Black Bloggers and Civil Rights Groups Unite to Topple BET's "Hot Ghetto Mess" Austin, TX -July 19, 2007 – If Viacom's Black Entertainment Television goes through with it's plans to air " Hot Ghetto Mess" next week, many people will be watching, but not for the reason BET wants. Realizing...
Adrienne George who publishes the Black Women in Africa blog posts a disturbing ad campaign by UNICEF Germany. Adrienne is from Washington D.C. and has been living in Brussels Belgium since July 2002. She initially posted regarding this subject on Tuesday, and by Thursday UNICEF had taken action. See the...
People With A Message Productions is preparing to host their 5th Annual Dallas Black Film Festival . The Festival will be held July 27-29 at the Magnolia Lounge in Fair Park. According to the festival's website, the schedule is as follows: Friday July 27 8pm to 12am – "Tupac Shakur,"...
This morning K104 on air personality Skip Murphy announced that he would no longer host the station's morning show. Murphy said it was "time to make that move," when a caller asked why he was leaving. He didn't answer another caller's question on whether this was a managment decison or his own. ...
(DALLAS, Texas) – Each morning on K104FM, one of the top-rated radio shows in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III shares his “Inspirational Vitamin” with thousands of listeners. Still more followers outside the listening area tap into the radio station’s website to listen to Haynes’ inspirational message. Now,...
Various websites, including EURweb.com , are reporting that BET's upcoming show Hot Ghetto Mess is already losing sponsors due to its portrayal of negative racial stereotypes. The show is an adaptation of the popular website HotGhettoMess.com. According to EURweb, State Farm Insurance Cos. and The Home Depot have released...
I ran across a great article from Cedric Muhammad at Black Coffee Channel. Click here to see Muhammad's article Toward Hagar Activism. His arguement of how to ensure the portrayal of positive African-American images in the media is one that I have recently found myself promoting. This passage sums it...
Take a look at last week's North Dallas Gazette. You may find a familiar face here on Page 2.
Keite Young's name has been swirling around various R&B circles througout the year. I happened to stumble upon one of Keite's tracks on the Black Music Month 2007 CD, where his single If We Were Alone (with N;Dambi) is featured with the likes for Tank, Kirk Franklin, Mya, and Sunshine...
According to Howard Witt and the Chicago Tribune, a Texas appellate court on Thursday let stand the conviction of ShaQuanda Cotton. Many of you remember ShaQuanda who was convicted and sentenced for shoving a hall monitor at school. See Howard Witt's Chicago Tribune Story here. A few excerpts from...
