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U.S. Census Worker Hanged and Branded
So let me understand this clearly: Bill Sparkman, a part-time US Census worker and substitute teacher was found hanging from a tree in Kentucky’s Daniel Boone National Forest on September 12? The word FED carved into his chest? Wow and WHAT THE… ? It’s bad enough the average American can get stoned for giving a…
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Actress MacKenzie Phillips Admits She Had Sex With Father
I’ll tell you what: I didn’t expect to wake up this morning and read Mackenzie Phillips had sex with her father. A headline like that borders on tabloid and maybe a little bit of TMI. It certainly spins one into reality, or nausea, or a private prayer that begins with Dear-God-Will-The-Horror-of-Humanity-Ever-End? Mackenzie Phillips was the star…
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Obama Tells Letterman 'I Was Black Before the Election'
President Obama was “getting it in” last night on Letterman. After a verbose question from Letterman about the venom at the so-called town hall meetings and former Prez Jimmy Carter’s allegations about a racist America, Obama told Letterman that contrary to popular and racist belief he was, in fact, a black man before the 2008…
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61st Primetime Emmys and the Lack of Black
The 61st Primetime Emmys aired last night. And no, I’m not going to complain about the lack of black award winners or nominees. I’m not even going to go ballistic about how television is getting whiter, or less urban, or less colorful as they say in an aggressively more whitening Hollywood. Hey, at least director Millicent…
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Obama, Star Wars and Socialism
I’m afraid the truth is out of the bag. Hold on to your laptops, iphones and Blackberries. Obama was seen holding a blue lightsaber in front of the White House [see attached photo]. The same lightsaber used by a Jedi to fight off enemy blaster bolts in a Star Wars movie. There is no doubt,…
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Kanye West, Hennessy and Masochism
Kanye West has morphed into a drunken, reckless loudmouth. He needs to sit down with a therapist and discuss why he enjoys punishment and outrage from millions. The brother has masochist tendencies. The brother is walking around with a stripper. The brother rolls up to the MTV Video Music Awards knocking back a bottle of Hennessy. The brother…
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9/11 Testimonies – 8 Years Later
Between 2000 and 2001, I worked at 7 World Trade Center for Salomon Brothers. Three to five times a week, I would take the elevator to the 37th Floor, put on a tux, and serve fresh fruit and coffee to VPs in lavish conference rooms. The job didn’t pay well [no tips], but it was a…
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Caster Semenya in a Dress – Oh No!
After weeks of confusion and discussion over Caster Semenya’s gender, one abominable thing has happened. She’s been put on the cover of South Africa’s YOU magazine. And no, she’s not holding her gold for winning the 800m and cheesing it up winner-style. She’s wearing Michelle Obama, or should I say, looking like a Michelle Obama…
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Tyler Perry and His Colored Girls – Somebody Stop This Guy
Does the Tyler Perry trademark ever take a rest? With Lionsgate Film in his corner, Perry has decided to adapt and direct Ntozake Shange‘s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf. The classic 1975 choreopoem about black women that started at a woman’s bar in Berkeley and landed on Broadway. …
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Domestic Abuse Among Black Folks
I’m sure you’ve noticed domestic abuse has dominated the news lately. In People Magazine Chris Brown claimed Oprah made an unfair jab at him on one of her domestic abuse-centered segments. You know, after Chris went over to Africa for Oprah and sang at her school. Oprah responded and said thanks for the song, but…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
