by Dr. Boyce Watkins Does Hollywood have a special interest in protecting networks that are determined to air racist programming? This appears to be the case after the Hollywood Reporter and AdWeek both rejected anti-racism ads that were submitted by the activist group ColorofChange.org. Color of Change has done great work in highlighting racial disparities [...]
Continue reading …Dr. Boyce: Ben Carson is Right – Broken Families Do Cause Poverty, but Why Is That?
April 26, 2013 No Comment
Dr. Boyce speaks about the comments by Dr. Ben Carson, who says that single parent households cause poverty. Click to watch.
Continue reading …African Americans More Willing than Most to Participate in Medical Trials
April 26, 2013 13 Comments
According to a new study, participation in medical research is more interesting to African-Americans than to whites or any other racial/ethnic groups. This includes providing blood or genetic samples. According to experts, the next step is to get more blacks to be included in clinical trials so that their results are also included in the [...]
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The president stands with Planned Parenthood, and he’s making no secret of that fact. The president is going to be the keynote speaker at a gala for the organization coming up later this week, according to an announcement. The move by President Obama comes as Planned Parenthood has been under fire from groups around [...]
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Richie Havens is now passed on to the afterlife. The folk singer who hit his peak during the 1960s died of a sudden heart attack. Havens, who was 72-years old when he died, left a mark on the music industry and was immortalized for being the singer who opened Woodstock in 1969. He did a [...]
Continue reading …Bombing Suspect Allegedly Said that Martin Luther King was a “Non-Believer” Who “Contaminated” Minds
April 23, 2013 70 Comments
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the suspect in the Boston bombing who was killed by police, was reportedly disruptive during services at a local mosque. His outbursts allegedly led to threats that if he didn’t tone down, he’d be asked to leave. The Islamic Society of Boston’s Cambridge mosque says that the 26-year old man “disagreed with the moderate [...]
Continue reading …President Obama’s Street Still Blocked Off a Week After the Boston Bombings
April 22, 2013 3 Comments
President Obama is safe, but you still can’t get too close to him. A week after the bombs went off in Boston, and poisonous letters were being sent to politicians, people still can’t get anywhere near 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. In addition to the bombings and letters, there was also the suspicious explosion of a plant [...]
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The tragedies pile up long and hard in the city of Chicago. The killing doesn’t seem to stop, and each day has a tragedy that is every bit as frightening as the last. A 14-year old boy was found stabbed to death after he’d gone missing. The boy’s body was found in the Marquette [...]
Continue reading …Deceased Financier Left a Powerful Legacy of Wealth Building and Community Investing
April 21, 2013 14 Comments
Chicago just lost a hero in the black business community. Jacoby Dickens, a major financier in the city, has died in Florida. Dickens was one of the major economic figures in black Chicago for over thirty years. He died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 81. Dickens was chairman and majority owner of Seaway Bank [...]
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Man Says Tyler Perry Abandoned the Black Gay Community
It’s hard to know if Tyler Perry is gay or not, we’re not trying to say. But there are rumblings that are seeking to insinuate that he might be part of the gay community. Aaron McGruder, creator of the Boondocks made a television episode that seemed to imply that Perry might be gay. The [...]
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