Does a Black Man Getting Corporate Money Mean that Racism is Dead?
Last week, a controversy exploded over a new Mountain Dew ad created and directed by the rapper Tyler the Creator, one of the most visible figures in the hip-hop collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, which Syracuse University professor Boyce Watkins—who is himself black—suggested was one of the most racist bits ad spots [...]
Solving Poverty: Atlanta in Black and Green, the Tale of Two Cities
As I noted in another ‘Solving Poverty’ piece for The Huffington Post, the new racism today is actually poverty. Yes, it feels really bad if a racist calls you a highly offensive name, but it is completely un-dignifying when you cannot pay your rent, make your mortgage payment, or you find that your car has [...]
Fashion’s Persistent Color Problem
Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond explains in a piece for Ebony why models and designers of color continue to struggle even though black personalities top fashion’s “it” list. Michelle Obama is arguably the most important fashion star of the moment. When she wears a designer brand, the endorsement is literally heard around the world with everyone from fashion [...]
Yes, Some Black People Do Care About Kwanzaa
On the third day of Kwanzaa, Wisconsin State Senator, Glenn Grothman released a statement titled:“Why Must We Still Hear About Kwanzaa?” In it he lambasts the holiday, claiming that “almost no black people today care about Kwanzaa” and that “it’s time it’s slapped down once and for all.” The third day of Kwanzaa, Ujima [...]
Republicans Meet to Discuss Minority Voter Strategies in the Plantation Room
Each year, you keep thinking that maybe Republicans are going to understand that the world is changing. But then, they show you that they would rather pretend that it’s not. In a stunning display of political idiocy, the Republican had the audacity to meet and discuss political strategy and minority voters in a place [...]
Bush Granted 189 Pardons; Obama has Granted Just 16: With So Many Black People in Prison under Dead Laws, Is This Acceptable?
President Barack Obama has been a cautious president, to say the least. After stating that he agrees that the War on Drugs was wrong and also agreeing that the crack-to-powder disparity was unacceptable, Obama has been as timid as a church mouse when it comes to using the power of the presidential pen to grant [...]
Man Accused of Racial Abuse Says He Used N-Word as ‘Term of Endearment’, Blames Hip-Hop
In America, you can say n*gger all you want, and it’s considered protected speech under the Constitution. Even though free speech is not absolute, it does still protect people from being prosecuted over insults, even if those insults are racially motivated. In the United Kingdom, however, you can be prosecuted for hate speech. One man [...]
Hilarious: White Supremacists Get Mocked at Their Own Rally
There was a time in America’s history when the site of the KKK would strike fear in the hearts of African-Americans. Thankfully, those days are long gone. In the 21st century, the Klan is more of a running joke than anything else. The organization is a leftover relic from a racist era, and its members [...]
Black Men Scare the Bejesus Out of Fox News Pundits [Video]
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Fox News and the right wing media are losing their minds today over voter intimidation. But it’s not over the 7 hours Floridians had to wait in line to vote over the weekend, or the attempt by Ohio’s Secretary of State to reduce voting rights. What is scaring Fox News is what always scares the [...]
Behind Pepsico’s Epic Fail in Marketing This Week: What Happened?
It’s less than an hour by train and metro from Purchase, the Westchester County, New York State HQ of PepsiCo, to the Bronx or Harlem. But, judging by PepsiCo’s epic fail with its latest Mountain Dew ad campaign, it might as well be a million miles or a different planetary system. Anybody familiar with Mountain Dew advertising [...]
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