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Christian Groups Aren’t Happy With Black Jesus
The Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder’s new show, Black Jesus, hasn’t even aired its first episode, and if Christian-rights groups have their way, it never will. McGruder’s comedy show for the Adult Swim network finds Black Jesus, played by actor Gerald “Slink” Johnson, living in Compton, Calif., where he tells his followers, “You get money f—king with…
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Leaders Like Ken Noble Remind Us of the Value of Affirmative Action
This week the New York Times ran an obituary of one of its own—Kenneth B. Noble. Noble closed his professional career as a professor of journalism at the University of Southern California and the University of California at Berkeley. He had started that career with 17 years as a reporter for the Times, including a five-year stint…
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Michael Rapaport Calls Spike Lee a ‘S–t Stain’ Over Gentrification Comments
Michael Rapaport and Spike Lee’s feud over gentrification has been an ugly one. In February, Spike Lee went on a curse-filled rant about Brooklyn, N.Y., becoming more gentrified by the day. During a speech at Pratt Institute for a Black History Month panel, Lee talked about the other side of gentrification. “Here’s the thing: I…
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Blue Wall of Silence and Support for the Officers Involved in the Death of Eric Garner Exists Online
Last week’s death of Eric Garner, who was killed after a New York police officer apparently used an illegal choke hold during his arrest, has sparked outrage not only throughout New York City, but also throughout the country and online. The violent arrest, which was captured on a cellphone video, was called “very troubling” by…
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Hi. I'm A Writer. And I Suck at Scrabble.
Whether you love or hate my literary canon balls, they contribute to the overall canon of literacy. There are canons both to the left and right of them. You can hear the volley and thunder. Hell, I am the world renowned, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition…really I could do this all day. I mean it…
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NBC Redeploys Reporter to Gaza After Fallout
Network’s Recall Was Criticized as Pro-Israel Bias Veteran war correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin announced via Twitter Friday night that NBC News had reversed course and was sending him back to Gaza. The removal of the Egyptian-American journalist a day after he live tweeted an Israeli airstrike in Gaza that killed four children drew criticism from fellow…
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Straight Outta Compton Casting Call Is Probably the Most Racist One Ever
It looks as though production is under way for Universal Studio’s N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton. Last month it was announced that former group member Ice Cube is producing the movie with fellow member Dr. Dre and Eazy-E’s widow, Tomica Woods-Wright. Director of the film F. Gary Gray described the script as a “dramatic story that…
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Wu-Tang-Affiliated Rapper Mutilates His Genitals in Response to ‘Demons’
Shock value in rap has escalated from N.W.A chanting “F—k the police” in the hook of a song to an artist mutilating himself and then jumping off a building. Forty-year-old Andre Johnson did the latter in April in Los Angeles. Before jumping from the second floor of a North Hollywood building after law enforcement ordered him…
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Undocumented Journalist Jose Antonio Vargas Is Taken Into Custody Near US Border
For Three Years, Authorities Have Declined to Prosecute Jose Antonio Vargas, the undocumented journalist-turned-activist, has been taken into custody by the U.S. Border Patrol, a border patrol spokesman confirmed on Tuesday. “All I can say is that we have him in custody,” Omar Zamora said from the border patrol offices in Edinburg, Texas. Vargas had…
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LeBron James Changes the Game for Cleveland
“I Can’t Recall Any Other Story Comparable,” Editor Says LeBron James’ decision to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers, announced Friday, “changes everything” in the Cleveland area, Thomas Fladung, managing editor of the Plain Dealer, told Journal-isms by telephone. “I’m 54. I can’t recall any other story comparable to this. If you grew up in the…