehouse will have a white valedictorian. Watch the video below:

MLK STATUE REDESIGN
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Some involved with the designing and construction of the MLK Monument in Washington DC believe that are design of the MLK Statue featured at the monument which now features King standing tall with his arms crossed is now too confrontational??????? I guess even when a black man is made of stone he has to worried about how others perceive him......Read more on this story here MLK REDESIGN

05/13/08

Racism greets black family in new neighborhood
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In Metairie Louisiana it took less than one week for a black family moving into a predominantly white neighborhood to be greeted by racism. Someone burned the letters KKK into their front yard. What's sad is that the family moved to the town so their children could grow up in a safer neighborhood. Read the entire story by clicking the link below:

Racist greeting for black family

NY cops stop wrong black guy
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Now check this out and trust me I am not making this up. Mind you the following incident happened while the NYPD is under increasing scrutiny for racial profiling. Two of NY's finest who happen to be white walked up to a SUV that belongs to the NYPD and asked the black man inside to get out an ID himself. After the black man a 3 star chief in the NYPD identified himself one of the two the geniuses decided it would be a great idea to argue with him. Now the idiot is on desk duty minus his gun and badge. Read the entire story by clicking the link below:

NYPD stops wrong black man

Black reporter sues NYPD for racial profiling
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NY Post reporter Leonardo Blair who is black is now suing the NYPD. The lawsuit is in response to his being stop and frisked for no valid reason. He believes the NYPD engages in racial profiling. With over million people stopped half were black. Listen to Mr. Blair's story by clicking the player below:

05/09/08

Harpo Inc, Company of the Year
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On May 16 Oprah Winfrey’s company Harpo Inc will be named Company of the Year by Black Enterprise Magazine. Read the entire story by clicking the link below:

Harpo Inc, Company of the YearPhiladelphia police chief explains beating
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Philadelphia police chief Charles Ramsey went on local TV in Philadelphia to explain the recent police beating incident and to ask everyone to wait for the investigation to run it's course. He neither defends or attacks his officers although he says he is not proud of what he saw.

UPDATE: The 14 police officers involved in Monday nights beating of 3 suspects have been suspended as the case is being investigated. You can read the story and watch the video by clicking the link below:

Officers Suspended

05/07/08

Laurence Fishbourne portrays Thurgood Marshall Discuss the interview by clicking here, NO LOGIN REQUIRED

Check out this great interview with Laurence Fishbourne about his new one man play , "Thurgood" The play chronicles the life of the great civil rights leader and legal legend. The play is running in NY at the Booth Theatre from April 30 to July 20th and Laurence is great in the part.

Black NY judge recieves death threats
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R. Kelly case update
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R. Kelly who has been denying reports of allegedly having sex with underage girls seems to have even more trouble on his hands. He is headed to trial for sleeping with a 13 year old girl and videotaping it. Besides the fact that the FBI has authenticated the tape. A woman has come forward to testify during the trial saying that she, R. Kelly , and the 13 year old girl had a three way sexual encounter. Read the entire story below:

R. Kelly

05/04/08

African Americans and strokes
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Strokes are the third leading cause of death among African Americans. The American Stroke Association has released a downloadable kit to help African Americans recognize the signs of a stroke and to help prevent one.

This media kit focuses on African Americans, heart disease and stroke.

The kit includes
Facts about African Americans, Heart Disease and Strok
Goals for a Longer, Stronger Life;
Overweight and Obesity: What Can You Do
Heart-Healthy Cooking Tips
Heart Disease and Stroke Warning Signs
Free Programs for a Healthy Life

Download or read the kit here African American Health Kit

Bill Cosby tackles issues facing black community
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Friday, May 02, 2008
BY DAVID PORTER Associated Press

Comedian Bill Cosby told several hundred people at a conference of community associations in Newark yesterday to stand up, confront the ills facing black Americans and ignore the "intellectual panhandlers."

Characterizing his own words as "blunt but not harsh," Cosby criticized a culture in which "babies are wearing $40 sneakers while their mothers are feeding them Oodles of Noodles" and in which pimps and murderers are seen as heroes.

