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Is Hip-Hop to Blame for Rampant Black Consumerism?
In a blog entry at Clutch magazine, Jayne Dirt checks in on blacks America’s obsession with designer bags and shoes while living a single paycheck above the poverty line. She wonders how much hip-hop is to blame. I enjoy my fair share of hip-hop just like anyone else (well that’s not entirely true, let me…
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Rihanna and Brown Collaborate on Remixes
Well, it looks like the rumors had a basis in reality: The Guardian reports today that Rihanna and estranged boyfriend Chris Brown have, in fact, been making music together. Remixes of Rihanna’s “Birthday Cake,” featuring Brown, and Brown’s new single, “Turn Up the Music,” featuring Rihanna, appeared online today. The new songs are a source…
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The Decline of Education in the US
Responding to President Barack Obama’s assertion that America is not in decline overseas, Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page says that “grim new reports on our educational gaps remind us that decline is like charity — it begins at home.” … Two new reports on educational achievement gaps reveal a surprising good news/bad news story: The…
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The Mogul Who Buys Black-History Treasures
Billionaire financier David Rubenstein has become an ambassador for championing the importance of preserving the African-American experience and introducing it to a global audience for generations to come. His recent purchases of an original copy of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which formally abolished slavery, reflect his belief that black-American…
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Chris Brown Blasts Critics on Twitter
The Grammys’ embrace of singer Chris Brown, who performed twice on the show and won for best R&B album, drew criticism both before and after the show. The singer, who has a tendency to fly off the handle when he’s criticized but who had mostly kept quiet after the Grammys, expressed himself yesterday on Twitter,…
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The Real Problem With Roland Martin's Tweets
Roland Martin doesn’t understand the nature of taboo. More specifically, he doesn’t get that prominent black people have a special responsibility to understand taboo in America. To wit: In American English, there are precisely two words that qualify as profane. I don’t mean the “bad words” that tend to have four letters, the most common…
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Education Gap Growing Between Rich and Poor
A new study suggests that the achievement gap between rich and poor students continues to grow wider, according to the New York Times. Differences in achievements of rich and poor students have taken a backseat to the gap between black and white children in education in the last 60 years. But during that time period,…
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M.I.A.'s Super Bowl Finger: Have You Met Her?
Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVI was the most-watched show in the history of television. The New York Giants edged the New England Patriots in what could only be reasonably described as a nail-biter in one of the most exciting Super Bowl matchups in recent history. Yet the news story that has managed to trump the actual…
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Crazy Talk: Anti-Immigrant Subway Rants
Here in the United States, the GOP presidential hopefuls are trying to sort out who among them is the “most anti-immigrant” candidate as they attempt to court as many primary voters as possible by appearing compassionate while taking a hard line on the heated issue. Across the pond, the public discussion of immigration is becoming…
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Black America's Secret Shame
In an entry at his Very Smart Brothas blog, Panama Jackson checks in on the unspoken value system among African Americans as the wealth gap widens between the rich and poor. He says that some “elitist” blacks are ashamed of uneducated blacks who do not have the option to assimilate. … Yes. Black people. Black…