Last week, NBC Nightly News did a 5-part series on Black Women in America. The first installment was broadcast last Monday night and focused on the career gains of Black Women. I learned about it at one of the most provocative blogs on the net. I’m sure that the sister at NBC that produced it pushed hard for...
While driving to work one day this week, I happened to turn on the radio and came across a song that was simultaneously playing on both WERQ 92.3FM and WKYS 93.9FM. I was immediately disturbed by the lyrics of the chorus and further disgusted by the verses. The song was “Freaky Girl” by an...
 My brother, Dr. Delman Coates from the Mt. Ennon Baptist Church in Clinton, MD, just informed me about the wonderful success that the Enough is Enough Campaign is experiencing already in regard to their efforts to influence what is broadcast on Black Entertainment Television. The demeaning, disrespectful, and derogatory videos are well known....
500 Gather at Executive’s D.C. Home to Protest Stereotypes  By Marissa Newhall / Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, September 16, 2007; Page C03 More than 500 people demonstrated peacefully outside the Northwest Washington home of Debra Lee, Black Entertainment Television‘s chief executive, yesterday afternoon, demanding that the network stop airing what they call demeaning and...
Sad news I heard during the morning drive this morning. Apparently, televangelist Juanita Bynum is currently in the midst of a separation from her husband, Bishop Thomas Weeks. Bynum and Weeks had a lavish televised wedding back in 2002. Reports, indicate however that the marital hardship took a violent turn Tuesday night after Bynum and her...
Calling his two week suspension “appropriate”, Imus’ voice will be silenced after a racially-charged comment about the Rutgers University female basketball team which played in the Women’s NCAA Championship Game against Tennessee. (Despite their loss, the Rutgers team played extremely well. They sparked my interest in female college ball.) After the game, Imus –...
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