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The Root has published a series of quotes regarding the purchase of The Huffington Post by AOL, and how that will affect the AOL sites targeted to communities of color like Black Voices. This excerpt from the popular media blog Richard Prince's Journal-isms raises some interesting questions:
"Now that AOL's acquisition of Huffington Post has closed, Arianna Huffington will take control of AOL Latino, AOL Black Voices and other AOL sites as part of the $315 million deal that puts the Huffington Post under the AOL umbrella," Richard Prince wrote Monday for the Poynter Institute.
"Between now and July, HuffPost GlobalBlack, a new black-oriented Huffington Post project, expects to hire about eight staffers as it brings to life a brainstorm from Huffington and Sheila Johnson, co-founder of Black Entertainment Television.
"As Peter Steiner's New Yorker cartoon famously pointed out, on the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog. But do people know whether you're black or Latino? Or at least that you have those groups' best interests at heart?
"Whether these ventures can show the love could be key to their success.
"'The last decade is full of failed websites targeting Latinos,' notes Monica C. Lozano, chief executive officer of ImpreMedia, which calls itself the nation's leading Hispanic news and information company. Its network includes nine print publications and 11 online properties, claiming a monthly reach of 7.7 million adults and monthly distribution of nearly 7 million. It is not Hispanic-owned.
Read the rest on TheRoot.com.
From The Grio:
Remember all of the anger at town hall meetings across America during the national debate over health care reform, when some people said they wanted to take their country back? A racist even painted a swastika outside the district office of black Congressman David Scott (D-Georgia), who was inundated with racially threatening faxes, emails and phone calls. And Tea Party supporters hurled racial and anti-gay epithets at Congressional lawmakers who gathered outside the Capitol in support of health care.
An interesting study was released suggesting that white opposition to heath care may be racially motivated. The report, conducted by the Greenlining Institute, a multiethnic public policy, advocacy and leadership institute, set out to determine whether race is a factor in support for the 2010 health care reform law, and whether racial bias is involved in white opposition to the law.
Based on data from the 2008-2010 American National Election Survey, the report found that more Americans supported health care reform (44.3 percent) than opposed it (35.8 percent, with 19.8 percent holding no opinion). But the devil is in the details.
Continue reading BV Talk Back: Is the Health Reform Backlash Fueled by 'Racial Resentment'?
From The Daily Beast:
The bedridden blues icon is too sick to speak up as her son and husband battle over her estate in court. Christine Pelisek reports on the sordid drama.
Once known for her feisty, outspoken riffs on stage, R & B icon Etta James can't speak up about the vicious legal battle escalating between her husband and son over control of her savings.
Known for her signature catalogue of songs-"At Last," "I'd Rather Go Blind," and "Call My Name"-the 73-year-old songbird suffers from dementia, leukemia, and numerous other ailments and is now bedridden at her ranch-style home in Riverside County, California.
"She is not really capable of making any rational decisions at this point," said James' court-appointed attorney Dennis Sandoval.
In fact, her ability to make decisions is at the heart of the family saga. Her son, Donto James, claims he has power of attorney over his mother's affairs while her husband, Artis Mills, says she was in no condition to give him that sort of power. James' erratic behavior at the time-which ranged from dozens of performances to strange comments and cancellations-have made this "he said, he said" all that much more difficult to decipher.
Clutch Magazine has unearthed a new study, which finds that black men are more likely to suffer from depression as they experience greater economic success. This is shocking news in a society that equates money with happiness. But it seems that not even greater wealth can magically erase the emotional harm caused by the increased exposure to racism that career growth can bring. Clutch writer Leslie Pitterson states on the subject:
The hard times have affected all of us, but the recession has really taken a toll on black men -- even the ones you wouldn't expect.
More prone to be negatively affected by the downswing in the economy, black men are experiencing levels of joblessness not seen since decades past. When the unemployment rate among black men reached 16.7% in 2010, some compared their experience to the great depression.
With more and more African American men losing their jobs, new research from the National Survey of American Life showing poor Black men at high risk for depression does not come as much of a shock. But what is raising many eyebrows is the survey's other notable finding: affluent black men are at higher risk for depression than those on the other end of the income spectrum.
Is this positive for the small native economy or putting a strangle hold on what should be a free-flowing, all-inclusive experience? And even worse, could this rapid commercialization be diluting the very cultural elements that made the Trinidad Carnival full of the spirit that makes it grand? About one of the most successful commercializers of Trinidad, The New York Times writes:
From The Atlanta Post:
Multi-Grammy winning producer and multi-media entrepreneur Quincy Jones and United Arab Emirates entrepreneur Badr Jafar have entered into a joint venture, the Global Gumbo Group (www.globalgumbogroup.com), to develop multi-media opportunities across all entertainment platforms including music, film, television, publishing and digital applications, in the Middle East and North Africa, it was announced today. Jones will serve as Chairman of the Board of the new venture and Jafar will serve as President.
Initially focusing on producing live entertainment opportunities in the Middle East for Western artists in collaboration with renowned Middle East and North African artists, the Global Gumbo Group will also look to nurture new Middle Eastern and North African talent, and acquire content from the region to introduce to the West.
Google officials say they will give the Nelson Mandela Foundation $1.25 million to digitize documents, audio recordings and film clips from Mandela's life and publish them on the Internet.
Continue reading Google to give $1.25 Million to the Nelson Mandela Foundation
While it's great that Bobby Brown is giving Bobbi Kristina his vote of confidence, it seems strange that during a time of family crisis he is making the rounds on television, and does not have a better statement prepared than that. On her blog, Necole Bitchie also reports that Brown made this 'View' appearance because he is on a "mini media tour to promote his upcoming reality show, tour and new album" (Necole Bitchie). That's great for him, but again -- is this the time for Bobby Brown to be engaged in self-promotional activities? When your daughter has to take to Twitter to defend her name because infamous photos have made her one of the hottest items on Google search? And the world believes she is heading off the cliff of self-destruction?
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If you tuned into NBC's Celebrity Apprentice last night to catch some of the much-hyped tension between Star Jones and NeNe Leakes you were likely disappointed. Last night's premiere was very mild. Star Jones took charge as the project manager of the ladies' team and succeeded. Although she and Lisa Rinna clashed a bit, Jones and Leakes appeared to be cool. That, as several articles have promised, won't last for long.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Jones called Leakes "ghetto trash," a description that would get many black women's blood boiling. Leakes has labeled the attorney, who gained national celebrity as a co-host on The View, a "horrible bitch and a terrible snob." In addition, Leakes reportedly found Jones's behavior curious since "she's descended from slaves just like me and just like every other black person in America."
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2. Hillary Clinton, 17%
3. Michelle Obama, 12%
4. Condoleezza Rice, 10%
5. Laura Bush, 9%
6. Diane Sawyer, 7%
7. Sarah Palin, 6%
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