links for 2007-01-12

“Jolie…would “never take a child away from a place where adoption is illegal.” Yet Jolie failed to mention that she adopted her Cambodian son, Maddox, through a group that was later found to be guilty of fraud…”

(tags: transracialadoption internationaladoption celebrities)

So silly. Thanks Rob! “A Black Hawk County judge apologized Wednesday for making a comment about jurors with big lips – a reference she denied was racially charged.”

(tags: racism discrimination)

“Why was Jesus persecuted and crucified? Was it because Jewish leaders viewed him as a threat to their teachings, because the people rejected him as a false prophet or because the Romans considered him a political rebel? Or was it because he was black?”

(tags: religion black)

Sigh… ” “I Love New York,” the new reality series starring former “Flavor of Love” contestant New York, made history on Monday (January 8) scoring the highest debut in VH1 history.”

(tags: tv realitytv africanamerican black)

Thanks Jason! “we offer a completely biased survey of the best, worst and strangest moments in black American music over the past 12 months.”

(tags: africanamerican black music)

“The defense attorney for a Virginia teenager convicted of fatally stabbing another young man placed some of the blame for the incident on lyrics from Atlanta group Crime Mob’s record “Knuck If You Buck.”

(tags: hiphop crime)