Posts Tagged ‘Black’
Would you See George Lucas’ Movie ‘Red Tails’, Why or Why Not?
If George Lucas' movie, Red Tails, does not do well, there is a very strong possibility that you might never see another all-black movie anytime soon. George Lucas’ movie, Red Tails, which is on the list of 2012’s most anticipated movies is expected to be [Read More]
George Lucas’ “Red Tails”, an all-Black Cast Movie, is 2012 Most Anticipated Film
George Lucas’ “Red Tails”, an all-Black Cast Movies, is 2012 Most Anticipated Film. Speaking recently on Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show, George Lucas, the executive producer and writer of the all-Black cast $58 million budget movie, Red Tails, jokingly said, [Read More]
Review of the Center for Contemporary African Art & Culture ‘My Identity’ by Liberian Artist Martin Zeinway
By: Charles S. Mombo @burnedbrass, @charlessmombo Article sponsored by: Chicago-based Search Engine Optimization and Social Media Marketing Consulting Firm Each piece of Zeinway’s work eloquently captures his experience during Liberia’s barbaric civil war in [Read More]
Joe Sullivan – Life in Prison for 13-year-old Kinky Hair Colored Boy for allegedly raping a 72-year-old White Woman.
By: Charles S. Mombo Joe Harris Sullivan, now 35-year-old, is still serving a life term for a non-homicide crime committed, since 13-year-old, for raping a 72-year-old elderly white woman. Image Source:Agence France-Presse/Getty Images What happened to a 72-year-old elderly [Read More]
Pat Buchanan and Herman Cain: Blacks are Brainwashed due to Liberal Plantation
Pat Buchanan and Herman Cain: Blacks are Brainwashed due to Liberal Plantation Pat Buchanan, the Conservative political commentator who is no stranger to controversy added benzene to the Herman Cain fire by supporting Herman Cain's statement that African-Americans have [Read More]
Black Wealth Gap a Time for a Serious Rethink of a Financial Paradigm Shift
By: Charles S. Mombo Article Sponsored By: Search Engine Optimization Consultants Pew's Black wealth gap shows that a serious and urgent action must be taken to address this problem. In the wake of the alarming Pew Research Center’s recent publication, “Wealth [Read More]
Michele Bachmann says Black Farmers racism settlement was proof-positive fraud
President Obama kept his words when he said; he would bring "long-ignored claims of African-American farmers to a rightful conclusion." He is seen signing the .25 billion historic settlement in April 2010 . As a potential President of the United States of America, [Read More]
Edward Okpa for Mayor of Dallas
Edward Okpa, is the only black or minority candidate running for the mayoral seat. He is a Harvard graduate and a successful entrepreneur with a background in commercial real estate and international business. This will be Okpa's third run at the office. May 14th is the [Read More]
Patient Reformers Patient Advocates & HealthCare Consultants
Patient Reformers Patient Advocates & Healthcare Consultants is a medical liaison service that provides services at all economic levels. They advocate for patients rights, and also ease the confusion in the contemporary healthcare environment. Patient Reformers Patient [Read More]
Hales Franciscan of Chicago Wins IHSA Class 2A Championship
Hales Franciscan of Chicago Wins IHSA Class 2A Championship - Photo Credit: Lawrence NallsOn Saturday in Peoria, Hales Franciscan High School of Chicago won the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Class 2A Championship by defeating the Red Devils from Murphysboro High [Read More]
Chocolate City Wishes Sidney Poitier a Happy Birthday
Today, February 20, is the 84th birthday of Sidney Poitier.In Stevie Wonder's voice and chorus, The most popular African American and Black website, wishes Sidney Poitier a Happy Birthday: Chorus Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday (Repeat) Today, [Read More]
Is Kelley Williams-Bolar a criminal or a victim of a screw-up school system
By: Charles Mombo @charlessmombo Twitter HASHTAG: #burnedbrass Is Kelley Williams-Bolar a criminal or a victim of a screw-up school system?Some referred to it as institutional racism and that is the lack of funding for public school in minority communities. This problem can [Read More]
Nigerian-born John Abraham Godson becomes Poland first Black MP
Nigerian-born John Abraham Godson becomes Poland first Black Member of Parliament John Abraham Godson (Godson Chikama Onyekwere), a 40 year-old Nigerian born naturalized Polish citizen has become the first black Polish Member of Parliament and a member of the Civic Platform [Read More]
Chicago Community Trust offers grants to bloggers in Bronzeville or Austin
Community Media Workshop and the Chicago Reporter will be reaching out to neighborhood bloggers and community groups on the South and West Sides to take up local reporting projects this year, backed by grants from a new Chicago Community Trust initiative. The Local [Read More]
Cornelius Dupree Jr. exonerated by DNA after 30 years in Texas prison
Cornelius Dupree Jr. spent 30 years in prison for a 1979 rape and robbery. Recent DNA testing proved his innocence. (credit: Texas Department of Criminal Justice) After spending 30 years in prison for aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, Cornelius Dupree Jr., 51 [Read More]
Thanks Prez Carter but why was Aijalon Gomes in North Korea?
