Monthly Archives: August 2011

To be young, gifted, black and unemployed

To be young, gifted, black and unemployed Vent Casey III, The Grio | August 7, 2011 Are the long-term unemployed locked out of the workforce? It seems that way. As the debt ceiling and budget battle between Republicans in Congress and President Obama recedes, Democrats are attempting a tactical pivot to the jobs issue. Many of us believe [...]

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August 8, 2011 at 8:26am

By Summer M.

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Topics: pop life, Queen Latifah, Sexuality

Some Unsolicited Love Advice for Queen Latifah

(Since my last two blogs have been relatively serious, how about something light this Monday morning?) Dear Queen Latifah, Well, look at you! Just the other week I was considering the conditions under which you might come out, and now word on the street is you’re all up in the magazines talking about what kind of [...]

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Weekly News Roundup

August 7, 2011 at 4:18pm

By Dallas

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Weekly News Round-Up: Aug 1st – August 7th, 2011

Aug 1st – 7th White supremacist principal running Bronx school with majority black and Latino students Corinne Lestch, Daily News Writer, 8/1/11 The Racist Scourge Roger Cohen, The New York Times , 8/1/11 Choosing Between an HBCU And a PWI Ja’el Gordon, Huffington Post, 8/3/11 Strategic Plan for CHS Aims to Close Achievement Gap, Maintain [...]

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August 5, 2011 at 12:00pm

By Dallas

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Topics: American Values, Black girls, chris brown, Crying, Domestic Violence, Empowerment, Fame, Girls, Healing, hip-hop, Hollywood, LGBTQ, Love, Media, Men, Money, Music, Nicki Minaj, Pop Culture, Violence, Violence Against Women, Women

Is Nicki Minaj In An Abusive Relationship?

I respect Nicki’s desire to keep her private life private. I just hope Nicki is smart enough, and strong enough, to walk away from a relationship that will only prove toxic to her professional and personal life.

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August 4, 2011 at 11:59am

By Keantre Malone

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With More Color Comes More Responsibility

For those that don’t know, in one of Marvel’s most famous comics, White Peter Parker has died and now an interracial male will be Spider-Man. Of course, popular talk about the new Spidey, Miles Morales (a combination of traditional Black and Latino names), yields more props to Obama. In order to do right by colored [...]

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August 3, 2011 at 10:56pm

By sheldon

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A true relationship

Relationships are what you make them. So many of us today don’t really know what it is to have a real relationship. It is wonderful to have a relationship with the person you love and you know they love you back. Relationships take commitment, truth, belief, wisdom, and most importantly time. When I look at [...]

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August 3, 2011 at 12:00pm

By tamara

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Topics: kevin garnett, lockout, NBA, retirement, Sports

When Next Season Doesn’t Come…

During this lockout, I have purposefully avoided reading, listening or watching anything NBA-related for fear that the truth would hit me hard, and I might actually cry. Despite my best efforts to avoid this, yesterday, I looked at the picture of Kevin Garnett hanging near my desk and I came to a disturbing realization. [...]

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August 3, 2011 at 8:21am

By Jonathan

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A Camera Revolution, Eavesdropping Laws & Being Arrested for Recording Police Officers

What if Fred Hampton and the Black Panthers who were murdered by the Chicago police department had the capability of recording the police raid that caused so much controversy in 1969? What if the Rodney King Video was never recorded in 1991? What if someone had been able to record John Burge when he enforced [...]

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August 2, 2011 at 11:36pm

By Justin L. Hill

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Take Back Boystown: White vs Right?

“Boystown was built and created by gay whites with hard earned money years back…Its sad that Boystown has been taken advantage by these f***ing savage monkeys.“ “They also happen to be very noticeably out of place!! So why are they not questioned and asked to leave by the police is amazing! Check their ID and [...]

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August 2, 2011 at 10:57am

By edward

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Raise The Roof DC Style

The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire, we don’t need no water let that mother f*** burn. There are many things that John Boehner (R-OH) is good at doing: crying, blaming liberals, crying while blaming liberals. One thing he probably can’t do is the dance ‘raise the roof’. I’m not saying Republicans can’t [...]

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