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Will the day ever come that all black people don’t look alike? Seriously, these stories are getting old.  Another story of excessive force by a police officer  in New York this time involving a 15-year-old honor student. Apparently, the honor student, Brittany Rowley, fit the description of someone who reportedly  was seen shoplifting. Even if […]

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Is this a new phenonmenon- the  idea of being born one sex but knowing that it is completely wrong and in fact, you’re the opposite sex? We’ve talked about My Princess Boy, Dyson Kilodavis, the transgendered boy who feels that he’s a girl. Now we have Kathryn, born a girl, who believes she’s really a […]

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If this story is true, and according to news reports she confessed,  Alicia Gaston,  of Cincinnatis,  accused of raping  her boyfriend’s seven–year-old son – should go straight to jail. What is wrong with people?   Read the story here on Newsone.com

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If the story is true, Dr. Christian Head, UCLA professor should have been arrested for opening up a can of whoop-a$$ at the event where he was depicted as a sodomized gorilla during a slide show. I’m not sure I could have witnessed myself being shown in such a disrespectful manner and sat there.  He […]

NewsOne is reporting that the FBI is actively pursuing a hate crime charge against George Zimmerman.  Are you surprised? When you look at what we know (public) or think we know, young Trayvon Martin was targeted, profiled and then shot and killed because he was black. Read the entire NewsOne story here:

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She said there isn’t enough time or money to make her read a dissertation written by a black  doctoral candidates.  Naomi Schaefer said that black studies is a victimization claptrap and she has no interest in reading  material that blames the white man. Her words were pretty strong. Read for more here:

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First the scandal started with the U.S. Secret Service and now the Marines are in the news again.  So, they hire a working woman to (use your imagination) and when they’re done- well, read what happened. Read the story here:

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Where are you in this debate?    A six-year old girl was so out of control no one in her school could handle her. The solution: call the police.  Salacia Johnson made headlines yesterday when she was hauled off to the police station and held in a jail cell until her parents came to retrieve […]

Think before you speak. That’s the advice someone should have given Former D.C. Mayor, Marion Barry about the the comments he made regarding  Asian business people.  You can read the comments here: Even though it was reported that he wouldn’t apologize, of course he did and you can read it here  

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Journalism in the age of the Internet is a difficult practice. And if it’s difficult for one the finest news organizations in the world, you know it’s doubly so for even the best of Black media. Like our partners  and friends at The Grio and The Root, we do the best we can with limited […]

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InteractiveOne — the parent company of NewsOne and a division of Radio One — and NBC News today announced an unprecedented Black news partnership between NBC’s website, The Grio.com, and NewsOne. As detailed in a piece in today’s New York Times, the two sites will collaborate editorially and in the area of advertising sales, creating […]