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Suge Knight, Kanye West: Lawsuit, Guns and Money

• It appears that Kanye West and the infamous Marion "Suge" Knight are getting together to work out ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 22nd 2010 6:36PM | Comments (0)

How Love and Money Mix and How You Can Do it the Right Way

• I did the interview below on CNN Radio this week about love and money. Most of us know the feeling ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 22nd 2010 4:45PM | Comments (1)

Black Single Mothers and Dating: What's It Really Like?

• In this episode of 'Dr Boyce Watkins on AOL Black Voices,' we discuss black single mothers ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 22nd 2010 3:54PM | Comments (0)

Should Facebook Be Held Accountable for Murders by Members?

• A man was sent to prison after he did the unthinkable: He pretended to be a teenager, lured a young ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 22nd 2010 3:42PM | Comments (1)

Rev. Al Sharpton and Dr. Boyce Discuss the Plight of the Black Male

• Every week, I speak with Rev. Al Sharpton on various issues that affect the African American ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 22nd 2010 9:45AM | Comments (6)

Obama's Fatherhood.gov Commercial: Too Feminine for Black Men?

• On Father's Day, I wrote about the immense thrill of being a dad. This is one of the reasons I ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 22nd 2010 9:30AM | Comments (8)

BP Chooses a Black Man to Head its Claims Process

• "BP is paying all the bills right now," Darryl Willis, the vice president of resources for BP ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 22nd 2010 7:50AM | Comments (1)

Son of Dallas Police Chief Suspected in Killing a Cop

• Investigators are saying that the 27-year-old son of Dallas Police Chief David Brown shot and ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 21st 2010 8:38PM | Comments (2)

Rapper Fat Joe Questioned in Rape

by Dr. Boyce Watkins, AOL Black Voices

The rapper Fat Joe was detained by police Sunday night after he and his entourage were accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Madison, Wisconsin. According to TMZ, the woman is 33-years old and claims the assault occurred in a Cadillac Limousine after a concert at the Orpheum Theater.

Fat Joe (a.k.a.Joseph Antonio Cartagena) and his entourage were held for questioning, but he was released and not arrested. The details of the case are still being sorted out in the investigation. Relative to most artists, Fat Joe doesn't get into very much trouble. The 39-year old married father of two has not, to my knowledge been accused of any sexual assault, so I'd be surprised if he waited this long to get started. He has been arrested in some of the typical rapper non-sense in the past: In 1998, he and the deceased rapper Big Pun were arrested for assaulting a man with a baseball bat and stealing his gold chain. I'm not even going to try to explain that one.

 

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News: The Latest From AOL - 6/21/10

Son of Dallas Police Chief Suspected in Killing a Cop

• Investigators are saying that they believe that the 27-year old son of Dallas Police Chief David ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 21st 2010 8:38PM | Comments (0)

Is Obama's Mortgage Modification Program Failing?

• More than 1/3 of the 1.24 million borrowers who've enrolled in President Obama's mortgage ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 21st 2010 8:07PM | Comments (0)

Michael Jackson's Estate Earned $783 Million Since His Death

• Since his sudden heart attack last year, Michael Jackson has raked in big money. In the last year, ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 21st 2010 2:50PM | Comments (3)

Will Tiger Woods' Video Game Sell Like it Did in the Past?

• Tiger Woods 2011 has gotten outstanding reviews from critics, who say that the game presents a ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 21st 2010 2:11PM | Comments (1)

Hallmark Greeting Card Gets Accused of Corporate Racism

• I've seen misunderstandings in my day and then I've seen mega-misunderstandings. The most recent ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 21st 2010 2:04PM | Comments (2)

How to Save Your Money: 5 Steps to Getting it Right

• This week, I've been busy shooting an MSNBC special on money management. So, because this is on my ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 21st 2010 11:29AM | Comments (2)

Financial Lovemaking: AOL BV Poll Results on Black Women, Dating

• Last week, I had to step back to make sure I wasn't creating a firestorm with the article I wrote ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 21st 2010 10:04AM | Comments (0)