President Jimmy Carter and released prisoner Aijalon Gomes.Since Jesse L. Brown plane was shot down during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in North Korea in October 1948, I am not aware of any other African American entering the most mysterious, most elusive, most isolated [Read More]
Shirley Sherrod declines USDA job offer after racist fiasco
Shirley Sherrod Photo Credit: CBSAfter two hours of meeting today, Tom Vilsack, the Secretary of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Shirley Sherrod, the former USDA Georgia Director of Rural Development held a press conference. During the press conference, Sherrod, [Read More]
Jazz violinist Regina Carter is like a fine bottle of wine
Lauded as one of the finest violinists of her generation, Carter captures both the essence and allure of the original music through a lens of contemporary interpretation. Don't believe the negative hype about Detroit, Michigan. Out of Detroit came some of America's [Read More]
Dr. Laura Apologizes for On-Air Nigger Rant
Dr. Laura Apologizes for on air Nigger Rant Before you read this article, please note my position on the word “nigger”. I am absolutely no respecter of the word and have choose not to take ownership it (period!). Every time one hears the word crackers, Jew town, [Read More]
Russians Elect First Black African Politician
Jean Gregoire Sagbo, 48 year-old, originally from Benin, West African was elected as one of the 10 municipal councilors in the town of Novozavidovo. Jean Gregoire Sagbo, 48 year-old, originating from Benin, West African was elected as one of the 10 municipal [Read More]
Why is Justice Thomas wife bad-mouthing President Obama?
Supreme Court Justice Clarence and Virginia Ginni ThomasThe word that I could find to best describe Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas behavior is unsettling. Ginni appears to have a well-known dislike of President [Read More]
Mel Gibson: Raped by a Pack of Niggers Comments!
On a 30 minutes voice mail recording released by Mel Gibson's ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, he is heard screaming racist and sexist rant against her. On the recording, Gibson said: "You look like a fucking pig in heat," follow by "If you get raped by a [Read More]
Seattle Cop punches Black woman for jaywalking
A Black or African-American female was punched in the face today by a White Seattle Police Officer for attempting to jaywalk on Martin Luther King Drive. Read the NY Daily News version of the story and watch the video from a passerby. Read the Seattle's Police [Read More]
Chicago 1919 Race Riot In Retrospect
Rock throwing white youths during the 1919 race riotEarly dawn today, I parked my car at the 63rd Street lakefront parking lot and rode my bike along the lakefront bike path to the Buckingham Fountain. As I approached the 29th street lakefront, a strong sense of [Read More]
What Going On Chicago – Brother Don’t Shoot Me
Photo Credit: Jose M. Osorio/Tribune Mother mother, There's too many of you crying; Brother brother brother; There's far too many of you dying; You know we've got to find a way; To bring some lovin' here today; Don't punish me with brutality. Thomas [Read More]
Arizona Bans African American and Chicana/o Studies
The Torch of Quetzalcoatl by Leo Tanguma`On Tuesday, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed bill HB2281 that bans all ethnic studies in Arizona's public schools. HB2281 takes effect on Dec. 31, 2010. The bans will prevent the teaching of African American, Native [Read More]
Philadelphia Cop Shoots Himself Accused Black Males
Here is another case of a White person subconsciously or maybe consciously subscribing to the stereotype and negative depictions of the African American male as a criminal element in our society. On April 5, Philadelphia Police Department issued an all-points bulletin (APB) [Read More]
Katie Washington Notre Dame’s First African American Valedictorian
Katie Washington Notre Dame’s First African American Valedictorian After the healthcare legislation was passed, Vice President Joe Biden was heard telling President Obama, "Mr. President, This Is a Big Fucking Deal." We at Chocolate City congratulate and [Read More]
White Bank Robber Uses Silicon Disguised as African American
Photo: SPLASH NEWS Black male mask used by Conrad Zdzierak, a White robber to disguised as an African AmericanI find it extremely alarming when a White person subconsciously subscribes to the stereotype and negative depictions of the African American male as a criminal [Read More]
U.S. approves settlement for black farmers: where’s the check?
