Black Politics on the Web

CNN suspends Martin for ‘offensive’ comments

The Admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:49:43 +0000

CNN suspended political analyst Roland Martin on Wednesday for “offensive” tweets during the Super Bowl that some critics said were anti-gay. Martin commented on Twitter about a commercial during the Super Bowl that showed soccer star David Beckham in underwear: “If a dude at your Super Bowl party is hyped about David Beckham’s H&M underwear ad, [...]

USGA honors African-American sports icons

The Admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:41:43 +0000

The United States Golf Association is honoring the accomplishments in the game of golf of three transcendent African-American athletes – Jackie Robinson, Joe Louis and Althea Gibson – with a special exhibit at the USGA Museum. Opening Feb. 17, 2012, and running through the end of July, “American Champions and Barrier Breakers” celebrates the lives, athletic [...]

UN backs Haitians’ appeal over Duvalier trial

The Admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:29:48 +0000

A U.N. official expressed support Wednesday for Haitian victims of former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier’s regime who plan to appeal a judge’s recommendation that calls for trying the ex-leader only for alleged financial crimes and not human rights abuses. The appeals process began this week after Haiti’s attorney general received the finding of an investigative magistrate recommending [...]

How toxic is Black hair care?

The Admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:00:47 +0000

“Take the kinks out of your mind,” intoned Marcus Garvey, founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), “instead of out of your hair.” As founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, Mr. Garvey refused advertisements for products to lighten the skin and straighten the hair of African Americans in The Negro World, the UNIA’s newspaper. [...]

Parents: Pa. high school team taunted with slurs

The Admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:55:54 +0000

Athletic tensions between two Pittsburgh-area high schools — one largely white, the other predominantly black — have boiled over into accusations of racism that some say is being swept under the rug. Two students at Brentwood High School are accused of dressing in banana suits at a game and, along with other students, taunting players at [...]

Freedom Riders recall historic trip

The Admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:48:49 +0000

They stepped off transit buses into angry mobs, death threats, and beatings. Calling themselves Freedom Riders, these black and white activists travelled across the South together to expose racial discrimination in the 1960’s. Kredelle Petway of Apollo Beach and Bernard Lafayette of Tampa were on board the Trailways and Greyhound buses during that frightening trip into [...]

Designers lend their glamour to Obama campaign

The Admin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:21:20 +0000

Can President Barack Obama’s campaign recapture the glamour quotient of four years ago? Yes it can, says actress Scarlett Johansson — even if it’s one designer tote bag at a time. Johansson, dressed in a black-and-sheer Stella McCartney frock, lent her own glamour quotient Tuesday to a launch party for Runway to Win, a fundraising initiative from [...]

3 men jailed for hate crime at Louisiana school

The Admin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:15:20 +0000

The three men received short jail terms after previously pleading guilty to intentionally attempting to intimidate African-American students at Beekman Junior High School in Morehouse Parish. Yesteday, the three appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Hayes in Monroe, Louisiana, after having pled guilty to the charges last summer. James Lee Wallis, 25, received a sentence of [...]

Romney’s bad day is Santorum’s best in GOP race

The Admin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:01:35 +0000

Republican Rick Santorum is looking to capitalize on a string of stunning victories that snapped his four-state losing streak and raised new questions about front-runner Mitt Romney’s clout with conservatives. Romney shrugged off his poor showing, but his losses Tuesday in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado laid bare his stubborn weakness just when it looked as if [...]

Air Marshals Speak of Sexism, Suicide, Bigotry within Community

The Admin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:54:37 +0000

Managers at the Federal Air Marshal Service regularly made fun of blacks, Latinos and gays, took taxpayer-paid trips to visit families and vacation spots, and acted like a “bunch of school kid punks,” current and former air marshals tell ABC News. One supervisor was even photographed in 2006 asleep on a flight, carrying a loaded pistol, [...]