Arkansas Deputy Gets His Karma After Racist Video Spreads Online
Black Museums, Exhibits That Should Be On Your Summer Vacation Plans
After Customer Got Caught In A Hilarious Braid Shop Brawl, She Recorded The Whole Thing
Meghan Markle Breaks Her Silence On Her Viral Twerk Video
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U.K. Election Raises Black Identity Issue
LONDON—At the recent Black Britain Decides rally, the first of its kind in the British history, representatives of Great Britain’s leading political parties—Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat—made an unprecedented pitch to convince black Britons why their parties and policies would best serve their needs. They also felt the impassioned anger, dissatisfaction and disaffection of the…
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Washington Times Compares "Tea Bagger" to N-Word
Jennifer Harper of the Washington Times says “[t]he term ‘tea-bagger’ is like uttering the ‘n’ word, some say.” Jason Linkins of the Huffington Post completely disagrees with her in just about every way: I understand that those who use it are basically shorthanding the meanness and diminishing. The word has a sexual connotation — which,…
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Quick Clips: The Loop 21's Economic Survey Results
The Loop 21 asked and people answered on the question of the state of the black economy. Check out the survey results here. Also worth a gander is The Loop 21’s ‘Jobs and Financial Security for Black America’ series. Below is an excerpt from the article “Eight Million Jobs Gone? Does the Future Look ‘Green”?…
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African Skeleton Found in England
The earliest known records of Africans in the British Isles dates around the 15th century. Imagine researchers’ surprise when they unearthed the remains of what they believe to be a Tunisian man dating back to the 13th century. Forensic experts from the University of Dundee Scotland are claiming that the bones most likely belonged to…
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NEWS STAND: Another No-Fly Failure, Los Suns Protest Arizona Law, Sheila Johnson's Belated Shame, and more..
No-Fly List Fail: Security slip let suspect on plane, near takeoffhttp://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ib_fj8uy3L29st8d61Wk32WKV_JAD9FGBQNG0 What exactly is the point of a no-fly list if wannabe terrorists are going to be allowed on the plane anyway? How is it that us regular folks get searched and seized for things like mascara, lipstick, hand lotion and belt buckles? Suspected terrorist…
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Taking a Costly Stand on Arizona
When Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed the nation’s toughest immigration law, Arizona Senate Bill 1070, it instantly put the nation’s oldest African-American college fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc., in a tough spot. With their national convention scheduled to take place this July in Phoenix, Alpha Phi Alpha General President Herman “Skip” Mason and its board…
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Aaron McGruder, Post-Racial Obama Hater?
In any household where small children live, the rules of engagement must be spelled out and clarified as early and often as possible. ”You know this is HOUSE business right?” my husband often says to our elementary-age kids. As in, don’t bring up Mommy’s sibling beef in front of company. Nobody needs to know about…
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Job Hunting Advice for Cows
Yes, I said “cows.” I use it as a term of endearment, mostly; doesn’t matter if you’re fat or thin, young or old. I also use it instead of the “b” word, which I try to never use, but it wants to slip out every now and then, usually while I’m driving (well over the…
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Black People More Fond of Twitter than Whites
Black folks are fond of the Twitternets, more so than their White counterparts. While Business Insider explains why this might be, Black Voices explores another angle. Those are all pretty interesting insights, but I think Business Insider is missing out on the very obvious fact that blacks and Latinos often prefer to stay connected with…