Black Businesswoman Danielle Douglas and Dr. Boyce Talk Business

• Danielle Douglas is not your typical businesswoman. She has climbed the corporate ladder, with ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 21st 2010 7:06AM | Comments (2)

Tiger Woods Sex Scandals Cost Him $25 Million in Endorsements

• It's being reported that the company which represents golf superstar Tiger Woods lost $4.6 million ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 19th 2010 10:21PM | Comments (4)

Black Scholar: Black Athletes Exploited Physically, Intellectually by NCAA

• Professor Billy Hawkins of The University of Georgia has released a controversial new book that ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 19th 2010 2:33PM | Comments (17)

Dr. Boyce and Lady Drama Discuss Wendy Williams, Hip-Hop and More

• I have a great deal of respect for Lady Drama, aka Ebony Garris. Lady Drama, in case you don't ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 19th 2010 12:10AM | Comments (2)

Foreclosure Epidemic Hits Minority Communities Hardest

• A recent study by the Center for Responsible Lending has confirmed what you probably already ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 18th 2010 4:04PM | Comments (20)

Black Republican: King's Statement About Obama Favoring Blacks Was Right

• Isaiah McGee, an Iowa-based African American commentator, businessman and politician, is a ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 18th 2010 3:02PM | Comments (27)

The Black Church Keeps Black Women Single and Lonely?

• In my book "Financial Lovemaking 101," one of the topics of discussion is the economic benefit of ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 18th 2010 11:24AM | Comments (140)

Parliament-Funkadelic Guitarist Garry Shider Dies

• Garry Shider, the musical director for Parliament-Funkadelic, was known for having the funkiest ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 18th 2010 10:27AM | Comments (10)

Black Politics from TheGrio - 6/19/10

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  Is the legacy of political rap going to live on?

  By AllHipHop

  7:55 AM on 06/19/2010

  OPINION - Hip-hop is more than a "Hot 16," "fresh new gear" or "swagger devoid of substance." At the end of the day hip-hop like politics is also about empowerment....

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  Cleanup aid from overseas comes with a price tag

  By theGrio

  6:21 PM on 06/18/2010

  WASHINGTON (AP) - At least 22 nations -- including Britain, where BP is based -- have offered oil-collecting skimmers, boom, technical experts and more to help the U.S. cope...

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  NY Gov. Paterson's wife is resilient in waning days

  By theGrio

  5:02 PM on 06/18/2010

  VIDEO - While her husband battles it out with lawmakers trying to get a budget passed, Michelle Paterson is reflecting on her time as the first lady of New York state...

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  Obama calls 10,000th road project a 'big deal'

  By theGrio

  1:53 PM on 06/18/2010

  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - President Obama is marking what he says is a milestone in the country's road to economic recovery...

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  GOP candidate hints White House 'wanted' leak

  By Lana Schupbach

  12:19 PM on 06/18/2010

  VIDEO - Yet another BP conspiracy theory has leaked -- this time from Bill Randall, a Republican candidate competing in a primary race for North Carolina's 13th district House seat...

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  Will Obama finally break our oil addiction?

  By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

  11:10 AM on 06/18/2010

  OPINION - Words are one thing, but the terrifying reality is that to break our oil addiction, as with any other addiction, it takes a strong will and the means to do it....

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  GOP rep apologizes for apologizing to BP exec

  By theGrio

  11:09 AM on 06/18/2010

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Joe Barton apologized for his "$20 billion shakedown" comment and said his remarks had been "misconstrued."...

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Study Shows that Gates Was Probably Not Profiled

by Dr. Boyce Watkins, The Institute for Black Public Policy

A recent report to be published Thursday in the Boston Globe is set to show that the Cambridge Police Department does not use racial profiling, as it was accused of doing during the controversial case last summer involving Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates. The report, compiled by the New England Center of Investigative Reporting, analyzed 392 disorderly conduct arrests between 2004 and 2009. During that time, 57 percent of those arrested were white, and 34 percent were black. These numbers almost directly mirror the percentages in the community in which the arrests were made.

