Black Americans

The (Forgotten) Black Walt Disney: Jim Simon

Network Awesome | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Sesame Street, Animator, Black Americans, Black America, Electric Company, Ebony Magazine, Jim Simon, Cartoon, Animation, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Video, Black Voices News
Network Awesome

The man they once called "the Black Walt Disney" doesn't even have a Wikipedia page and the collected clips of his original work on YouTube don't even add up to seven full minutes, but the scant few items of substance that Google can come up with tell a fascinating story.

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Maxine Waters: Obama's Speech 'A Bit Curious'

AP | Posted 11.26.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Maxine Waters says she's not sure who President Barack Obama was talking to when he told black Americans to quit complaining a...

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You're Black? How Boring

Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Hair-Beauty-Beauty-Hair, Black Women, Black American, Self Hatred, Self-Hatred, Black Beauty, Black Americans, African American, Hair Beauty, Home News

About once a month, I have a conversation that—after the initial introductions are made and small talk is in full swing—goes something along these...

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Zero "Zero Tolerance": Ending the Real Debt Crisis

Fagan Harris | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Debt Ceiling, Black Americans, Debt Crisis, Dropout Epidemic, Zero Tolerance, Incarceration Rates, U.S. Economy, Black Voices News
Fagan Harris

The twin threats of mass incarceration and epidemic dropout rates amongst black Americans pose an unparalleled challenge to the country as a whole.

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Why Blacks Know Race Is A Factor

Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr. | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: White Supremacists, 2012 Election, Racism in America, President Barack Obama, Barack Obama Racism, Obama Racism, Black-White Relations, Racism, Obama Administration, Black Americans, Black Voices News
Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr.

The election of a black president was a seismic disturbance on the Richter scale of consciousness. Could some folks believe that God is disappointed that whites allowed such a thing to happen?

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On Black Men

Rebecca Carroll | Posted 11.17.2011

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Rebecca Carroll

Despite the hope, as a parent raising a black son in a country very presently immersed in the horrific beauty of racial change and evolution, I am careful to remind him that there are still fences.

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America's Politically Adolescent Behavior

Carol Smaldino | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Adolescent Behavior, Tea Party, Noise Machine, White and Right, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Rage, Tim Wise, Fringe Politics, Black Americans, Don't Tea on Me Blog, The Shadow, Hatred, Political Right, Israel, Realpolitik, Politics News
Carol Smaldino

In my clinical practice, I have actually seen and tried some of the ways that might represent a pathway to transition our society from a culture of hate to one of listening.

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Microsoft's Photoshops Black Man Out Of Poland Advertisement

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photoshop, Black Americans, Poland, Advertising, Microsoft, Asian Americans, Racism, Race, Business, African Americans, Business News

Doing business abroad sometimes requires companies to tweak their marketing strategies. Companies often swap idiomatic phrases or images in advertisem...

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