460 Grand Avenue is a planned development at a prime real estate address near Lake Merritt that, when finished, will offer 78 apartment units in a brand new five-story building.…
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Damon Bruce Reveals Problem Of White Male Intolerance In Sports Broadcasting
Damon Bruce is a previously pretty-much not-well-known sports broadcaster who toiled with pleasure for KNBR Radio until being reportedly suspended, indefinitely, for saying that a woman’s place is not in…
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…
Sarah Slamen Slams Texas Senate Committee, Defends Abortion, Gets Kicked Out
Sarah Slamen decided to go to the Texas Legislature and give them a piece of her mind a month before she relocates to New York, a state that respects a…
Fast And Furious 6: Black Men Have No Women
Fast And Furious 6, the action movie starring Vin Diesel and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, has topped the $100 million mark, already, and it was just released last week, on…
Jason Collins Out As Gay, Cool; Straight Black Men Under Attack?
Jason Collins came out as gay in a well-presented column released in Sports Illustrated today. This blogger’s initial reaction was “so what?” Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area…
Geek Culture Exists Because Of Immature Male Feelings Of Insecurity
On Twitter, San Francisco blogger Violet Blue issued this tweet: Just told Ada courted Marie Claire for feature saying hacker culture is hostile to women. (I saw a MC press…
Christopher Dorner Looks Like LL Cool J & American Idol Castoff; LAPD Problem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KavKPY-bfKo In LA, the Los Angeles Police $1 Million reward for Christopher Jordan Dorner has caused about 600 tips – none right to date. Dorner looks like any bald, husky,…
Star Trek, Celeste Yarnell, Nichelle Nichols, Michael Dorn, Denise Crosby, Jessica Mann, Dianka Minko: One Cool Night
This is how my weird life works. And I’ve made the decision to blog and vlog more about it, as much as news, events, or anything else. It all starts…
Movemember: I Have A Built-In Symbol In Prostate Cancer Fight – I’m Black
As of today, the watchword is “Movemember.” Movemember’s where you grow a mustache to bring awareness to prostate cancer and to overall mental health. But this blogger’s already got a…
James Bond: Happy 50th Birthday!
Ian Fleming’s James Bond and this blogger have something in common: we’re both 50 years old. Since I grew up as Bond’s brother, for all practical purposes, I have a…
Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio’s Classless Maurice Vick Post
Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio’s made some post in the past that I questioned from a racial perspective, but he seemed to be a really cool person – albeit one…
TSA Agent At United O’Hare Airport Terminal Should Be Removed
It’s hard enough to be a TSA Agent without folks like the one I’m about to rag on present. Last week, my Mother and Stepdad were the victims of a…
Hey CBS San Francisco, Enough With The Oakland Black Male Misery Stories
Can CBS San Francisco, which consists of KCBS and KPIX, lay off the black male misery stories? If it’s not murder, or drugs, it’s this one that popped up in…
Oakland News: Wild Nightlife Scene, Gang-Rape Of Alley Patron?
That has to be the most shocking title you’ve ever seen me post. Come to think of it, it’s shocking even if you’ve read my blog for the first time.…
Jeremy Lin: Floyd Mayweather Right About Race Factor
NBA NY Knicks Star (or ‘sudden star’) Jeremy Lin has become the focus of attention since he exploded into the pop culture scene helping to propel the Knicks to exciting…
Women In CE Event Honors Women In Consumer Electronics, But…
CES 2012 Las Vegas is a (white and Asian) male-dominated consumer electronics industry environment. So much so that an organization like “Women In CE” – which serves as a networking…
Yvette Prieto: Michael Jordan Engaged To Hot Cuban-American Model
Well, Yvette Prieto was so sold on Air Jordan, she dated Michael Jordan. Now, she’s about to become Mrs. Michael Jordan. The 48-year-old NBA and Chicago Bulls legend proposed to…
Ndamukong Suh Issues Apology, Deals With Media Racism
That Ndamukong Suh managed to take the NFL by storm comes as no surprise to anyone who’s seen him play while he was a student at Nebraska. And to be…