I did a great deal of CNN commentary on the Henry Louis Gates case, and to the ire of some of my fellow black scholars at Harvard, I firmly held the position that the Gates case was not about racial profiling. Not to say that the officer didn't violate procedure, but the truth is that there was almost nothing about that case that made me believe that Professor Gates was arrested because he was black.

 

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Diddy's Son Gets a $350,000 Car - Is that too much?

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Some think it's too much that Diddy's son got a $350,000 car for his 16th birthday - do you agree?

African American News Express - 6/12/10

Gary Coleman's Wife Continues to Be More and More Suspicious

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

I was saddened to see that 1980s icon Gary Coleman died just a few days ago. What's even sadder is that...
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Alvin Greene is the Political Candidate that Everyone Knows All About

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

I've seen the media dance around the obvious when it comes to the peculiar candidacy of Alvin Greene, the South...
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Rapper Nicki Minaj Gets Sued Over Payments on a Lamborghini

 

 

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Black Teen Beaten by Police in Indianapolis

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Brandon Johnson: 15-Year Old Boy Beaten by Police in Indianapolis

• Indianapolis Police Chief Paul Ciesielski called for the firing of a white officer who's been ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 11th 2010 1:25AM | Comments (1)

OJ Simpson Fights to Get a New Trial in Nevada

• OJ Simpson's attorneys are planning to try to convince a group of Nevada judges to overturn his ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 10th 2010 11:58PM | Comments (0)

Oscar Grant Trial Has No Black Jurors

• On New Year's day of 2009, Oscar Grant was shot in Oakland, California. The shooter was a Bay ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 10th 2010 6:58PM | Comments (8)

How To Fight Like A Celebrity!

• From the Urban Daily: Have you ever noticed that celebrities always have beef, but never actually ... Read More
• By Lucette Jefferson on Jun 10th 2010 5:50PM | Comments (1)

Around the Web -- Jay-Z in Rolling Stone, Drake Was Rihanna's 'Pawn'? + More

• In his third Rolling Stone cover article, Jay-Z speaks on aging gracefully in a youth-oriented ... Read More
• By Journey Ade on Jun 10th 2010 5:45PM | Comments (2)

Black News: Oscar Grant Trial Has No Black Jurors

by Dr. Boyce Watkins

On New Year's day of 2009, Oscar Grant was shot in Oakland, California. The shooter was a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) officer by the name of Johannes Mehserle. Grant was 22-years old at the time of his death, and the shooting was captured by cell phone cameras and disseminated throughout the Internet. Adding insult to injury, the Grant family just found that there will be no African American jurors in the trial of grant's shooter.

Jack Bryson, whose sons were with Grant the night he was killed, was angry about the jury selection.

"This is like a slap in the face," Bryson told The Associated Press. "This case came all the way to Los Angeles after the judge in Alameda County said they couldn't get a fair and impartial jury there.
"This is the best you can do, and you did this in two days. We could've stayed back in Oakland for this."

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African American Faculty Being Shut Out of Universities

by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Syracuse University

Dr. M. Cookie Newsom

is the Director for Diversity Education and Assessment at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is also a trouble maker and an angry black woman, which is likely going to cause her serious problems with her colleagues (we talked yesterday about how being angry can get a black person into serious trouble). Dr. Newsom, however, has good reason to be angry. In a recent interview with Diverse issues in Higher Education, Dr. Newsom stated in plain language that most major universities are not serious about diversifying their faculty and that this hurts all students, especially students of color.
"The dismal truth is academe doesn’t really want a racially-diverse faculty," Newsom said during a faculty diversity presentation at the American Association of University Professors’ (AAUP) annual national conference in Washington, D.C. "It’s totally a myth."

Dr. Newson based her conclusions on statistics and data she collected which shows that most major universities are good at documenting plans to increase faculty diversity, but most of it’s nothing but lip service.

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Obama and the Angry Black Man

• Obama's "Angry Black Man" Criticism: Isn't He Also Half White?

