Can Blacks Bum Rush The Show?: Bringing Diversity to TV

by Patrice Peck November 16, 2010
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How can you notice that something is missing if you never even acknowledged that thing to begin with? The lack of racial diversity on the major television networks—ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, and The CW—clearly illustrates how an omission can actually be rather glaring. Yet, whenever critics draw attention to the lopsided numbers of lead minorities [...]

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Black Dating in a Hip Hop Society [VIDEO]

Thumbnail image for Black Dating in a Hip Hop Society [VIDEO] by Jessica Lynne November 15, 2010

Okay. So don’t hate me.  I am not trying to drag us all back through the single-black-educated-woman-woes. I promise. BUT I do find this video to be a hilarious take on the conversations that have saturated the market for the past six months. Like I said, I’m really not trying to take us back but [...]

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Personal Branding – tips for nurturing your online brand

by Ope Bukola November 10, 2010
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Continuing on our theme of personal branding, last week, contributor Nikita Mitchell wrote on marketing your brand without being a jerk. So you know that you need to create a personable, valuable, and authentic brand – but how to do it? This Changethis.com, a website that provides business insights to help those with great ideas, [...]

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Personal Branding – 5 steps to nurture your personal brand

by Ope Bukola November 9, 2010

Continuing on our theme of personal branding, last week, contributor Nikita Mitchell wrote on marketing your brand without being a jerk. So you know that you need to create a personable, valuable, and authentic brand – but how to do go about it. Today’s post offer 5 steps to nurture your personal brand Blog It [...]

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Their Mic Sounds Nice [VIDEO]

by Jessica Lynne November 8, 2010
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In August of this year, filmmaker Ava DuVernay’s documentary My Mic Sounds Nice aired on BET. The documentary was widely praised, many grateful for a project that dared to tackle the complex history of women in hip-hop. With insight from a host of artists including Missy Elliot, Eve, MC Lyte as well as Salt-N-Pepa, DuVernay’s [...]

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No Help for Obama from Hip-Hop This Time

by Zora&Alice November 5, 2010
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* With the recent shake up in U.S. Congress, President Obama has been receiving harsh criticism on all sides. One topic of discussion has centered on the virtual absence of the hip-hop community from this year’s midterm elections. The Root’s Jennifer Ogunsola addresses the issue directly in her article “No Help for Obama from Hip-Hop [...]

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