28
Jun

News Roundup, June 27

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Michael Jackson’s Handlers Pushed Him to Early Death? (UK Daily Mail)

Michael Jackson’s Death at 50 (Black Doctor)

 

…Mom Katherine made it to the hospital shortly after her son, although his father Joe was in Las Vegas when told the news. Close friend Elizabeth Taylor also rushed to the hospital to say her goodbyes. Finally a doctor appeared and told shocked relatives and aides that all efforts to restart his heart had failed and that he had died. Sister La Toya was seen running into the hospital sobbing after her brother was pronounced dead….

 

Michael Jackson’s Effect on Hip Hop (Examiner)

Hip Hop Artists React to Michael Jackson’s Death (About.com)

Unemployed: More than 50% of Milwaukee Black Males (Milwaukee Journal)

What Makes A Black Man? (Rising Oaks)

US Faces Up to Racist Past but is Unwilling to Pay For It (Irish Times)

….Senate apologises to African-Americans on behalf of the people of the United States….

 

Senate Slavery Apology Lacks Sincerity (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Senate Doesn’t Speak for Me in Apologizing for Slavery (Rossputin)

….In the meantime, as most of the nation moves steadily toward color-blindness in nearly all aspects of life, it’s primarily race hustlers and politicians (and, sadly, their Supreme Court nominees) who believe the nation still has substantial racist tendencies or owes some great apology. The nation expressed their unjustified “white guilt” by electing as our president a man who would barely have gotten a second look if he were white since he, by his own admission, didn’t have enough experience to run for the office….

AARP Seeks More Black & Latino Members (St. Louis American)

….As the American population continues to brown, an increasing number of organizations are making calculated strides in an effort to ensure that the diversity of their membership mirrors the diversity of the nation. One such organization is AARP, the premier advocacy group for older Americans….

 

Human Rights Watch Tells US to Prevent Prison Rapes (HRW)

….Attorney General Eric Holder can single-handedly make a stunning contribution to the safety of US prisons…By adopting these standards, he can start the ball rolling to make widespread prison rape a thing of the past….

 

Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse (Examiner)

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26
Jun

Smith’s Trial Delayed

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Last week, Mike Manko, Spokesperson for the Allegheny County DA’s office, told BH that Clinton Smith remains behind bars awaiting his re-scheduled trial date of Sept. 9. Instead of a non-jury trial, Smith will now have his case decided by a jury. He is accused in the 2007 death and sexual abuse of his girlfriend’s 10 month old daughter Daniyah Marie Jackson.

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14
Jun

News Roundup, June 14

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Queen Latifah Opens Up About Past Sexual Abuse (Essence)


North Carolina’s “Best Teachers” Leave Schools As Black Student Rates Increase (Education Week)

….A growing body of research has found that students in schools with high concentrations of poor students and students from minority groups tend to have teachers who are considered, on average, to be of lower quality than teachers in better-off suburban schools. And a handful of studies also suggests that, in states such as New York and Texas, teachers have tended to move from those disadvantaged schools to more affluent ones….

 

Census Chief Explains Why Black Count is Critical (Seattle Medium)

Black Immigrants, Black Americans Carry Split Views (NPR)

Foot Care Myths and Truths (Black Doctor)

Breastfeeding Leads to Better Academic Achievement (India Times)

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27
May

News Roundup, May 27

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How to Care for Dandruff in African American Hair (Ehow)

Like Miami 7, NY Terror Plot Funded/Uncovered by FBI (Planet of the Chimps)

….Again, an FBI informant led these “home-grown” “Al-Qaeda-Wanna-Be” losers to purchase explosives and probably provided the money and the expertise, as they did in the Miami Seven “terror plot” to blow-up the Sears Tower.In other words, these “terror cells” have been created, engineered and funded by the FBI…

 

Questions About the NY ‘Temple Plot’ (Information Clearinghouse)

….“It was fully controlled at all times,” a law enforcement official said. (emphasis mine) - Indeed, this Freudian slip perhaps is the most truthful line in the entire article….

 

Islam and Hip Hop (Matter of Faith)

Michael Vick, Hip Hop and the Politics of Punishment (All Hip Hop)

….I’ve always believed that the greatest sin a Black professional athlete can commit, in the eyes of Major League Sports, is to intimate—not necessarily state—that their career is not the most important priority in life. Once that happens, the media is whipped-up and unleashed on these personalities, and equipped with all weaponry needed to destroy, defame and defeat that spirit which provoked such defiant conviction….

 

Obama Names First Black NASA Chief (Politico)

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18
May

News Roundup, May 18

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Black History - RIP? (Daily Voice)

Black Colleges Lose Money Under Obama (BET)

Skin Color Matters in Vitamin D Debate (Westside Gazette)

Gay Marriage Divides Black Religious Leaders (NPR)

Blacks Creating Power Using Twitter (Black News)

More Babies Being Born to Unwed Mothers (NCPA)

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