Black farmers rallied in Washington D.C. last week to receive payment from USDA discrimination settlement. (Source: Washington State House Republicans)President Obama kept his words when he said, he would bring "long-ignored claims of African-American farmers to a [Read More]
Mo’Nique Wins Academy Award Best Supporting Actress
Photo Credit: Rick Rowell/ABC Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Mo'Nique with husbandChocolate City congratulations Monique Imes-Jackson, aka Mo'Nique, 42 year-old as the joins the league with three other outstanding African-American Best Supporting Actresses. [Read More]
Naomi Campbell Refuses to Turn the Other Cheek
The leggy supermodel Naomi Campbell It appears that the leggy supermodel Naomi Campbell is not familiar with the phrase turning the other cheek. The phrase in the Christian doctrine that refers to responding to an aggressor without violence. The phrase originates from the [Read More]
Archeology Forensic Reveal Wealthy 4th Century AD Africans
Ivory Bangle LadyI could not resist sharing this story with my readers. Those of you that are familiar with ChocolateCity.cc are aware that we DO NOT celebrate Black History month – simply, because we celebrate it 365 days in the year. So in essence, we celebrate [Read More]
Vote to Discontinue Black History
By Eryn-Ashlei Bailey Dr. Carter Woodson, Founder of Black History MonthI think Black History Month should be discontinued. What's all the fuss about anyway? Schools have been de-segregated, interracial marriages and children are on the rise. Heck, we even have a black [Read More]
Paucity of African-Americans in the Winter Olympics
Shani Davis - speedskating OlympianFour years ago, during the February opening of the 2006 Winter Olympics Games in Torino, Italy; Brian Gumbel compared the Games to a GOP convention. In his own words: Finally tonight, the Winter Games. Count me among those who don't [Read More]
An Interview With Illinois U.S. Senatorial Candidate Cheryle Jackson
By Charles S. Mombo Cheryle Robinson Jackson, Illinois Democratic Senatorial candidateSince 1870, the United States Senate have had ONLY 6 African-American Senators. Two out of the six were Republicans elected during the Reconstruction era and four out of the six were [Read More]
Heather Ellis and the Bizarre Walmart Incident
By Charles S. Mombo Heather Ellis and Family Photos Credit: Corey NolesCNN News reported last night that Heather Ellis, a 24 year-old African American Xavier University graduate could face fifteen years behind bars for assaulting police officers and resisting arrest after [Read More]
Ex-congressman William J. Jefferson Gets 13 Years
Ex-congressman Jefferson and family Photo source: Michael DeMocker / The Times-PicayuneTo say it’s a sad day for us at Chocolate City is an understatement. We have always held the ex-congressman in very high esteem and regarded him as a true champion in the struggle [Read More]
Soul Food – Same Taste With a Dash of Health Consciousness
Soul Food – Same Taste With a Dash of Heath ConsciousnessIf I were asked to define the word “soul food,” the definition will definitely have to include phrases such as – the taste, tantalizing and mesmerizing, the presentation, eye moving from item to [Read More]
Naomi Sims, the super supermodel is dead at 61
Naomi Sims on an August 1973 Cosmopolitan MagazineMs. Sims was born on March 30, 1948, in Oxford, Miss., the third of three daughters of John and Elizabeth Sims. Her father was a porter. Her parents divorced shortly after she was born, and all she knew of her father, [Read More]
E. Lynn Harris, African American Author is dead at 54
Author E. Lynn Harris,E. Lynn Harris, 54 year-old died Thursday night in Los Angeles, California. Harris wrote a series of novels that exposed readers to characters rarely depicted in literature: black, affluent gay men who were masculine, complex and, sometimes, tormented. [Read More]
Philadelphia Police and Racism the City of Un-Brotherly Love?