Cosby, 70, spoke for nearly an hour, beginning by comparing cur rent attitudes to a patient who ig nores a toothache until it requires major surgery.

Several times he exhorted the audience to "stand up and stop looking for somebody to blame," a mantra that has angered some black leaders who have accused him of downplaying the effects of long-term discrimination.

Cosby, who grew up in a poor Philadelphia neighborhood and first became successful with observational humor of his youth, termed some of those critics "intellectual panhandlers" who enable destructive behavior by staying si lent or blaming the behavior on racism.

"You've got these idiots who've got these degrees and some of them are ordained ministers and they say, 'Bill, you're picking on the poor,'" he said. He then drew laughs by adding, "Well, so did Jesus, then. Jesus was always telling someone, 'Go ye.' Jesus was al ways telling people to go somewhere. And, 'Don't do this again or don't do that again.'"

Cosby saved some of most pointed words for radio stations that play "pro-murder and anti- women" music, and he said adults are equally complicit if they fail to speak up.

"I haven't seen the demonstra tions saying, 'I'm not allowing my children to listen to this.' It's killing us," he said. "We're not talking about it, and we're not beating it down."

Yesterday's conference was hosted by Family Intervention Services, based in South Orange, and Newark Now, an organization formed by Newark Mayor Cory Booker.

Booker spoke of the Family Success program he developed, which has expanded to 11 support facilities in Newark, as well as his efforts to develop a re-entry program for newly released convicts.

Booker introduced Cosby, who wore a Yale University sweater in honor of the mayor, a Yale Law School graduate. Booker called Cosby "a critical voice right now in the American context" and praised his willingness to speak out on is sues without bowing to political correctness.

"This is a time for candor -- we can't beat around the bush," Booker said. "We've got large percentages of our population that are underachieving. He's speaking to the heart of the matter, and he speaks to the realities of what a lot of folks are experiencing."

Michelle Obama on Rev. Wright
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Check out this video of a very dignified and strong Michelle Obama tackle the issue of Jeremiah Wright and how hard it was to break ties with him during a CNN interview.

05/01/08

Hanging noose is not a hate crime?????
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A case is Florida in which a white teenager was caught hanging a noose in a black families yard has taken an odd turn. Local prosecutors want to charge the teen but under Florida law hanging a noose is not a crime. They can not even charge the boy with trespassing because the black family did not have a "No Trespassing" sign posted or a fence to keep people out of the yard. Watch the story by clicking the link below:

Hanging Noose

04/30/08

African-American Support Could Hurt Obama, Duke Expert Says
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Durham, NC -- The enthusiastic turnout of African-American voters on Barack Obama’s behalf in the primaries and caucuses could backfire, leading to defections from some white supporters, according to a Duke University political scientist who studies race, politics and gender.

Obama has a rally planned today in Chapel Hill, N.C., in advance of the May 6 North Carolina primary.

“I think these patterns are legitimate issues to raise in the campaign, as the Clinton camp has subtly and not-so-subtly done,” says Kerry L. Haynie, an associate professor of political science. “They speak to the issues of his viability and electability.”

Haynie is co-director of Duke’s Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Social Sciences. He is also co-editor of the forthcoming book, “New Race Politics in America, Understanding Minority and Immigrant Politics.”

According to Haynie, two historical patterns illustrate how and why race matters in the 2008 presidential election. He says the more African-American support Democratic candidates such as Obama receive, the greater the risk of them losing white supporters. He cites research showing that whites, especially low-income whites, are often less likely to vote for a Democratic candidate if he or she is identified with black voters. He says poll numbers indicate the Mississippi and Ohio primaries are examples of this pattern.

“I am certain that these issues and these patterns are on the minds of many of the Democratic superdelegates,” he says.

Secondly, researchers have found that in black-white electoral contests, pre-election polls tend to overestimate white voter support for black candidates. This pattern could suggest that current polling data inflates the true support that Obama has among whites.

