UPN, WB, Fox and the Black Self-Image

I recently came across an interesting quote by Fox Entertainment president Sandy Grushow. In it, she proudly acknowledges Fox’s strategy:
“Sure, we use black shows to hook the hip white audience. That’s one reason we’ve become the cutting-edge network.”
The quote was contained in a Newsweek article entitled, “Black is Bountiful” (December 6, [...]

Will Race And Gender Count Against You In New Social Security Scheme?

Republican Representative Bill Thomas of California announced a controversial new scheme to take race and gender into account as they overhaul Social Security. Thomas, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, told Tim Russert of NBC’s “Meet the Press” that “We also need to examine, frankly, Tim, the question of race in terms of [...]

Mugabe Takes on Condi

The President/Dictator of Zimbabwe, John Mugabe, has made his dislike for the United States well-known. Recently, his government called newly-appointed Secretary of State Condi Rice “anti-black” and an apologist for “white sins.”
The Stateof.com: We oppose the dictatorial regime of President Mugabe and believe that democracy is the way out for Zimbabwe. While we [...]

Blacks Hitting The Slopes

As a child in the 1940s, sitting in the movie house watching newsreels of folks skiing, George Sanders couldn’t wait to hit the slopes.
“I saw Europeans skiing down mountains with rifles across their backs and in white uniforms. They were soldiers. I thought then I would love to ski like that,” he said.
As [...]

Mixed Reviews on Michael Powell

The tech crowd cheers and jeers as the embattled FCC chairman steps down.
January 21, 2005
“Depending on whom you talk to in the tech sector, Michael Powell, who announced today he is stepping down as Federal Communications Commission chairman, was either a visionary steward or an unremarkable leader whose political agenda stymied the FCC process.”
TheStateOf: Chairman [...]

UPN, WB, Fox and the Black Self-Image

I recently came across an interesting quote by Fox Entertainment president Sandy Grushow. In it, she proudly acknowledges Fox’s strategy:
“Sure, we use black shows to hook the hip white audience. That’s one reason we’ve become the cutting-edge network.”
The quote was contained in a Newsweek article entitled, “Black is Bountiful” (December 6, [...]

Will Race And Gender Count Against You In New Social Security Scheme?

Republican Representative Bill Thomas of California announced a controversial new scheme to take race and gender into account as they overhaul Social Security. Thomas, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, told Tim Russert of NBC’s “Meet the Press” that “We also need to examine, frankly, Tim, the question of race in terms of [...]

Mugabe Takes on Condi

The President/Dictator of Zimbabwe, John Mugabe, has made his dislike for the United States well-known. Recently, his government called newly-appointed Secretary of State Condi Rice “anti-black” and an apologist for “white sins.”
The Stateof.com: We oppose the dictatorial regime of President Mugabe and believe that democracy is the way out for Zimbabwe. While we [...]

Blacks Hitting The Slopes

As a child in the 1940s, sitting in the movie house watching newsreels of folks skiing, George Sanders couldn’t wait to hit the slopes.
“I saw Europeans skiing down mountains with rifles across their backs and in white uniforms. They were soldiers. I thought then I would love to ski like that,” he said.
As [...]

Mixed Reviews on Michael Powell

The tech crowd cheers and jeers as the embattled FCC chairman steps down.
January 21, 2005
“Depending on whom you talk to in the tech sector, Michael Powell, who announced today he is stepping down as Federal Communications Commission chairman, was either a visionary steward or an unremarkable leader whose political agenda stymied the FCC process.”
TheStateOf: Chairman [...]