american blacktag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-688442005-06-03T21:06:00-04:00news, noise and commentary from a Black perspectiveTypePadA Dog Named "Nigger"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-50026892005-06-03T21:06:00-04:002005-06-03T21:06:00-04:00Quasan from lovely San Jose, had this interesting post. ...some wierdo wants to name his horse Sally Hemmings - former slave and concubine of President Thomas Jefferson (not really buying into the whole "mistress" thing because it implies a choice...princecConservatives Continue To Ignore Constitutiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-50091222005-06-03T13:52:00-04:002005-06-03T13:52:00-04:00The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights plans to air a commercial attacking Janice Rogers Brown as a "radical judge" unworthy of confirmation to the appeals court. For some reason, cheap labor conservatives see this as racism. How nutty is that?...princecSpeaking Japanese (Or Is Gwen Stefani Racist and Hot Or Just Hot)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-50087182005-06-03T09:21:57-04:002005-06-03T09:21:57-04:00Girls as accessories? The song was released last year but some folks still seem to have a problem with Gwen Stefani's harajuku girls: Here's the problem. Is a questionable action validated merely because members of the group to be offended...princecA 12 Year Old Nike Investor...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-50084312005-06-03T09:00:10-04:002005-06-03T09:00:10-04:00Via John Hope Bryant ...Doing a Banking on Our Future financial literacy event in Chicago and a volunteer HOPE Corps member from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago told me the most interesting story; a local African-American 12-year old boy...princecIs Baltimore’s Central Booking our Abu Ghraib?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-50079472005-06-03T08:09:16-04:002005-06-03T08:09:16-04:00Over the past two years approximately 1.2 prisoners have died every month at Baltimore’s Central Booking, the city’s intake jail. Prisoners have been denied medical care. Cells designed for seven to eight prisoners are holding 17 to 18. Conditions are...princecCrack Cocaine: What's In It For Youtag:typepad.com,2003:post-50016602005-06-03T06:14:00-04:002005-06-03T06:14:00-04:00Douglas A. Berman found this potent editorial entitled "Bring Fairness to Drug Sentencing" that is focused on the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenses. Here's an interesting paragraph: Congress spawned a national trend toward discriminatory sentencing when it...princecOne Liners (Sleep, Soft Porn and Baldilocks Edition)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-49999362005-06-02T18:54:00-04:002005-06-02T18:54:00-04:00One Day Left to help Ian win a new pair of kicks. Never sleep again...really. Watch the 49er's Training Video. We almost got rid of one...princecRobert Johnson's Legacy (or My Dad Started BET But All I Got Is This CBS T-Shirt)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-49967512005-06-02T12:15:12-04:002005-06-02T12:15:12-04:00Robert Johnson deserves credit for a lot of things. You have to respect the man for creating a commercially viable cable channel for Black folks. In a world where very few Blacks have "fuck you money", it's nice to see...princecFord Close To Settleing Civil Rights Lawsuittag:typepad.com,2003:post-49960502005-06-02T11:23:15-04:002005-06-02T11:23:15-04:00A proposed settlement of a class-action civil rights lawsuit filed by 11 African-American workers at Ford Motors Co.'s Sharonville Transmission Plant was taken under advisement by U.S. District Court Judge Arthur Spiegel on Wednesday following a final settlement hearing. Spiegel...princecWhat Sharpton and Madonna Know That You Don't (Or How To Be As Popular As Angelina Jolie)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-49697392005-06-02T02:05:34-04:002005-06-02T02:05:34-04:00Is Rush Limbaugh back on the "pain medication"? After delivering on-air remarks that he was considering allowing Rev. Al Sharpton to host his syndicated radio program for 30 minutes a day to "teach" Sharpton the ins and outs of the...princecAbortion, Genocide and Garbage Can Lidstag:typepad.com,2003:post-49556612005-06-01T10:23:54-04:002005-06-01T10:23:54-04:00Life, in general, is a minefield. You take one step in the wrong direction and find your legs staring you in the back. I'm a pro-abortion guy. Not just because I'm a guy but because I truly believe in my...princecIncrease Your Coaching Chances: Don't Be Blacktag:typepad.com,2003:post-49552432005-06-01T09:53:36-04:002005-06-01T09:53:36-04:00White head coaches are less likely than their black counterparts to hire blacks as assistants, limiting black coaches' careers in schools with Division I basketball, a study released Tuesday suggests. Texas A&M's Laboratory for Diversity in Sport surveyed 191 Division...princec