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Thx Phil! “Piracy is the No. 1 detriment to black film,” says Edwards, Fox 4 film critic. “It’s already a struggle for black film to break the box office, so when people bootleg, it’s a huge loss.”
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Thx Ananser! “The North Carolina House formally apologized Wednesday “for the injustice, cruelty and brutality of slavery,” following up on the apology the Senate issued last week for the state’s historic racism.”
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Thx Heather! “One of my favorite hip-hop sites is Crunk + Disorderly. However, upon loading the page last night, I was very upset to read their new tagline: “Black America’s Leading Digital Crackhouse.”
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Thx Tereza! “Gary Smith, host of the “Gary in the Morning” show on WSBG 93.5 FM, used “I’m a nappy-headed ho” as the “Phrase that Pays” on the air Tuesday morning. He was fired upon reporting to work Wednesday morning.”
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Thx Ananser! “NBC’s stance on the Don Imus scandal changed because of “a meeting [that included] Today show weatherman Al Roker…Roker told Capus, ‘That could have been my daughter’ Imus was joking about.”
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Thx Kyla! “Civil rights organizations, media entities, women’s groups and others have an opportunity… We have the chance to seize the moment to begin a conversation – an in-depth one – that has the opportunity to redefine America along the lines o
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Thx nsekuye! “As a boxer, “Iron Mike” Tyson was known for pulverising his opponents with his power rather than dazzling them with his agility. Now Bollywood wants to develop his rather leaden footwork by casting him in a new action film later this month.”
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Thx Tereza! “The [local Oklahoma] NAACP plans a summit Saturday to address racism on college campuses months after white students at Clemson University held a party mocking black stereotypes and after the founder of a white supremacist group spoke there e
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Thx Tereza! “The number of pupils suspended from school for racist abuse rose by nearly one-third in a year, government figures revealed today.”
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Thx Lindsey! “Gerard Mungo Jr. starts to cry when he tells the story of his arrest by the Baltimore City police. Since he was handcuffed, photographed for a mug shot and fingerprinted Tuesday afternoon — all for allegedly sitting on a dirt bike on a sid
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of 
afrobella wrote:
Fresh changed her tagline… but not to please this one person. This actually doesn’t offend me, as a regular C&D reader, I’m used to Fresh’s sense of humor. She’s hilarious, clever, and not at all PC. That’s what makes her site so addictive!
Posted 16 Apr 2007 at 6:41 am ¶