Gracie Gold, Ashley Wagner: USA Olympics Skaters In Glo-Blades? The Sochi Olympics in Russia have bashed from many American journalists and from those on social media (like myself) who aren’t…
Tag: African Americans
Google Glass: A Thank You To Sarah Price And Answer To Her Question
Who had Google Glass, or looked like they had it, in 2012? The question comes because Sarah Price, of the Google Glass team was kind enough to respond back to…
Black Students Avoid UC Berkeley Because Cal Doesn’t Go After Them
There has been a lot of chatter why UC Berkeley doesn’t have a larger black student base. One recent publication reported that more than half of African-American students who are…
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Thinks Black Oakland Is Bad
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan said this to the National Journal’s Sophie Quinton: “And so, you asked me what my challenge is. Well, my challenge is to let people know what…
Aaron Alexis: Washingon Navy Yard Shooter New, Sad Breed Of Black Male
Aaron Alexis, the Navy IT specialist who went on a rampage and killed 12 people at the Washingon Navy Yard on Monday, is part of a new, emerging breed of…
Tech Crunch Disrupt SF 2013 Observation On Blacks In Tech
Now that Tech Crunch Disrupt SF 2013 is history, I’m going to make this quick observation: there were more African Americans there, including Startup Battlefield presentations by two groups that…
John Burris On George Zimmerman Verdict, Trayvon Martin, And Racism
Famed Oakland Lawyer John Burris, once called “Oakland’s Johnnie Cochran,” once again talked to me about the George Zimmerman Trial – this time about the verdict. On Saturday, a jury…
Jason Calacanis: Ah, Gawker, Mr. C Knows There’s Racism In Tech
Jason Calacanis seems like a good guy, but after accidentally running across a Gawker blog post from February 6, 2013, called “Racism Doesn’t Exist in Tech Because White Tech Blog…
U.S. Unemployment At 7.7 % 236,000 Jobs Added
The U.S Unemployment Rate is at 7.7 percent, which is the lowest point it has been at since December of 2008, when the rate was 7.3 percent. The 7.7 rate…
Presidential Inauguration 2013: Credentials, Niners, Union Pub
Just recapping the Presidential Inauguration 2013 Sunday, and the San Francisco 49ers big-win and right to go to the Super Bowl, before getting dressed to go back to the Capitol…
Room 389 Oakland Closes Not For All – Friends Stay Past 2 AM
Oakland bars acting up after 2 AM and not closing down? Yep. Here we go again, sadly, at Room 389 on Grand Avenue. Another Oakland bar where the owners and…
CNN’s Ridiculous Look At “Black Nerds”
CNN just had a segment devoted to “Black Nerds” that was just completely annoying. The reason is, Carolyn Costello, the CNN Anchor over the telecast, was trying to push being…
Comic Con 2012: IT’S A DISASTER Is Rachel Boston and Erinn Hayes New Movie
IT’S A DISASTER. Well, not really at Comic Con. I was given the pleasure of previewing a new movie by the LA comedy group called The Vacationers, called IT’S A…
John Derbyshire Fired For Racist Column Telling Whites And Asians To Avoid Blacks
Well, just a few hours after this blogger declared him the “face of modern racism,” John Derbyshire, earlier today the Contributing Editor For The National Review, has been fired. I…
Am I Linsane? You betcha! – William Wong In Jeremy Lin Fan Club
Yes, I am Linsane, which means I am a member of the Jeremy Lin Fan Club, perhaps the fastest growing entity worldwide over the past 10 days or so. Before…
Ron Paul and Racism: Ron Paul’s Not Racist
In 2007, this blogger made a video question for the CNN YouTube Republican Debates for Ron Paul, and it was based on the work of Alan Bernstein of the Houston…
Rick Perry – C.L. Jackson Used At Response Religious Speech To Mask African American Issue
Texas Governor Rick Perry is, to this blogger, a very scary guy and the speech he gave at the Response religious event of two days ago only makes me shudder…