“For a number of reasons, some white voters indicate support for black candidates in polls and surveys, but don’t follow through at the ballot box,” Haynie says. He points to the campaign of former Virginia governor Douglas Wilder. “The polls estimated Wilder's lead to be between 4 and 11 percentage points. When the actual votes were counted, however, Wilder won by just six-tenths of a percentage point.”

04/29/08

NYPD taunts Sean Bell's family.
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For those who still believe the NYPD is not prejudice toward African Americans and has an us against "them" attitude when it comes to the Black Community now comes a story that someone called from a police union's office to taunt the Bell Family after the trial. What's funny is that the cops say they can hand the situation. Click the link below to read the story.

NYPD taunts Bell Family

NYPD Recruits KKK Members Commercial
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His this is George Cook of www.letstalkhonestly.com and here is a video I made in response to the recent Sean Bell Verdict. I am very saddened that again "justice" had decided a black man's life has little or no value.

04/27/08

Denver students honor Tuskegee Airmen
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The Tuskegee Airmen are heroes and role models to me. Having met two of these great men I say that all honors bestowed upon them are deserved.I want to congratulate the the Tuskegee Airmen and commend these young students on a job well done. Watch the video below:

Is Planned Parenthood Racist?
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Bill Clinton says Obama campaign played race card
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In an interview with Pennsylvania radio station WHYY accused the Obama campaign of playing the race card after the South Carolina Primary. Later on that same day he denied saying any such thing. Listen to the interview and decide for yourself what Bill Clinton said:

Bill Clinton Interview

04/22/08

Black Colleges Seek Help From Alumni
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As state and private funds shrink, historically black colleges are refreshing outdated efforts to solicit former students, by adding specialized staff, crafting personalized "asks," improving campuses and increasingly using Internet outreach. Read the entire story by clicking the link below:

Black colleges seek financial help from alumni

04/20/08

Principal singles out black students on grades
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In Sacramento a principal at an elementary school at an el had an assembly of only black students to discuss their low test scores. The principal Janet Fields says the purpose of the assembly was to motivate the students to do better on the test not embarrass them by singling them out. What's sad is that there was a similar case like this last year. Watch the video by clicking the link below:

Black Children Embarrased

04/17/08

More Trouble at Oprah's School
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A young girl has been expelled from Oprah's leadership academy in South Africa after suffering a mental breakdown which is leading many to questions the schools ( not Oprah's ) dedication to these girls. You can click the link below to read more on this story:

More Trouble

04/16/08

Race Relations in America
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04/14/08

The 2008 EBONY POWER 150 List
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ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND MEDIA

• Tyra Banks, talk show host, entrepreneur and television personality
• Mara Brock Akil, television show creator, executive producer and writer
• Halle Berry, Academy Award-winning actress, producer
• Reuben Cannon, casting director and producer
• Debra Martin Chase, film and television producer whose company, Martin Chase Productions, is an affiliate of the Walt Disney Company
• Suzanne DePasse, entrepreneur, CEO DePasse Entertainment
• Jermaine Dupri, music executive, producer, songwriter, recording artist, author and entrepreneur
• Lisa Ellis, senior vice president, Sony Music Label Group
• Kirk Franklin, gospel artist, author and entrepreneur
• Thelma Golden, curator, the Studio Museum in Harlem
• Steve Harvey, nationally syndicated radio personality and director of the Steve Harvey Foundation
• Reginald Hudlin, president of entertainment, BET
• Cheryl Boone Isaacs, governor, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• Quincy Jones, musician, entertainment executive
• Tom Joyner, national syndicated radio personality, social activist and philanthropist
• Spike Lee, film producer, director and screenwriter, founder, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
• Paula Madison, executive vice president of diversity, NBC Universal, and company officer, General Electric
• Wynton Marsalis, trumpeter, composer, artistic director, Jazz at Lincoln Center
• Dana Owens (Queen Latifah), actress, entertainer, entrepreneur, philanthropist
• Tyler Perry, playwright, author, director, producer, actor
• Antonio (L.A.) Reid, chairman, Island Def Jam Music Group, and legendary music producer
• Shonda Rhimes, television show creator, writer and executive producer ("Grey's Anatomy," "Private Practice")
• Sylvia Rhone, president of Universal Motown Records
• Johnathan Rodgers, CEO and president of TV One
• Tavis Smiley, author, activist and media personality
• Will Smith, actor, producer, recording artist
• Andre Leon Talley, fashion writer/editor, author and style guru
• Timbaland, music producer, composer and rap artist
• Denzel Washington, Academy Award-winning actor, director and producer
• Oprah Winfrey, talk show host, entrepreneur, entertainment executive and philanthropist
• Tiger Woods, championship golfer, entrepreneur and creator of the Tiger Woods Learning Center

