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Children of Katrina
CNN | August 26, 2010 CNN’s Soledad O’Brien and filmmaker Spike Lee look at life post-Katrina through the eyes of children.
Antoine Dodson Follow-Up
YouTube (via Colorlines) | August 20, 2010 Be sure to also read Fallon’s take on Dodson’s fame. (From Colorlines) Accidental Internet celebrity Antoine Dodson tells ABC News that, although his sister’s attacker is still on the loose, he’s made made a “nice amount of money” off of the infamous “bed intruder” YouTube meme. “Enough to move […]
The Black Girl Project
A Film by Aiesha Turman | Premieres August 27, 2010 The Black Girl Project is a documentary film which asks pretty much one question: who are you? Of course that question morphed into other, follow-up questions, but that singular question lies at the heart of the film. In a culture where Black women and girls […]
Alarming Graduation Gap for Black Males
NBC Nightly News | August 17, 2010 According to a new report, only 47 percent of black males graduated from high school in 2008. What does this mean for America’s future? NBC News’ Rehema Ellis reports.
You Can't Knock The Hustle: A Walk Down Michigan Avenue
“I’m a hustler baby/I’ll sell water to a well”- Jay-Z. If Mr. Sean Carter took a stroll with me down Michigan Avenue this past weekend, even he might have been surprised by the ingenuity of today’s youth. As I strolled past the Chicago River on Wacker Drive I saw the beautiful Chicago skyline. Every time […]
Derrion Albert's Little Sister's Take on Youth Violence
Dateline NBC | August 16, 2010 10-year-old Ananya Martin is Derrion Albert’s little sister. Since the beating death of her brother Derrion in 2009, Ananya has not spoken publicly until this interview. Her aunt Adrienne Leonard says the only way she can do it is by reading sympathy letters that were sent to the family […]
America Now: Faces Against Violence
Dateline NBC | August 12, 2010 This Sunday, August 15th at 7 p.m./6 Central, Lester Holt shares what happened when Dateline NBC traveled to Chicago to learn about it’s gang violence.
Michelle Obama vs. Steven Slater
What’s the fascination with white people quitting work? If Steven Slater were a brotha he’d be splattered on the tarmac and posthumously charged with theft (for the two beers). He would have also been labeled lazy, crazy, and quite possibly a terrorist.
Black Boys and 4th Grade Failure Syndrome
It is no secret that Black men are disproportionately uneducated, unemployed and incarcerated. Articles I’ve read in Noteworthy News and The Black Scholar toss out statistics that say that a six year old Black boy has a one in three chance of going to prison in his lifetime and the unemployment rate among young Black […]
Study: Black Girls Entering Puberty Earlier Than Others
Today Show | August 9, 2010
Monday Morning Mash-Up
Since I only write here at BYP on Mondays, the blogging silence of the other six days often results in hateration build up. Fortunately, I take notes. What follows is a rather desultory dose of scathing haterade for your Monday morning. Who needs caffeine? Feel my body! gettin’ cooooold. As a friend said on Facebook, […]
6 Louisiana Teens Drown As They Try to Save a Friend
NBC Today Show | August 3, 2010 A group of six teenagers, ranging between 13 to 18, drown while trying to rescue a friend who stepped over a riverbed dropoff.