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In an ideal society food, shelter and education would be top priorities.  Not privileges or fringe benefits, but basic human rights. However, it’s not an ideal society so Governor Schwarzenegger and the L.A. Unified Schools want to layoff thousands of teachers in order to save the state from an economic landslide.  9 Los Angeles teachers…

I woke up this morning to hear Boxer Mike Tyson’s daughter 4 year-old daughter died from accidentally hanging herself. Wow.  I was aware there was an accident yesterday and that Exodus Tyson was on life support, but the news of her death baffles me.  Allegedly the “unnamed” mother sent the 7 year-old son into the…

Filmmaker Lars von Trier, the master-provocateur behind the racially-charged Manderlay with Danny Glover, has caused a major stir at the Cannes Film Festival.  A major, major stir.  His latest film is called Antichrist.  The story follows a grieving couple, William Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg, who take a trip to a cabin in the woods to…

It’s Memorial Day weekend and I just want to sit back, relax and enjoy the warm weather.  However, the recent Muslim plot to bomb NYC synagogues has spun me into a pre-holiday fury.  The four terrorist suspects are Black men.  Three American, one Haitian.  It is certainly difficult for some black men to navigate through…

If you haven’t heard the news already CW’s The Game was not picked up for another season.  The network made the official announcement yesterday and every cyber forum within Wi-Fi shot is expressing rage and love.  I reached out to my former boss and The Game creator, Mara Brock Akil, for an official statement.  She…

I know Black is the new American pastime [more or less].  It’s also the new conversation, appetite, latest play, movie star, attitude and overall new American template for successful consumerism.  However, I’m wondering if it’s overload.  Let me be more honest:  I wonder if I’m feeling overloaded with Black.  Yes, I should be jumping up…

Comedian and talk show host Sherri Sheperd will star in a new Lifetime sitcom aptly called Sherri.  The series will draw laughs from Sherri’s real life.  In fact, the pilot episode will put light on how her ex-husband and his illegit daughter move in with the actress.  Twelve episodes have been ordered for the woman…

GOP Congressional Leader John Boehner finally responded to Obama’s “tan” joke.  Last week at a White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner President Obama joked that he and Boehner had a lot in common—they were both people of color.  President Obama was poking fun at Boehner’s permanent tan.  Good thing Boehner’s a good sport.  He recently acknowledged…

Farrah Fawcett’s cancer story airs tonight on NBC.  I don’t know about you, but I have mixed feelings about celebrity news and its urgency.  On the one hand, I think it’s important celebrities use their notoriety to educate the larger public on issues of cancer, AIDS, global warming, etc.  On the other hand, I often…

Last night I ran over to the East Village to see the comedy I Love You, Man.  It stars Paul Rudd and Rashida Jones.  The premise is pretty simple: boy proposes to girl, girl accepts, but boy doesn’t have any male friends so he has to scour the streets of Los Angeles for a Best…