BUSINESS

• Amsale Aberra, founder, AMSALE Design Group
• Don H. Barden, CEO, Barden Companies, Inc.
• Tony Brown, senior VP, Ford Motor Co.
• Shawn (Jay-Z) Carter, music producer, co-launched new advertising company
• Kenneth I. Chenault, CEO, American Express
• Sean (Diddy) Combs, founder, Sean John, Bad Boy
• Earl G. Graves, publisher, Black Enterprise magazine
• Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Capital
• Catherine L. Hughes, chairperson, Radio One
• Earvin (Magic) Johnson, CEO, Magic Johnson Enterprises
• Robert L. Johnson, owner, Charlotte Bobcats
• Sheila Johnson, owner, Washington Mystics of the WNBA
• Debra L. Lee, chairman, BET Networks
• Renetta McCann, CEO, Starcom MediaVest Group
• Clarence Otis Jr., CEO of Darden Restaurants (Olive Garden, Red Lobster)
• Linda Johnson Rice, CEO, Johnson Publishing Co.
• John W. Rogers Jr., CEO, Ariel Capital Management
• Kimora Lee Simmons, entrepreneur and TV personality
• Russell Simmons, CEO, Rush Communications
• David L. Steward, founder and chairman, World Wide Technology
• Don Thompson, president, McDonald's USA
• John W. Thompson, chairman and CEO of Symantec Corp. and part owner of the NBA's Golden State Warriors
• Edward T. Welburn, vice president, General Motors
• Carol H. Williams, CEO, Carol H. Williams Advertising
• Ronald A. Williams, chairman and CEO AETNA, Inc.

EDUCATION

• Maya Angelou, poet, author and lifetime chair, Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of American Studies, Wake Forest University
• Lerone Bennett Jr., author, historian, lecturer and Ebony magazine executive editor emeritus
• Geoffrey Canada, president/CEO Harlem Children's Zone
• Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, scholar, author and professor at Georgetown University
• Dr. John Hope Franklin, historian and James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of History, Duke University
• Dr. Henry Louis (Skip) Gates Jr., W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of the Humanities and Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research at Harvard University, author and researcher of African-American history
• Dr. Julia Hare, national executive director of The Black Think Tank
• Charles Ogletree, founding executive director of Harvard Law School's Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice
• Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist, Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History
• Dr. Cornel West, author, scholar, Class of 1943 University Professor of Religion at Princeton University

RELIGION

• Bishop Charles E. Blake, presiding bishop, Church of God In Christ, Inc.
• The Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts, pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem and president of the State University of New York College at Old Westbury
• Pastor Creflo A. Dollar, founder and senior pastor, World Changers Church International
• Minister Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam leader
• Bishop William H. Graves, senior bishop and CEO of the CME Church
• Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, Sixth Archbishop of Atlanta (Catholic)
• Bishop T.D. Jakes, bishop, pastor and founder of The Potter's House, author, entrepreneur
• Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie, presiding bishop of the 13th Episcopal District
• Dr. Frederick K.C. Price, pastor and founder, Crenshaw Christian Center
• The Rev. Dr. William J. Shaw, president, National Baptist Convention USA Inc.
• Dr. T. Dewitt Smith, president, Progressive National Baptist Convention Inc.
• Bishop George W.C. Walker, senior bishop, AME Zion Church
• The Rev. Cecil Williams, CEO and minister of national and international ministries, Glide Memorial United Methodist Church
• Bishop McKinley Young, general board president, AME Church

