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Jul 19
2007

Dog fighting is not a "black" thing

Posted by gcuse03champs in Untagged 

"...... but today it could just as easily be the country guy down South as the gangster wannabe in the big city."

That's a quote from an article you can read by clicking the link below. I'm posting this because all of the sudden dog fighting has become a "black" thing. I have listened for two days as people have blamed the black athlete or have used the code word urban for black when talking about dog fighting and it's making me sick. What irritates me more than anything else is that no one even mentions that the majority of breeders are white and the majority of people making money

Jul 19
2007

University chairman uses the N word, the aftermath

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A former Roger William University board chairman Ralph Pappito recently used the N Word during a board meeting on diversity of all things. Mr. Pappito has since apologized and asked that his name be removed from the law school due to protest from people in Rhode Island and more importantly from the faculty and students. Some interesting notes:

3 board members who complained were removed from the board. They have yet to be reinstated.

According the the university president this is not the first time he has made racist remarks.

His request to have his name removed has been

Jul 18
2007

Stopping black on black crime

Posted by gcuse03champs in Untagged 

Black on black crime is something most don't want to deal with because it means pointing the finger at their own and then having to take action that may be seen as singling out African American youth but what would you rather have them singled out dead? Listen to Minnesota St Paul police chief John Harrington who is African American as he discusses stopping black on black crime in the small city. Once studying the problem he realized that 70% of his victims were black and also that 70% of the perpetrators were black. Listen to his interesting analysis as to why this is and what can be

Jul 17
2007

2 black lawyers beaten by NYPD

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Where are the mainstream media and the NY Press on this story?. Michael Tarif Warren, and his wife, Evelyn (also a lawyer), were allegedly assaulted by the NYPD with Evelyn being punched in the face. Problem for the NYPD is that both are human rights attorneys...OOPS! But I guess these two were lucky at least they didn't get shot at 50 times. Read entire story by clicking the link below:

Jul 16
2007

BET defends airing Hot Ghetto Mess

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After vowing to clean up BET's image the network will now be airing a show starting July 25, 2007 based on the web site hotghettomess.com that depicts African Americans in just about every negative way possible while claiming that these images will basically shame people into changing for the better. Read what Reginald Hudlin has to say in Defense of Hot Ghetto Mess and BET.