culture
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Wole Soyinka: Push for Nobel Prize for Achebe Is 'Obscene'
Some in the literary world are pushing for the late Chinua Achebe to be awarded a posthumous Nobel Prize for literature, and fellow Nigerian author Wole Soyinka has had enough, The Guardian reports. He says the calls have “gone beyond ‘sickening’ ” and become “obscene and irreverent.” To be clear, it’s not that Soyinka —…
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Justin Fairfax Gets Wash. Post Endorsement for Va. Attorney General
Justin Fairfax, a former federal prosecutor who’s seeking the Democratic nomination for Virginia attorney general, has earned the endorsement of the Washington Post in his race against Mark R. Herring. The 34-year-old Fairfax, a Washington, D.C., native and graduate of Duke University and Columbia Law School, is one to watch. Here’s why the Post is…
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South African Whites Question Their Future
In South Africa, apartheid has been over for two decades. So it’s really no surprise that being white in the country feels different now from the way it did under the forced system of harsh, institutionalized racial segregation that curtailed the rights of black residents in favor or the ruling Afrikaaner population. As the BBC‘s…
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Va. Lt. Gov Candidate's Questionable Views
Minister and lawyer E.W. Jackson won the GOP nomination for Virginia lieutenant governor on Saturday. The development has inspired some to take a new look at his strong — and, some would say, outrageous — views on everything from President Obama’s “Muslim sensibilities” to a KKK-and-Planned Parenthood comparison. New York Magazine’s Adam Martin rounded up…
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Zoe Saldana: 'People of Color' Don't Exist
In a piece at Clutch magazine, Evette Dionne takes Zoe Saldana to task for saying, “There’s no such thing as people of color,” and suggests that she enroll in a Critical Race Theory class. Actress Zoe Saldana has been inserting the proverbial foot in her mouth in recent weeks. The “Colombiana” starlet has been media…
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Black Pastors to Star in Reality TV Show
Black America Web‘s Michael H. Cottman asks in an insightful piece about an impending Oxygen Network reality show about black pastors: Should they sanctify the foolishness of reality TV? Would you really want your pastor – and your congregation – to star in a reality television show? I’m not knocking the six black pastors who…
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Obama Alleged Scandals: The Public Should Yawn
Earl Ofari Hutchinson argues in a piece at EURweb that the four alleged scandals faced by the administration don’t pass the smell test for a public flogging of the president because there is no clear cut evidence that he had any knowledge or hand in the missteps. *The mostly media driven scandal talk involving President…
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Watch This: Miguel's Stage Dive Goes All Wrong
According to Deadspin, Billboard and Miguel have said the women who were the victims of this midperformance mishap are fine, so it’s safe to call the moment one of the highlights of Sunday night’s Billboard Awards. If nothing else, it will go down in awards-show (and clumsiness) history. Here’s the two women who bore the…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. Highest-Paid Athlete
Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. was named the highest-paid U.S. athlete for the second year in a row, and Nike does not endorse him; nor does he own a clothing line, ABC reports. Mayweather, 36, was paid $90 million in the last year, none of it coming from endorsements, according to Sports Illustrated. “I earn…
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Michelle Obama Has Retired Her Bangs
First lady Michelle Obama just keeps us guessing with her indelible fashion sense. New York magazine duly notes that on Friday she sported a new look for her commencement address at Bowie State University in College Park, Md.: side-swept bangs. Gone are the blunt midlife crisis bangs she debuted in February, leaving behind only a…