POLITICS & LAW

• U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop Jr. (Ga.)
• U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown (Fla.)
• U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield (N.C.)
• Donna Christian-Christensen, Congressional Delegate (Virgin Islands)
• U.S. Rep. William Clay Jr. (Mo.)
• U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke (N.Y.)
• U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (Mo.)
• U.S. Rep. James E. Clyburn (S.C.)
• U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr. (Mich.)
• U.S. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (Md.)
• U.S. Rep. Artur Davis (Ala.)
• U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis (Ill.)
• U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (Minn.)
• U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah (Pa.)
• U.S. Rep. Al Green (Texas)
• U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings (Fla.)
• Eleanor Holmes Norton, Congressional Delegate (D.C.)
• U.S. Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (Ill.)
• U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas)
• U.S. Rep. William J. Jefferson (La.)
• U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (Texas)
• U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (Ga.)
• U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (Ohio)
• U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (Mich.)
• U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee (Calif.)
• U.S. Rep. John Lewis (Ga.)
• U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek (Fla.)
• U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (N.Y.)
• U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore (Wis.)
• U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.)
• U.S. Rep. Donald M. Payne (N.J.)
• U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel (N.Y.)
• U.S. Rep. Laura Richardson (Calif.)
• U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (Ill.)
• U.S. Rep. David Scott (Ga.)
• U.S. Rep. Robert C. (Bobby) Scott (Va.)
• U.S. Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (Miss.)
• U.S. Rep. Edolphus Towns (N.Y.)
• U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (Calif.)
• U.S. Rep. Diane E. Watson (Calif.)
• U.S. Rep. Melvin L. Watt (N.C.)
• U.S. Rep. Albert R. Wynn (Md.)
• U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
• Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
• Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts
• Emil Jones, President, Illinois Senate
• Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, N.J.
• Sheila A. Dixon, Mayor of Baltimore
• Adrian Fenty, Mayor of Washington, D.C.
• Shirley Franklin, Mayor of Atlanta
• C. Ray Nagin, Mayor of New Orleans
• David A. Paterson, Governor of New York
• L. Douglas Wilder, Mayor of Richmond, Va.
• Michael Nutter, Mayor of Philadelphia
• Kamala Harris, San Francisco District Attorney
• Billy Martin, defense attorney, Washington, D.C.
• Ted Wells, defense attorney, New York City
• Willie E. Gary, senior partner, Gary, Williams, Finney, Lewis, Watson & Sperando, P.L.
• Donna Brazile, political strategist
• Greg Moore, executive director, NAACP Voter Fund

MILITARY

• Army Gen. William E. (Kip) Ward, leader of the U.S. Africa Command
• Air Force Lt. Gen. Edward Rice, Commander of U.S. Forces in Japan

PUBLIC SERVICE

• Julian Bond, chairman, NAACP Board of Directors
• Dr. William (Bill) H. Cosby Jr., entertainer, actor, activist, philanthropist
• Don Cheadle, actor and human rights activist
• Dorothy I. Height, president emerita, National Council of Negro Women
• The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., president, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and civil rights activist
• Marc H. Morial, president, National Urban League
• The Rev. Al Sharpton, founder, National Action Network, civil rights activist
• Susan Taylor, founder National Cares Mentoring Movement

04/12/08

Tavis Smiley cutting ties with Tom Joyner Show
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In a surprise move Tavis Smiley will resign from doing his twice weekly commentary pieces on Tom Joyner's morning show effective in June. Tavis says is due to fatigue and a very hectic schedule

Tom Joyner indicated otherwise on his program and in his blog yesterday, writing: "The real reason is that he can't take the hate he's been getting regarding the Barack issue -- hate from the black people that he loves so much." .Read the entire article by clicking the link below:

Tavis leaving Tom Joyner Show

04/11/08

Black Women have majority of abortions
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, since 1973, 15 million fetuses have been aborted by black women.

