Category: Racial Issues

UTA Photoshops their way to diversity

UTA Photoshops their way to diversity

Hat Tip to Trey Garrison and David Hopkins who post a smooth gotcha from the University of Texas at Arlington.  Not sure why UTA felt the need to make it seem like the young lady on the right is hanging with the sorority sisters, but they did.

“Dumb Nigger” printed on Journey’s customer receipt in Kansas City suburb

“Dumb Nigger” printed on Journey’s customer receipt in Kansas City suburb

I had one of my friends give me this info about a story that apparently appeared on NBC Dateline recently.  This action occurred last October but is apparently just coming to that national scene.  Here’s the report from KMBC-TV in Kansas City last year: KMBC’s Marcus Moore reported that Keith...

New York Post Issues Wack Apology

New York Post Issues Wack Apology

The New York post did something on Thursday that I know that didn’t want to do by putting out a lackluster apology for their inflammatory cartoon. Wednesday’s Page Six cartoon – caricaturing Monday’s police shooting of a chimpanzee in Connecticut – has created considerable controversy. It shows two police officers...

Kevin Ross Part 3 – Blame it on the economy

Kevin Ross Part 3 – Blame it on the economy

BLAME IT ON THE ECONOMY By Kevin Ross Per 2008 revenues, terrestrial radio is a $15 billion dollar a year hustle. And yet for many, radio is a bad business to be in right now. The industry has suffered its worst year since 1954, the eighth consecutive “struggling” year. ABC...

Shawn Williams: A blessing and a curse for Paris, Texas

Shawn Williams: A blessing and a curse for Paris, Texas

This is the content of an article the I wrote which appeared in Sunday’s Points Section of the Dallas Morning News.  Thanks to Nicole Stockdale for allowing me to state my opinion. February 15, 2008 My hometown’s biggest blessing is also its biggest curse. There’s something about the name Paris,...

Dr. Frederick D. Haynes interview with Dallas South Part 2

Dr. Frederick D. Haynes interview with Dallas South Part 2

Listen to Part 2 of this great interview with Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III as he gives a preview of what “Freddy Haynes Unscripted” might sound like starting in March on 94.5 KSoul. Dr. Haynes talks about DPD crime statistics recently released, the stimulus package pending in the Senate, and...

Jerry Smith: I accept my healing

Jerry Smith: I accept my healing

This is a reflection of Tuesday’s Inauguration of President Barack Obama by Jerry Smith, Leader of the Men’s Ministry at Friendship-West Baptist Church. As I have reflected back on the events of Tuesday’s Inauguration, I truly feel healed. I had so many thoughts going through my mind as I watch...

Howard Witt/Chicago Tribune: Big moment but ‘small step’

Howard Witt/Chicago Tribune: Big moment but ‘small step’

Here are a few excerpts from an article from Howard Witt of the Chicago Tribune regarding the inauguration of Barack Obama. The view the entire article click here. On Tuesday, Hannah Jane Hurdle-Toomey, one of the last living children of an African-American slave, will be watching intently on TV as...

Shawn Williams for Paris News: Meeting not time well spent

Shawn Williams for Paris News: Meeting not time well spent

Here’s an article that I wrote for my hometown rag about the 2nd Racial Dialogue meeting that was held in Paris last week.  Thanks to Mary Madewell for allowing me to express my views. January 13, 2009 It’s hard to believe the momentum built from the first U.S. Department of...

The Murder of Oscar Grant at Oakland BART Station

The Murder of Oscar Grant at Oakland BART Station

I apologize for taking so long to get to this story. This is video of the tragic killing of Oscar Grant by Bay Area Rapid Transit Officers on New Year’s Day. I don’t know a lot about Grant’s background, but according to a family member in a press conference, he...