Diddy’s Daughters’ Tearful Exit From Trial Ignites Black America’s Outcry
Black Celebs Showed Out at Paris Fashion Week
A White Waitress at a St. Louis Restaurant Calls a Black Woman Customer the B-Word on Video, and It Only Gets Worse From There…
Mama Duke Just Dropped Another Banger and Fans Say It’s As Good As Her ‘America’s Got Talent’ Hit
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John Forte Sings Election Song on YouTube
Musician John Forte has issued a plea for folks to get out and vote. The musician and songwriter discusses how he lost his right to vote because of his conviction for cocaine possession with the intent to distribute. Forte was sentenced to the mandatory minimum of 14 years, but his sentence was commuted by President…
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Day 4 and Still Losing the Sleep Battle
Definitely heading back to the gym next week. Looks like I’ll be able to fit it into my schedule just fine, especially in the morning. Looks like it’s simply a matter of allowing myself enough time to get there, workout, and dress for work while there. The only problem lies in whether or not I…
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Obama's Coattails Haven't Helped Rahm With Black Voters
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Rahm Emanuel was supposed to receive a hero’s welcome in the black community when he announced his candidacy for mayor of Chicago. After all, he was chief of staff for the first black president of the United States, who happened to be the cool former congressman from Illinois! Plus,…
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The President's Summit With Black Journalists
Horseback-riding Teddy Roosevelt might have done a double take were he allowed to gaze from his “Rough Rider” portrait in the White House at the 44th president of the United States, fielding a range of questions about his executive policies from 10 black newspaper columnists sitting around an oblong table. This uniquely nonwhite all-American scene…
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A Viral Video Attack on Single Black Women
Standards. Everyone should have them, right? Apparently not if you’re a black woman. By now, surely, you’ve seen or heard about the “Black Marriage Negotiations” video, featuring a black businesswoman negotiating her relationship terms with a black businessman in a boardroom. This particular video, one in a series of online animated clips satirizing black relationships,…
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Black Women and Good Stereotypes
When I clicked on the link to watch the “Black Marriage Negotiations” video that’s been invading inboxes and Facebook walls over the past week, I was expecting to see something funny. Not just because the subject line said something like, “LOL!!! YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS,” but also because marriage has always been a good…
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Man Cleared of Rape; Gets $18.5 Million Jury Award
Alan Newton now has 18.5 million reasons to move forward after serving 22 years in prison for crimes he did not commit. Newton, a former bank teller, was freed in July 2006 after serving nearly 22 years in prison for a rape, robbery and assault conviction. Newton had asked for DNA testing in 1994, but…
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High HIV Rates for Black Women Frighten Health Reporter
By Tomika Anderson My longtime lover and I were driving through Harlem when we passed a billboard that made me want to slam on the brakes and pull the car over. On it were two women — one black and one Latina — their pretty, youthful faces in lights. But under their pictures was a…
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The Inherent Conservatism of Hip-Hop
Is it conservative to criticize hip-hop? Recently I wrote an Op-Ed in The Wall Street Journal in which I expressed a feeling of deep disappointment and frustration that Barack Obama would show appreciation — without qualification — for rappers such as Lil Wayne and Jay-Z. I argued that the president can and should listen to…
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Virginia Beach Republican Party Chair Compares Blacks to Dogs
What is going on in Virginia? Evan McMorris-Santoro of Talking Points Memo reports that Virginia Beach Republican Party Chair Dave Bartholomew forwarded a racist e-mail comparing African Americans to dogs. The e-mail subject line, “my dog,” consists of a racist parable about African Americans and welfare. In the first 24 hours since the e-mail came…