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Fraternity Thinks "Compton Cookout" is Genius!
Oh, collegians. You already know the story, here’s the 2010 UCSD version. To celebrate Black History Month, a group of students, allegedly led by the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, at the University of California at San Diego held a ghetto-themed Compton Cookout. As you might imagine, the Black community at UCSD is up in arms…
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Family Affair: "Who's That Girl?"
Who is the first lady of Young Money? Jonah Weiner of Slate explores. Here’s an excerpt: In several songs, rapper Nicki Minaj describes herself as a proud bisexual—she has a special weakness, we learn, for ample-bottomed girls. In others, she is defiantly straight: insisting that she prefers men, dropping “no homo” disclaimers to drive the…
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Magic Johnson Won't Be Acquiring Johnson Publishing
Magic Johnson won’t be buying Johnson Publishing. From Folio Magazine: In a statement issued Monday, Johnson, who serves as chairman and CEO of Magic Johnson Enterprises, said his company was unable to reach a deal to acquire the Chicago-based magazine publisher. “Recently, an affiliate of Magic Johnson Enterprises and Johnson Publishing Company were in advanced…
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Blog Noir: "Dodging the Sean Bell Bullet"
The Janitor over on The Urban Politico shares his thoughts on the charges recently dropped against the officers involved in Sean Bell’s slaying I remember walking down 125th street in Harlem back in April of 2008 when the announcement came down that the 3 cops who shot Sean Bell were acquitted. Instantly, you could almost…
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Quick Clips: Detroit Free Press Live Blogs Kilpatrick Hearing
Kwame’s troubles today: Did he violate probation by failing to pay a court fee? The Detroit Free Press is live blogging the hearing Reporters and lawyers are filing into Wayne County Circuit Judge David Groner’s courtroom for another Kwame Kilpatrick hearing to determine whether the embattled and disgraced former mayor violated probation by failing to pony…
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Feds Have Evidence Kilpatrick Took Bribes
A corruption probe of Detroit politics could land former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in the bing on RICO charges. But will the charges ever be brought? A contractor who pleaded guilty in an ongoing corruption probe in Detroit has told investigators that he handed as much as $100,000 in bribes to then-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in 2002,…
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*Cue Up the Drama Setter* "What Black Women Could Learn from the Kardashians"
The Buzz posts HuffPo blogger Yolanda Young’s op-ed about how black women react to seeing famous black men with white women sans commentary. We know you’ll supply plenty of your own…. When will New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush pop the question to his girlfriend, Kim Kardashian? There were rumors he’d propose after the…
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Check It Out: "Shadowboxing the Self: Confronting Black Male Privilege"
This ongoing summit extends the mission of the Morehouse Research Institute and builds upon a critical mass of research at the College that looks at the affirmative development of black men and boys. Additionally, this symposium served as an exciting review of current thinking from national experts in light of America’s first African American President
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