Philadelphia Finest - Serve and ProtectWhenever I heard the word “Philadelphia”, the immediate visual connection that comes to mind is the May 13, 1985 incident in which police dropped bombs as an alternative to waiting to issue arrest warrants on members of the [Read More]
Supreme Court Agrees with New Haven White Firefighter
New Haven Firefighter Photo Source: Horace WilliamsThe U.S. Supreme Court made a decision on June 29, 2009 regarding the case of Ricci et al vs. Destefano et al. Basically in 2003, 118 New Haven, Connecticut firefighters took examinations to qualify for promotion to [Read More]
Tennessee GOP Staffer depicts President Obama as a Golliwog
Sherri Goforth depicts President Obama as a Golliwog Sherri Goforth, a staffer in the office of Tennessee Grand Old Party (GOP) state senator Diane Black emailed a picture of the American presidents. The problem is the slot representing the 44th president, President Obama, [Read More]
Poetry from the Masters: Black Arts Movement
Useni Eugene Perkins - The Chicago born, distinguished and prolific poet, playwright and a champion in improving the lives of disadvantaged young people.Useni Eugene Perkins, the Chicago born and distinguished poet, has done it again. This time his latest and “must [Read More]
Life Term for robbery – Cruel and Unusual for Ian Manuel?
Ian Manuel - sentenced to die in prison for an offense in a robbery and non-homicidal caseIn 1990, when Ian Manuel was 13, gang members instructed him to commit a robbery. During the botched robbery attempt in downtown Tampa, Florida, Ian shot and wounded a woman. He turned [Read More]
Life Term for Rape – Cruel and Unusual for Joe Sullivan?
Joe Harris Sullivan, now 35-year-old, is still serving a life term for a non-homicide crime committed, since 13-year-old, for raping a 72-year-old elderly white woman. Image Source:Agence France-Presse/Getty Images On May 4, 1989, someone robbed a 72-year-old White woman in [Read More]
Is Washington, D.C. Losing it Chocolate City Status?
Percentage point change in white share of populationIn their popular 1975 album, Chocolate City, the funk band Parliament displayed a theme of love for Washington, D.C., where the group was particularly popular. In the lyric from the song Chocolate City, the group noted [Read More]
Wellesley College tracks 2010 graduates for success
Professor of sociology Lee CubaSuccess, it is said, leaves footprints in the sand that you can follow. If you can’t follow the footprints you may be on the wrong beach. Wellesley College’s sociologist Lee Cuba seems to subscribe to this principle. A member of [Read More]
Modern Racism Scale, fMRI, and Mental privacy
By: http://www.chocolatecity.cc/blog In scan 1, a subject is asked to remember a face. In scan 2, the subject is asked to "think about this face.", In scans 3 and 4, the subject was asked to compare another face to the remembered face. A man’s [Read More]
CDC: African Americans hardest hit with HIV/AIDS
49% of people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS were Blacks According to the CDC, of all racial and ethnic groups in the United States, HIV and AIDS have hit African Americans the hardest. The reasons are not directly related to race or ethnicity, but rather to some of the barriers [Read More]
Stephen Burrows: unrecognized fashion genius
Stephen BurrowsChocolateCity.cc is grateful to Mr. Stephen Burrows (SB) for taking time out of his very busy schedule to chat with us. We are also grateful to Mr. John Robert Miller, managing director for making this interview possible. If you recognize the names Halston, [Read More]
Interview with recording artist Dana Divine
Dana DivineDespite her very busy schedule as producer, writer, performer and an on-air personality at Chicago’s popular urban radio station 107.5 WGCI; the sensational and talented Dana Divine (DD) still found the time to sit and chat with ChocolateCity.cc (CC). [Read More]
Your favorite black fashion designer
http://www.chocolatecity.cc/black-fashion/index.shtml – focuses on Black Fashion Designers, African-American Fashion Designers, and African Fashion Designers as they relate in one way or another to shaping, improving, empowering and motivating the lives of African, [Read More]
Terrible mistake to vote for John McCain
Senator Clinton said today “Anybody who has ever voted for me or voted for Barack has much more in common in terms of what we want to see happen in our country and in the world with the other than they do with John McCain,” Clinton said on CNN. She further [Read More]
Bob Johnson: If Obama Was a White Man….
In a recent interview with the Charlotte Observer, African American Billionaire Bob Johnson, the founder of BET says that former vice presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro was right when she said “If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position.” Ms. [Read More]
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