Black women represent only 12 percent of the population in the United States, but they are responsible for the majority of abortions. Each day, 1,452 abortions are performed on black women. Read the entire article by clicking the link below:

Black Women & Abortions

04/10/08

Man threatens Clarence Thomas
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David Tuason targeted black men known to affiliate with white women, well-known white women who had relationships with black men, and children of mixed-race parents, federal authorities said. Read the entire article by clicking the link below:

Threats against Black Celebrities

04/08/08

African American men giving back to children
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I love stories like this. In Wichita Kansas. A group of black men known as Real Men Real Heroes is mentoring black children and trying to do something about the lack of positive black role models in their lives. Met these Real Heroes by clicking the link below:

Real Men Real Heroes

04/01/02

Tyler Perry wants more diverse audience
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While Tyler Perry's movies are always profitable he wishes he had a more diverse audience. His movies normally gross about 31-63 million but he feels they should be grossing more. Oddly enough his lowest grossing movie "Daddy's Little Girls" didn't feature a black man in a dress but a positive portrayal of a black man. His latest Meet The Browns had a steep 63% drop in it's second week. Read more about this story by clicking the link below:

Tyler Perry

04/01/02

Few women and blacks elected in Pennsylvania
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With the Primary in Pennsylvania fast approaching it appears that PA. Governor Ed Rendell was right when he stated that white voters in his state would not vote for a black man. Now a new story says that they rarely vote for female candidates. This should make the upcoming primary a lot more interesting . You can read the story by clicking the link below:

Women & Blacks in PA

Suicide among black youth rises
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First let me say that suicide is never an answer to any problem and it only makes things worse for those left behind.

While white youths are twice as likely to commit suicide the rate of suicide black youths is quickly rising. Learn more about this disturbing trend and some of the reasons for it by clicking the link below:

Black Youth & Suicide

Barack Obama's speech on race
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03/09/08

Sean Bell 911 tape
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Just to get an idea of how disorganized and how badly run the operation was run that lead to Sean Bell's death listen to the audio of the 911 call in which a Det. Hispolito Sanchez can't even give the address of where the shooting took place by clicking the link below:

Sean Bell 911 Tapes

03/04/08

Black companies reclaim black hair care market.
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Black owned companies are now reclaiming the hair care market from major corporations who all but took it over. Now that many women no longer want to straighten their hair and wear more diverse and natural styles they are turning to products from African American companies that meet their needs. You can read more on this story by clicking the link below:

Blacks reclaiming hair care business

Here are links to some of the companies mentioned in the story:
http://www.oyinhandmade.com/oyin/index.php
http://www.myhoneychild.com/
http://www.qhemetbiologics.com/

03/03/08

Sean Bell Case, Cops never identified themselves!
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In a shocking twist in the Sean Bell case the Lieutenant in charge of the team that killed Bell and injured two others says he never heard his team identify themselves. For some reason the NY print media didn't give this revelation the front page of their newspapers on Saturday morning. You can read the story of the Lieutenants admission by clicking the link below:

Lt claims no ID

02/02/08

Police shoot black woman and her child
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In a very sad story that will take a whole lot of explaining by police in Lima Ohio a young woman Tarika Wilson was shot to death while holding her 14 month old child during a police raid while 5 other children were in the house. The child was hit twice but is in fair condition and should be okay.

A police SWAT Team raided the house looking for a suspected drug dealer and drugs. Have they ever heard of surveillance? You know, so they know who is actually in the house. I seriously doubt any SWAT Team worth a damn would raid a house filled with children especially when no ones life was in immediate danger. A woman is dead and her child shot to arrest a guy charged only with possession ????? You can read more on this sad story by clicking the link below:

Police shoot mother & baby

01/15/08

Politically Incorrect Obama Cartoon
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Off the bat this cartoon featuring Barack Obama seems pretty messed up but it does convey a sentiment many African Americans have talked or joked about privately among ourselves when it comes to Barack Obama's safety.

01/13/08

Barack Obama's Civil Right Plan
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Click the link below to read a PDF Document containing Barack Obama's civil rights plan. In it he discusses hate crimes, racial profiling, ending deceptive voting practices, and much more:

Barack Obama's Civil Rights Plan