Share I found the whole Shirley Sherrod case to be pretty disgraceful to be honest. I’ve written a number of pieces on it for different publications, as well as appearing on the BBC talking about the nature of the media today and how easy it is to score cheap political points by manipulating the media… [...]
Share Yesterday, while traveling on a bus, I found myself being the mediator of a heated argument that almost turned into a fight. The young black lady sitting next to me had been listening to music on her headphones, but it was so loud that she may as well have been playing it out loud. [...]
Share I’ve been away on a hiatus… but I’m back in force. I must admit that I have been sucked into the abyss that is Twitter (follow me!) and am just dragging myself out. There really is something to be said for micro-blogging. In any case, I have still been writing. So here are some [...]
Share I have a lot to say about Sotomayor and the whole ‘identity politics’ debate. Personally I think the whole ‘identity politics’ argument is BS and I wish her all the very best. For now, watch me debating the issue on CNN. A post on identity politics is to come… Embedded video from CNN [...]
Share Questions I’m pondering at the moment: How do you define a racist? How do you define racism? What would you say is the difference between racism and discrimination? What’s reverse racism? Words like ‘racist’ and ‘racism’ are bandied around very easily these days – to the point where they start to lose meaning. So [...]
Share Yesterday, May 19th, would have been Malcolm X’s 84th birthday. I have a few comments to make about the relevance of some of Malcolm X’s theories in this day and age, but for now I just want to salute him for what he contributed to the world. And here’s one of his most powerful [...]
Share African-American women are disproportionately more likely to have an abortion than any other racial group. While abortion among white women constitutes around 10 in 1000 cases, with black women it’s around 50 in 1000. With centres like Planned Parenthood moving into urban areas and focusing more on African-Americans, some have claimed that this is [...]
Share Yet again racism rears its ugly head in the world of European sports as a Spanish a man in black face appeared to be imitating Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton at the Grand Prix in Spain. This has happened before, and no doubt it will happen again. And of course it’s not just in [...]
Share The answer to my own question in the headline is a resounding YES. But let me qualify that by saying that we need GOOD black media (and indeed other ethnic media). Black media that perpetuates stereotypes and limits the scope of our interests to crime and entertainment stories, and doesn’t take into consideration the [...]
Share I want to hear your views on these issues! Let me know your thoughts! Here are a few interesting articles/comment pieces that have come to my attention in the past couple of days… From the UK: The Guardian: “Don’t Leave Migration Policy to the BNP”. For those who don’t know, the BNP stands for [...]