  9:36 PMJun 9

  Source: Blackvoices Main

  In light of all of the interesting analysis that others have done regarding why President Barack Obama can only get so angry about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, I was wondering if any of this analysis makes sense. In fact, most of the ... Read More

• BP Shares Get Hammered as Firm May Face Bankruptcy Due to Spill

  7:46 PMJun 9

  Source: BV Black Spin

  Today, the shares of British Petroleum (BP), the company responsible for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, plunged 16 percent in heavy trading. There were nine times more shares traded in the company today than the average daily volume. The added ... Read More

• Rev. Jesse Jackson Says Congress Ignoring Jobs Crisis

  7:05 PMJun 9

  Source: BV Black Spin

  In a piece on The Huffington Post, the Rev. Jesse Jackson stated that he is concerned that Congress is ignoring the jobs crisis in America. Over 300,000 teachers are facing layoffs this year, and teen unemployment is the highest its been since 1948, ... Read More

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The Latest in Black News from AOL - 6/9/10

22-Year Old Pretending to be HS Student Faces 6 Felonies

• Have you ever fantasized about going back to high school and doing all the things you wish you'd ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 9th 2010 12:59PM | Comments (0)

Eminem's 'Recovery' Proves More Than Celebrity Rehab

• During Eminem's personal journey to sobriety, his fans braced themselves for its effects on his ... Read More
• By Amanda Bassa on Jun 9th 2010 12:00PM | Comments (0)

Dee Dee Myers: Obama Can't Get Angry Because He's Black

• Dee Dee Myers, former Press Secretary for the Clinton Administration, was in hot water recently ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 9th 2010 11:38AM | Comments (2)

BLACK MUSIC MONTH: 7 Pop/Rap CDs You Must Revisit

• We continue to salute Black Music Month by recognizing seven CDs in the pop, rap and rock genres by ... Read More
• By Jawn Murray on Jun 9th 2010 11:30AM | Comments (1)

Rihanna's Hair Stylist Explains Her New 'Matador Red' 'Do

• Master chameleon Rihanna surprised everyone by showing up with a bright red bowl-cut at Madrid's ... Read More
• By Katie Hintz-Zambrano on Jun 9th 2010 11:00AM | Comments (0)

Rihanna Sparkles, Jada Shines, Revamps & The Ultimate Dress - Around the Web

• Rihanna glitters on the cover of Elle RiRi talks black women and fashion (StyleList) Jade shines, ... Read More
• By Lucette Jefferson on Jun 9th 2010 10:55AM | Comments (0)

FBI Says Texas Man Called Al-Qaida His 'Brothers'

• It appears that one of the biggest threats to U.S. security in the coming years may be homegrown ... Read More
• By Jeff Mays on Jun 9th 2010 10:53AM | Comments (0)

Rampage Jackson, UFC Fighter, Justifies 'Gay' Comments

• Quinton "Rampage" Jackson recently lost his anticipated fight against Rashad Evans last month, but ... Read More
• By Quibian Salazar-Moreno on Jun 9th 2010 10:33AM | Comments (0)

DA: No DNA Evidence Found on 7-Year-Old Who Was Gang Raped

• New Jersey prosecutors stated in court documents Tuesday that there was no DNA evidence of ... Read More
• By Ruth Manuel-Logan on Jun 9th 2010 10:13AM | Comments (3)

Marc Lamont Hill Responds to Slim Thug's Take on Black Women

• When I recently read the open letter to the rapper Slim Thug (pictured above), written by ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 9th 2010 8:57AM | Comments (8)

Peace, Confidence and Bliss

• Your Affirmative Prayer for Wednesday, June 9, 2010: My awareness of my unity with Spirit ... Read More
• By Barry Johnson on Jun 9th 2010 12:34AM | Comments (5)

BP Using Massive PR and Internet Strategies to Deal with Spill

• If you are like President Barack Obama, who says that he's looking for "whose ass to kick" over the ... Read More
• By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 8th 2010 10:55PM | Comments (2)

Eve: Lets Guard Down on VH1's 'Behind the Music'

• Eve Jihan Jeffers, who is most commonly known in the world of entertainment simply as Eve, isn't a ... Read More
• By Bridget Bland on Jun 8th 2010 7:26PM | Comments (0)

 

 

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