CNN have finally reported on the racist attack on a black camerawoman at the Republican National Convention. Though the network released a brief statement regarding the incident, last night was the first time they’d addressed the incident on-air. What took them so long?
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe show this morning, Chris Matthews went off on Reince Priebus over alleged race-baiting language from GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Check out their heated exchange at BlackYouthProject.com!
On August 15, a 19-year-old transgender woman known as Tiffany (nee Donta Gooden) was found murdered in Chicago. This is the second murder of a transgender woman in the last four months, both of which occurred on the city’s west side.
Actor Sherman Hemsley has passed away. He was 74.As a great article at the Huffington Post points out, Hemsley’s work on The Jeffersons greatly impacted the landscape of American television. Rest in Peace, Mr. Hemsley.
46664, the South Africa-based clothing line inspired by Nelson Mandela, will soon hit U.S. runways at New York Fashion Week. According to the website, 46664 aims to help fund humanitarian efforts throughout the world.
A gunmen wearing a gas mask opened fired on a packed theater of moviegoers at a midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 and injuring 50 people. The gunmen first set off some type of gas before opening fire on the crowd. He wore a bulletproof vest, and was carrying […]
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUdCsM_KHxE Someone, unfortunately, keeps giving George Zimmerman the platform to launch his inconsistent and insensitive remarks concerning his killing of Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman’s interview yesterday with Sean Hannity was undoubtedly an ill-fated attempt to humanize a man who has become a contemporary symbol of America’s racial anxieties. Yet, unsurprisingly, Zimmerman effectively poured salt on America’s […]
George Zimmerman says he has NO regrets about Trayvon Martin’s death: “It Was All In God’s Plan.” What kind of person has NO REGRETS about stalking and killing an innocent 17 year-old kid?
This isn’t the post that I had planned for today but a series of conversations surrounding Nelson Mandela’s birth and whether it calls for international celebration led me to make a change. My thoughts on USA Basketball can wait. On my drive to work this morning, a local DJ mistakenly called Nelson Mandela the first […]
According to TV Newzer, Fox News’ Sean Hannity will be interviewing George Zimmerman TONIGHT at 9PM on his Sean Hannity Show. This is Zimmerman’s first televised interview since being charged with the murder of Trayvon Martin earlier this year.
Frank Taaffe, former neighbor of Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman, has decided to collect signatures to block any future effort to erect a permanent Trayvon Martin memorial in his neighborhood.
When we blame Black women for our failure to be seen as “real men” in a White racist society we only show ourselves to be immature. Our mothers, our sisters, our aunts, our girlfriends, our wives, and nieces are not our enemy.
