You’re So Lame Award of Shame: Cornel West Meet Uncle Ruckus

I can’t keep giving them out to angry and violent white men, but that does give me an idea for an “Angry White Man Award of the Week”. That will just get boring though. So….Dr. West gets the honors this week. Though he should be sharing it with Smiley and Dyson – which I’ll get [...]

Prince Speaks On Being Bullied & Getting Support

This is a preview of the must-see interview with Prince that airs Monday & Tuesday on the Tavis Smiley Show. Yeah we have issues with Mr. Smiley and his penchant for lashing out at Black female journalists who critique his State of the Black Union, but it is what it is. Prince as always rocks [...]

Tavis Needs A Better Cheerleader

I hope Krissah Thompson has learned the meaning of the word reciprocity. For all her sticking her neck out and taking professional hits that have left her credibility questioned over her not-so-secret ‘promote Tavis Smiley article’ from last week, she lost a golden opportunity for serious and thoughtful commentary. In Blacks At Odds Over Scrutiny [...]

State of the Black Union 2009 Afternoon Recap

Here’s the 2nd segment. I forgot how long these conferences are! I was sending lots of updates to Twitter and gained a few new followers in the process – thanks! So I focused on those delivering the messages but I should also comment about the host and the event itself. So Tavis Smiley’s been [...]

State Of the Black Union 2009 Morning Recap

Here’s the video from C-Span of the 1st session with my comments to follow below: You do have to watch the video because some of the panelists were simply amazing! They are also talking specifics of how we can take steps to hold officials accountable AND to make sure we get our portions of [...]

M.I.A. Interview Must See

As long as Tavis Smiley sticks to his interesting interview choices he’s alright. When he tries to make celebrities out of bloggers or dictate the movement of political candidates is where things go off the rails. Here’s proof you can be female, a hip-hop artist, have bangin’ beats without the misogyny and materialism. You can [...]