Several bloggers, myself included, have been accused of overreacting to the KFC commercial (featuring a fatherless black family) that we discussed a few posts ago. I don't think that expressing concern about potentially negative images in the media is overreacting, especially since white folk, black folk, single folk, and of course all kinds of parents [...]
I'm not going to bash the film. I actually liked the movie, plus I'm a pretty big fan of all things Eighties. But there were some things that didn't sit well with me. For instance, why Bernie Mac and Anthony Anderson (substantially famous black actors) accepted the two roles they played is beyond me. I'm [...]
"I don't think about Paris Hilton..."Â - Oprah Winfrey (When asked by a correspondent from the show Extra what she thought about Paris Hilton going to jail.) Nuff said.
Would Barbara Walters have fired her a long time ago? A white friend of mine asked me that question yesterday. To her I replied, "What do you think?"
For months I've been whispering to my boss, an educator, that I thought watching TV was helping my son become an even better reader than he already is. (I say that I was "whispering" because my boss has a much stricter TV policy than I do, so I was kind of embarrassed to suggest that [...]
A couple of days ago I was tagged by DJ Black Adam and charged with completing the following meme: List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what they are. They must be songs you are presently enjoying. Being that I'm scared of cool with DJ BA I figured I'd do it, with a twist. [...]
Gerald Levert died today of a heart attack at his home, reportedly in his sleep. For those of you that don't know he was one of the greatest R & B stars of the last 25 years. A lengend in a business that doesn't often spawn legends. I saw him perform live a few years back and [...]
I believe in teaching tolerance. We must all learn to live and let live.  We should embrace our differences whether they be religious, lifestyle, race, sexual orientation and so on. Being that I have most of that covered I have moved on to another group to try to tolerate. This "new" group has proven to be the biggest [...]
You've got to give it to the new CW. They are the only major television network that can boast a block of black sitcoms. In fact when last I looked the CW is the only network that has any black shows this season. The Bernie Mack Show on Fox: Canceled. My Wife and Kids on [...]
Ok, Elmo is actually red. And he has been around for about 20 years. However, I just found out yesterday from a Newsweek article on MSNBC.com, that the person that gives life to Elmo is a 45 year old black man. I always knew that he was a man because when the credits run at [...]
