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Hollywood Writers Might Write NAACP Awards Show

Looks like the NAACP Image Awards might be the only awards show the Hollywood writers write for.
Reps for the Writers Guild of America told the Associated Press that the organization will not likely stop striking to write for next month’s Grammy’s or the Oscar’s, but might for the NAACP event.
The AP reported:
The Guild said [...]

20Jan2008 | Eugene | 1 comment | Continued
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School Daze II?

In the February issue of Vibe Magazine, Spike Lee said he wrote a script called School Daze II, but studio execs weren’t interested.
Lee said,
“It’s the same school, Mission College, but 20 years later. I was going to have Alicia Keys in it, Kanye West, and it was gong to deal with a lot of the [...]

15Jan2008 | Eugene | 11 comments | Continued
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Just Hatin’

I haven’t made up my mind about this election yet, but some are truly convinced that Barack Obama is going to win. That’s the only explainable reason why some must be working so hard to tear this man down.
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Are Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam still relevant or am I underestimating them?
This writer seems [...]

15Jan2008 | Eugene | 0 comments | Continued
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The Good News is …

If you know any black male High School seniors who want to teach, they may be able to go to College for free. This is an effort of the “Call Me MISTER” program. “The mission of the Call Me MISTER (acronym for Mentors Instructing Students Toward Effective Role Models) National Initiative is to increase the [...]

8Jan2008 | Garry Bevel | 1 comment | Continued
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Doctors’ Bias

While none of us are strangers to the concepts of prejudice and bias, what do you do if it affects someone you count on with your life?
The Chicago Tribune just ran an article detailing that over a 13 year period and after 150,000 emergency room visits, doctor’s were more likely to prescribe pain medication to [...]

2Jan2008 | Fredric | 1 comment | Continued
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Kicking in the door : An introduction of sorts

Well, you may not know me but I know you very well. You are the type that wants to see if there is anyone out there that can help you find yourself out in the cold vastness of cyberspace. You want to know if there is anyone else who thinks like you or acts like [...]

27Dec2007 | tigga76 | 2 comments | Continued
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I’m Going (going) Back (back) to ….. Mexi (mexi)

Is the Back to Africa movement going brown?

“It’s a common scene this time of year: streams of overloaded cars, pickups and vans with U.S. license plates crossing into Mexico for the holidays …
But this year, the holiday travelers are being joined by scores of families such as Jorge and Liliana Franco, who are driving to [...]

18Dec2007 | Eugene | 1 comment | Continued
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Tell Us How You REALLY Feel?

Sometimes I feel like I’m one of few folks under 30 who think civil rights leaders of the past still have something valuable to say, but they are obviously trying to prove me wrong.
Here’s was Former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young had to say about Barack Obama:
“Bill is every bit as black as Barack.”
Bill Clinton’s [...]

11Dec2007 | Eugene | 4 comments | Continued
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how to fix middle-class black american mobility

just in case you weren’t aware, black is the new green. more specifically, being in the black is what stepping up your financial game is all about. a recent article in the economist (a magazine i highly recommend you subscribe to) lays it out for us:
…Only 31% of blacks who were children in 1968 and [...]

5Dec2007 | Fredric | 3 comments | Continued
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