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Jul 31, 2008 06:42 PM
I long ago came out against any apology for slavery , mainly because it would serve no useful purpose. But I’ve come up with Ten Useful Ways America Could Apologize For Slavery. 1. 1. Danish: Nothing says “I’m sorry” like a sweet-roll. Or a fresh crueller....
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Jul 29, 2008 10:19 PM
Rapper Rick Ross’ street creds are on blast, and Nelson George , (my personal blueprint and a rock-star in this verb game) could not have known when he, Robert Locash and Chris Rock sat down to pen CB4 exactly how much art would imitate life. Seems that...
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Jul 25, 2008 03:55 PM
Disney is set to release an animated feature with its first black heroine, called The Frog Princess , sometime near Christmas of 2009, and there are apparent snags holding up production . Not everyone is happy with the storyline, because it’s set in New...
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Jul 23, 2008 02:53 PM
In my hometown paper, there was an interesting story about the widening gap between the haves and the have-nots and the disintegration of the middle class in the black community . The story posits that you are either the Evans or the Huxtables— the Winslows...
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Jul 21, 2008 04:05 PM
The Dark Knight hit the screen with record-breaking numbers and universally positive reviews , but I wonder how much of it is the Tupac Syndrome—the idea that, once an artist is wacked or meets an untimely death—like Tupac Shakur, for example-- his or...
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Jul 18, 2008 04:16 PM
More troubling than the Rev. Jesse Jackson getting caught on tape using the “N-word” is his insistence that you and I excise it from our vocabulary. I hope by now we know Jackson is a hypocrite who often talks out of both sides of his mouth . But rather...
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Jul 14, 2008 09:28 PM
I think we’ve all known it was just a matter of time before t he children of Drs. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King began to fight over the estate of the late civil rights leader . Nothing like a dead relation and a lot of money to make even...
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Jul 12, 2008 01:15 AM
People used to give me heat for telling the Rev. Jesse Jackson to kick rocks. Yep. I used to catch a lot of flak— not so much, lately. And now rapper Nas has just made it plain. He’s calling for Jesse to step down and let the new generation of black voices—like...
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Jul 9, 2008 11:20 PM
The LA Times has this joint about white students on a high-school yearbook committee substituting the real name of students for faux ghetto names in the published version of their annual publication . This isn’t the first time I’ve heard of this happening—it...
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Jul 7, 2008 07:26 PM
The investigation into the death of Ronnie White in solitary confinement of a Maryland jail is expanding to include others besides the seven jailers on-staff . Officials are looking at all 630 employees Prince George's County Correctional Center. The...
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Jul 3, 2008 06:17 PM
It’s not a secret: if you’re doing it big, Sen. Barack Obama thinks you could give a little more come tax time. He’s said this all along the campaign trail, but not had a lot of specifics. Only recently, however, have details of his plan come to the surface...
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Jul 1, 2008 04:10 PM
So. I DVR’d the BET Hip Hop vs. America II thing and I just got a chance today to review the tape. Dr. Hill (stand up Philly!) gave his take . Now, I have to give mine. The theme of this go ‘round was Where is the Love , concentrating on discussing the...
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