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February 24, 2009, Rupert Murdoch, chairman of the New York Post, personally apologized for a recent cartoon by Sean Delonas, nicknamed by some “the Picasso of prejudice”. The cartoon, which depicted a chimpanzee being shot by the police after mauling a woman, captioned “They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill”.  Read More »

On November 4, 2008, Proposition 8 California, which restricts the definition of marriage to a union between a man and a woman, and eliminates the right of same-sex sanctions, was passed into law.  Read More »

In 1991, Troy Anthony Davis was convicted of the 1989 murder of Mark A. MacPhail, a Savannah police officer. On Tuesday, October 14, 2008, the Supreme Court rejected appeals for the condemned Georgia Department of Corrections 40-year-old inmate. The execution date was hastily reset for October 27, 2008.  Read More »

Free the Slaves (FTS) held its inaugural Freedom Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Monday, September 15, 2008.  Read More »

In a three-way conversation between Tavis Smiley, Dr. Michael Dyson and Dr. Cornel West on the justification of blacks using the n-word, the following ideas were exchanged during the discourse:  Read More »

Though he has issued a formal apology for his use of the n-word, Reverend Jesse Jackson’s actions were irresponsible, incomprehensible, and reflect poorly upon him as a supposed role model for today’s African American youth. And to compound this issue even more, Whoopi Goldberg sang praises to the n-word before a national television audience of millions of people.  Read More »

One’s level of self-esteem—whether healthy or unhealthy—is a direct result of the environment and is deeply influenced by daily interactions with family, school, peer group, work place, and community.  Read More »

The TV went out because of the hail storm so my son decided to watch Aladdin. I am not sure why it occurred to me that this was a representation of the United States government, but it did.  Read More »