The Associated Press has an excellent article based on a diversity study done by University of Central Florida professor Richard Lapchick. Lapchick examined the academic performance of this year's 64 bowl teams. A large part of the article is the comparative graduation rates between black and white football players. Some of...
By now I'm sure most of you have seen it, but if not, take a look at Michael Richards' Racist Outburst during a stand up set at the Laugh Factory in L.A. I'll be honest, as I watched the video of the man we all know as Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld...
Tavis Smiley was in Dallas on Saturday to promote his latest book What I Know For Sure, which is his 10th. The book is semi-autobiographical and details his upbringing, and some of the lessons he has learned along the way. Tavis stopped by Friendship-West Baptist Church where he delivered a 45 minute talk describing some of the...
I'm not much into predictions, but I checked into a comment I made at Blue Island on October 14 in reference to Black Republicans. …I hope that the Johnny Come Lately Republicans don't get caught on the wrong side of the impeding political shift. I've talked to a number of African-Americans...
Republicans felt they had an African-American candidate they could rally around in Maryland's Michael Steele. Steele however will be defeated in his race for the Senate by Democrat Benjamin Cardin. Steele had won the support of a number of Maryland's Black Democrats, but it wasn't enough on election night.
On Monday, the Texas Rangers introduced Ron Washington as their new manager in hopes that he could right the ship Buck Showalter had been sailing in the wrong direction. Mr. Washington became the 1st black manager in the history of the club. He has spent the last 11 years as infield and...
As I was driving home from work today, I was surfing through my presets, and landed on KERA 90.1 – NPR Radio. My favorite show All Things Considered was on, and I quickly realized they were speaking on a subject that was near and dear to my heart: The Martin...
The USA Today had a front page article in Wednesday's paper titled Election tests how much race matters. The article highlights Democratic gubernatorial nominee Deval Patrick, who is attempting to become the 1st black governor of Massachusetts, and only the second black governor in U.S. history. The article also references...
Black Churches in Southern Dallas led their members out to the polls in record numbers this Sunday. Voters at the Oak Cliff Sub Court House waited up to 3 hours to cast their votes, on a historic day for Dallas County. A number of candidates used the event as an opportunity to gather last minute support for...
The Dallas Morning News has a story in Saturday's paper on the effects Black Talk Radio has on local politics, written by Scott Farwell. I'll have comments on this for Monday.
