Watching the Chappelle Show With White People

A few weekends ago, I attended a party where the host played some episodes of The Chappelle Show, season 2. This featured the infamous Rick James sketch. The crowd was mostly African-American with a few white people. For some, it was their first time watching the show. Everyone laughed to the point of crying. [...]

BET Facing Stiff Competition

“BET, which is now a division of the media company Viacom Inc., has established itself with its target audience of young adult African Americans through a heavy rotation of music videos and reruns of old dramas and sitcoms. But that won’t be enough to sustain BET’s brand indefinitely, according to industry analysts and the company’s [...]

Watching the Chappelle Show With White People

A few weekends ago, I attended a party where the host played some episodes of The Chappelle Show, season 2. This featured the infamous Rick James sketch. The crowd was mostly African-American with a few white people. For some, it was their first time watching the show. Everyone laughed to the point of crying. [...]

BET Facing Stiff Competition

“BET, which is now a division of the media company Viacom Inc., has established itself with its target audience of young adult African Americans through a heavy rotation of music videos and reruns of old dramas and sitcoms. But that won’t be enough to sustain BET’s brand indefinitely, according to industry analysts and the company’s [...]

Race Is Still Major Factor In Housing Discrimination

The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) recently found that more than 3.7 million fair housing violations are committed each year against minorities. This year the alliance has issued it’s annual “Fair Housing Trends Report.” In it, the NFHA concludes that “America’s large urban areas remain only slightly less segregated than South Africa during apartheid.”
Race plays [...]

Race Is Still Major Factor In Housing Discrimination

The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) recently found that more than 3.7 million fair housing violations are committed each year against minorities. This year the alliance has issued it’s annual “Fair Housing Trends Report.” In it, the NFHA concludes that “America’s large urban areas remain only slightly less segregated than South Africa during apartheid.”
Race plays [...]