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She Who Wears The Crown: 2014 Miss Universe Jamaica sparks debate on skin complexion
Recently crowned Miss Universe Jamaica, Kaci Fennell, answers questions about the brown skin complexion debate and the effects on her career. In an interview with ON STAGE Jamaican Entertainment Television, Fennell contends, "There is no standard Jamaican look." It is...
Police Dashboard Camera Show Cops Shooting And Killing a Man With His Hands Up
It's hard to imagine anyone who doesn't believe police brutality isn't out of control. This goes for black and white cops, but here is yet another example. In the city of Bridgeton, New Jersey, two police officers pull over a Jaguar for running a stop sign. One...
Father pleads for changes to State Fair Student Day policies after son’s death at Florida State Fair 2014
Father, Andrew Joseph Jr., continues the fight for his son Andrew Joseph III. "You don't have to be an elected official. You don't have to wear a tie to work. You can be smaller than a fifth grader and see that this whole situation is wrong," Joseph said. "It has to...
The business of running prisons: No# 1, know your target market, No# 2, get them to market
Yes, you are reading it right. Step this way, prisoners wanted to fill beds for America's private prison system. Let's show a big round of applause to the great State of Ohio, for being the first to sell one of the five State ran lockup facilities. Officials...
Delta Sigma Theta Expels Five ‘Sorority Sisters’ Cast Members From the Organization, But Members Still Can’t Wear Letters To Protest
VH1 cut their reality show 'Sorority Sisters' short in it's first season. The show featuring members of various Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLOs) from around the country acting out in typical reality show fashion. There were three episodes left to air, but it...
Parents of Kendrick Johnson, Found Dead in a Gym Mat, Files $100 Million Lawsuit Blaming Classmates, School, Local And State Officials
Hard to believe it has been two long years since Kendrick Johnson's body was found dead inside of a rolled up gym mat. It has, but the family isn't allowing this case to be swept under the rug. Their son died on January 10th, 2013. The parents of 17 year old Kendrick...
FDA Admits 70% Chicken Sold In USA Contains Cancer-Causing Arsenic
The FDA has been on my list of government agencies dropping the ball for quite some time now, but this is ridiculous even by their standards. This week, the Food and Drug Administration admitted the vast majority of chicken sold in the United States contains cancer...
Not Arrested: White ‘Survivalist’ Shoots Black Police Chief Four Times And Released
You would think if someone shot a police officer, they would either be dead or arrested. However, neither of these options happened to 29 year old Dallas Horton after shooting a police chief four times. The incident happened in the Horton's home in Oklahoma. Police...
Black on Black Crime: Jay Z and Funkmaster Flex Entertainment Beef-A-Roni Served Cold
I'm the KING of New York, in my Funkmaster Flex voice, HOT 97, New York's undisputed top, mainstream, urban music radio personality and resident DJ, wants everyone to know, especially Jay Z. Insert stage right, The Source online pub, reporting this morning, a group of...
Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks headed to back-to-back Superbowls
I wouldn't call it a comeback if you never gave up the top spot. Russell Wilson, arguably had the best second half of his professional football career on Sunday to propel the Seattle Seahawks to Superbowl 2015. The Seahawks waited until the 2nd half of the game to...
CBS Television Double Standard: Sports analyst, Greg Anthony, suspended indefinitely after arrest for soliciting prostitution
CBS Sports Television moved swiftly to mitigate the fall out of former NBA basketball player and current CBS sports analyst Greg Anthony, after his arrest on Friday for soliciting prostitution. CBS television announced on Saturday, Anthony's indefinite suspension with...
On This King’s Holiday: Why I Am Tired of Hearing the Older Generation Apologize to the Younger One
I keep hearing it. "I'd like to apologize to the youth. Our generation dropped the ball." Really. When? NO, we did not. We did what we could with what we had available to us and with the best knowledge we had available at the time. We did not know then what we know...
