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Saturday, June 12, 2010
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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Friday, June 11, 2010
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)
Thursday, June 10, 2010
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."
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.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Obama and the Angry Black Man
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Obama's "Angry Black Man" Criticism: Isn't He Also Half White?
9:36 PMJun 9
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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
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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
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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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Monday, June 7, 2010
The Latest Black News - 6/7/10
Obama says US will bounce back from oil crisis
By theGrio
1:20 PM on 06/07/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Surrounded by Cabinet members, Obama said that not only is he confident that the crisis will pass but also that the affected area "comes back even stronger than ever."...
Suburban sex dungeon near high school exposed
By theGrio
12:57 PM on 06/07/2010
VIDEO - Florida officials have arrested more than a dozen people allegedly involved in a Lee County prostitution ring that involved a house converted into a sex shop...
Cosby: 'Stop taking advantage' of Lohan
12:45 PM on 06/07/2010
VIDEO - Bill Cosby, who has spent much of his career working with child actors, also commented on the recent death of 'Diff'rent Strokes' star, Gary Coleman...
Porn actor pursued by police for murder falls off cliff, dies
By theGrio
11:52 AM on 06/07/2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police said Hill had repeatedly threatened suicide in the hours leading up to the fall, which came a day after murder and attempted murder charges had been filed against him...
Gary Coleman's ex-wife says they planned to re-wed
By theGrio
11:22 AM on 06/07/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - The couple had divorced in 2008, but Shannon Price says they later agreed that divorce "wasn't the right choice."...
Back to brown: Ariz. backs off mural modification
By theGrio
10:51 AM on 06/07/2010
VIDEO - School officials in Arizona admit they made the mistake of wanting the faces of African-American and Hispanic children on a mural to be painted lighter...
Long road ahead for Gulf Coast oil spill cleanup
By theGrio
10:25 AM on 06/07/2010
GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) - Although a geyser of oil spewing from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico is slowly tapering off, there's no containing much of the crude that's already escaped...
Ark. Dems vie for black voters in Senate race
By theGrio
9:50 AM on 06/07/2010
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (AP) - The race, which remains neck-and-neck, is seen as an important test of what kind of Democrat can prevail in conservative states such as Arkansas...
Alonzo Mourning: A better Haiti isn't good enough
By theGrio
9:38 AM on 06/07/2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Despite significant progress in recovering Port-au-Prince, according to the retired NBA star, the world has already forgotten earthquake devastated Haiti...
Minor leads gang rape of child, only gets probation
By theGrio
9:21 AM on 06/07/2010
PHOENIX (AP) - Unless a judge rules otherwise, he will remain on probation until he is 18. If he had been convicted in adult court, he could have been sentenced up to 21 years in prison...
Obama going to Kalamazoo high school graduation
By theGrio
9:10 AM on 06/07/2010
AP - Kalamazoo Central was one of three Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge finalists chosen through public voting on videos and essays submitted by the schools...
Don Cheadle named UN Goodwill Ambassador
By theGrio
8:57 AM on 06/07/2010
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner announced the appointment, saying that Cheadle would help raise green awareness among millions of people around the globe....
Julianne Malveaux Explains the Economy
by Dr Julianne Malveaux
Our economy generated about 431,000 jobs last month. Good news? Only if you don't count the fact that more than 400,000 of the jobs were temporary jobs connected to collecting data for the Census. Those jobs won't last for long and when the dust clears the current 9.7 percent unemployment rate, down from 9.9 percent a month ago, is likely to rise again.
Still, those who are desperate for good news are clinging to the fact that there are more jobs out there. What they don't understand is that people are looking for something more than a few months of work here and there. Nearly seven million Americans have been out of work for more than half a year. What has this done to their finances?
Of course the situation is worse for African Americans, even though black unemployment dropped from 16.5 to 15.5 percent last month. The 15.5 percent is a modest estimate of what is really happening. The U6 number in the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Situation report includes discouraged workers, those working part time that really want full time work and others peripherally connected to the labor market. That number dropped last month from 17.1 to 16.6 percent for the overall population. While the BLS does not report the number for African Americans, using the same relationships, the African American U6 number is at least 25.6 percent. That means that one in four African Americans is jobless!
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
LeBron James' Mother and Her Son's Teammate: Overkill?
Is it right for LeBron James to be so distracted by the rumor that his mother is sleeping with his teammate?
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Black News in Black America - 5/18/10
- Crime show taped Detroit raid that led to 7-year-old's death
- Obama administration faces questions on oil spill
- Video: Apartheid's lost generation
- Al Sharpton backs Black entertainment district in Baltimore
- Zimbabwe failing mass eviction victims: Amnesty
- Sprinter Tyson Gay breaks 44-year old record
- Jamaica to extradite drug suspect wanted by US
- Ciara's video banned from BET?
- Black Civil War soldiers victory parade marked
- Barack Obama's aunt wins US plea for asylum
- South Africa rail strike leaves millions stranded
- Master jazz pianist Hank Jones dies at 91
Monday, May 17, 2010
The NAACP and Wells Fargo: What's Wrong with this Partnership?
Faye Anderson
The NAACP is the nation’s oldest civil rights organization. I have known just about every chief executive officer since the 1980s, from the late Ben Hooks to Ben Jealous.
