Honors Student Fatally Beaten in Chicago

From the Chicago Sun Times:
The family of Derrion Albert, the 16-year-old fatally beaten Thursday in an after-school mob melee in Roseland, struggled Friday to understand how their honor roll student’s life could have ended in such violence.
Derrion has never been in a fight in his life,” said Joe Walker, Derrion’s grandfather [...]

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Check Out ‘Bronx Princess’

Update: You can read my review of the documentary for Clutch magazine here.
“Bronx Princess” is a new documentary on PBS following the life of a young teen, Rocky Otoo. Below is a synopsis of the documentary and a short preview. You can watch the entire film online here until October 23rd.
Rocky Otoo is the Bronx-bred [...]

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Young Ladies, You Can Look Sexy With Clothes On

I was watching the interview above with female rapper Nicki Minaj for Honey Magazine – one of my fellow J school alumnae edited the video by the way (random shout out over) – and I noticed that Ms. Nicki looked different somehow. I haven’t heard her music, but I’ve seen pictures [...]

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Conversation in Foolery: Qaddafi’s Quest to Tent in NY

Libyan President Muammar Qaddafi had quite a time trying to pitch his Bedouin tent in NY this week during his first visit to the United States to speak at the United Nations General Assembly. According to The Christian Science Monitor:
When traveling internationally, Qaddafi prefers to stay in his traditional Bedouin-style tent, supposedly to honor his [...]

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Check Out ‘Brick City’

I can’t bemoan negative media images, stereotypes and buffoonery without highlighting the positive. “Brick City,” executive produced by Forest Whitaker, is a five-night documentary set in Newark as the city’s mayor, Cory Booker, and residents strive to make the community a safer place. It airs all this week at 10 p.m. on the Sundance Channel. [...]

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Cartoon by Jimmy Margulies

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Good Reads

I didn’t feel much like writing today, so instead I’ll just link to some interesting articles I came across today and would like to share.
As if Caster Semenya hadn’t already been through enough: “Athlete Caster Semenya has pulled out of her return to competitive sport amid growing fears over the psychological impact of rumours about [...]

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Guest Post: Black in America 2 Is An Improvement

I wasn’t sure how far into BIA 2 I would get after my reaction to last year’s program. So I let my friend and fellow journalist – she’s in broadcast – take the reign to review the program. Here are her thoughts on the first installment of the documentary:
By: Ahnomaly
Black in America 2 haunted me [...]

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You Might See Me in the Street, But – You Don’t Know Me

I knew as soon as I started quoting from T.I. that this post was going to be a mix of seriousness and foolery. Which is alright with me – I like to keep it random.
While I have a lot of guilty pleasures and try to stay informed of the major headlines in popular culture, I [...]

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Don’t Believe The Hype: There’s No Post-racial/Colorblind America ‘Round Here

Update 1: It looks like another pool has opened its doors to this children’s day camp.
Update 2: Now that the story has created a media stir, suddenly the swim club wants to re-invite the day camp back to their pool.
“The board decided we would reach out to Creative Steps to . . . get the [...]

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