Some longtime Board members are also longtime friends and colleagues.
I attended the NAACP’s Civil Rights School at Harvard Law School in 2007.
Still, I have been called a hater for pointing out that Wells Fargo is a lead sponsor of the NAACP’s 101st annual convention.
Whatever. It’s not what they call you, it’s what you answer to. And as sports agent Scott Boras famously observed:
If you are really effective at what you do, 95 percent of the things said about you will be negative.
I have been writing about the subprime mortgage crisis for quite a while. I’ve also organized housing symposia and policy sessions for the National Black Caucus of State Legislators.
Study after study after study shows African Americans were targeted by subprime lenders.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Don't Let the Ban Stand on Heritage Teaching - Ban American History - PERIOD
Well, everyone that allows this bill to stand as is, is forgetting that American History classes do the very SAME thing. In fact, they teach us that Europeans were the "blessed" people and that Native Americans were savages. They neglect to mention how so much land was stolen from the Native Americans by these same people. They taught us that the colonists that were slave holders were "building a nation" without stating that the nation was built on the backs of indentured African people. Biased news reporting continues to depict the slaves, negros, blacks, african americans, etc., as well as other "minorities, as people of lesser value, lesser significance, lesser importance., etc. (In fact, the true minority is the white male - and it is high time we get the definition changed to depict this! But - that's for a later blog.)
All people of color should come forward to fight to outlaw ALL history classes - if this Arizonan law stands. History teaching could continue to be an elective. It certainly is critical to your personal development, and we, the people, should develop and maintain an awareness of our history. But, history serves very little value in your professional development, except that history that is critical to your field of study.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
African American Scholars Speaking Up on Elena Kagan
by Dr. Boyce Watkins
I started the day thinking about Elena Kagan, Barack Obama's most recent nominee to the Supreme Court. I was wondering how in the world the president could appoint someone who has no experience on the bench, given the number of highly qualified judges he had to choose from. Then I was informed that this might be a good thing, since the Republicans don't have a judicial record to scrutinize. No problemo.
I then noticed that Kagan has past affiliations with The University of Chicago, The Harvard Law School and Goldman Sachs, and that she was appointed to her position at Harvard by Lawrence Summers, the head of the President's Council of Economic Advisors. I was starting to get uncomfortable at that point, because Kagan's appointment would mean that the entire Supreme Court would be filled with Harvard and Yale grads, which effectively says that every other law school in the country need not apply (so much for having a meritocracy). I also saw a very disturbing pattern of cronyism, elitism and Wall Street loyalty that lets us know that perhaps the President of Hope and Change is not quite what we ordered, making back room deals with his buddies, all for the sake of keeping American power locked into tiny social circles.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Lawrence Taylor Should Only Be Judged After We see the Evidence
by Dr. Boyce Watkins, The Institute for Black Public Policy
Former New York Giant Lawrence Taylor has had a life that has been shameful, exciting, devastating and amazing. He has seen the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, whether you are referring to his physical prowess or his battle with drug addiction. I can’t, for one second, pretend that I know how difficult it is to walk away from crack cocaine, but I believe thatLawrence Taylor had the strength to do it.
RELATED: Teen In LT’s Rape Case “Doesn’t Want To Ruin His Reputation”
I was proud to see Taylor rebuild his life after spending quite a few years making one mistake after another. Just like on the football field, I wanted to see him succeed. And he was succeeding, at least for a while. Then came the rape allegations.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Black News: Is it Racist to Portray the Obamas as Sanford and Son?
by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Syracuse University
Phillip Sciarello, a publisher and part owner of the Smithtown Messenger in Long Island, is defending his newspaper after a picture appeared that some believe to be a racist stereotype of the first family. The picture depicts Barack and Michelle Obama as characters from "Sanford and Son." The public backlash has led the paper to announce that it will issue a retraction in its next edition.
The picture is part of a "before and after" sequence of the last six presidents, showing how much they age once they get into the White House. The "after" photo of the Obamas show Barack Obama as Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) and Michelle Obama as Aunt Esther (LaWanda Page). The characters are standing ready to fight, as was typical on the 1970s television show.The pictures led the Brookhaven town board to remove one of the company's sister publications, the Brookhaven Review, as an official newspaper. This means that the paper will no longer publish town government notices.
"The reference to racial stereotypes is where the line was crossed," Brookhaven Supervisor Mark Lesko said to Newsday.
Hazel N. Dukes, president of the state NAACP conference, stated that the county should pull advertising from any publication that runs the photo.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Your News: NCAA Gets Another 11 billion off black athletes
The NCAA men's basketball tournament is expanding, starting next season, but not on the large scale once expected.
The sport's signature event will grow to 68 teams from 65 in conjunction with a new 14-year, nearly $11 billion television agreement with CBS and Turner Sports announced Thursday. That gives the NCAA a 41% hike in annual media and marketing rights connected to the tournament — and "financial stability through the first quarter of this century," interim President Jim Isch said — without the controversy of a more dramatic move to a 96-team bracket.
Negotiations with CBS/Turner, ESPN and Fox Sports initially had targeted a 96-team field, drawing concern and criticism from traditionalists and others over the impact on the tournament's aesthetics, effect on college basketball's regular season and conference tournaments and potential for further intrusion on players' time and studies.
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