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Written by Black Entertainment USA
Just days ago the Government decided that there was nothing more they could do to pursue justice in the Sean Bell shooting. After 4 years and 50 shots, nothing has been done besides “normal police actions”.
Across the country, in an odd coincidence, a Black man was unarmed and shot in the [...]
BART police are at it again
Written by Black Entertainment USA
When you consider the problems that BART officers are prone to create you have to wonder what they are being instructed to do. In yet another case of overreaction, a BART officer goes to the extreme.
Now while excessive force in any police department is something to take notice of, I want [...]
Black Conservatives on television
Written by Black Entertainment USA
I don’t know how many people saw this on Friday. I think it was very important. I think that there are far too few that pay attention to the other Black voice in the Black community.
These days Black culture is a commodity up for sale. Various consumer products use it to [...]
Threats against President Obama strain the Secret Service
Written by Michael Vass
A recent report leaked to the Boston Globe just caught my attention and seriously disturbed me. The report is about the Secret Service, and questions whether the Agency can continue to protect the President and other high-ranking officials, while at the same time investigating financial criminals.
The key point that stood out [...]
How far have we really come?
Written by Black Entertainment USA
The year is 2009. Yet there are still people who act as if the year were 1959. For all the hype of a post-racial America, for all those that continue to deny that any racism exists, they need only look to Louisianna.
Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell of Tangipahoa Parish, recently [...]
France and Australia have more in common than you think
Written by Black Entertainment USA
Wait, France and Australia? They are on opposite sides of the world. Literally. They don’t have a share history. The people in Australia like beer, France has wine. Australia is mostly a big desert known for Mad Max and Mel Gibson. France has the Eiffel Tower, cheese, and hasn’t won a [...]
Nicholas Cage is better than Method Man - so the IRS apparently thinks
Written by Black Entertainment USA
I think that someone in the IRS must really be a fan of Ghost Rider. Or perhaps this head honcho just loved Con Air. It has to be something like that, since I just found out about Nicholas Cage.
Nicholas Cage owes the IRS $6 million since 2007. Which does not include [...]
Oscar Grant trial - now its about ‘emotional’ African Americans
Written by Black Entertainment USA
It’s just one of those days. The racial bias in the news just seems to be rolling of the presses. This time its in reference to a trial I have long been discussing. Johannes Mehserle.
Johannes Mehserle is the former officer that allegedly shot the unarmed and defenseless Oscar Grant in the [...]
Australia - A great country if you are White
Written by Black Entertainment USA
If you haven’t heard about this yet, I am sure that you will soon. Harry Connick Jr. was in Australia recently, on a program that some of my older readers will recognize as a copy of The Gong Show. Basically it was the poor man’s version of American Idol back in [...]
Texas Governor Perry’s cousin shot dead by police - how many bullets?
Written by Michael Vass
I have often made the point, when discussing the extreme violence and overreaction of police across the nation, that I have never heard of an unarmed White male being killed by police - with a hail of bullets that number in the dozens. I have said I also have not heard of [...]
Who Are The Real Americans?
This will be a short post derived from my own curiosity. Who in America is an American? Very likely “Native Indian” would be the response of most. And, I’m tempted to agree. We all came from somewhere else to get here.
If the native Indian is the only true American, then aren’t we all, who aren’t [...]
media tuning of race relations
Michael,
I would like to get your opinion on what I noticed recently in television. In almost every add that has a mixed race couple, it is always a Black male and a White female. Almost never is there any other type of mixed race shown. This seems disproportionate to me, as I see [...]
Hair highlights police bias in Philadelphia
Written by Black Entertainment USA
Can you imagine your boss coming to you and reprimanding you for your hair? To have your boss instruct you to change your hairstyle because it is not ‘clean or professional’. And imagine in this instance that there are several other people in your workplace that have the same exact hairstyle, [...]
Racism or political advantage at African Americans expense
Written by Michael Vass
I really must hand it to Maureen Dowd and former-President Jimmy Carter. They really know how to take advantage of a political situation. Not that it is anything like what the facts reflect.
When Rep. Joe Wilson interrupted the President in a speech before the Congress, he violated written and unwritten rules of [...]
Johannes Mehserle may still face justice in Oscar Grant murder
Written by Black Entertainment USA
Following up on the news of a story that the national news media has avoided like the plague since it happened, I will discuss the latest events in the Oscar Grant murder case.
As long-time readers are aware, I started covering this case back in January shortly after former BART police Officer [...]
Wake Up White Boy
This is the title of an email I recevied recently. It asks a question(s) that really need to be answered in todays political arena. It reads: The animals pictured below; car-jacked, then raped Christopher Newsom, cut off his penis, then set him on fire and fatally shot him several times while they forced his girlfriend, [...]
From Right and Left, the media gets Hillsboro town hall wrong
Written by Black Entertainment USA
On August 18th, Bill O’Reilly discussed the charges of racism at a Missouri town hall. This is a news item that first surfaced on CNN, and has since risen in controversy. O’Reilly, and Dr. Marc Hill went over several of the facts of this case.
The problems though are many. Foremost is [...]
Would you call Michael Vass a racist?
Written by Black Entertainment USA
Recently I received a comment from my discussion of the upcoming Disney film The Princess and the Frog, that made several claims and challenges that I though would be best to deal with in total as a post. You can see the comment from Logan Calder at http://www.blackandwhiteblog.net/2009/04/22/movie-preview-the-princess-and-the-frog/ and in quotes [...]
Bill o’Reilly discusses Black man shot 43 times by police
Written by Black Entertainment USA
Tonight Bill O’Reilly will be discussing the shooting of a Black man by police. He was shot 43 times. It’s about time such cases get attention.
I decided to check out which case of shooting O’Reilly might be investigating. Considering the time and number of shots involved I know it was not [...]
Glenn Beck call President Obama racist - is that right?
Written by Michael Vass
Wow, I would hate to be the person that checks Glenn Beck’s mail and email. After his comments detailing President Obama as a racist, that job is not going to be fun.
But the question is if Beck is correct. That should be the focus. In fact it should open the debate of [...]
Black superheros - where are they?
Written by Black Entertainment USA
While I was checking out some photos for my post on the Black Panther (new lead actor) I ran across a blog post at Bam! Kapow. And it got me wondering.
Black superheroes. It’s almost an oxymoron. I mean just look at all the media. In virtually every venue it’s obvious that [...]
Hollywood movie star reacts to Philadelphia racism
Written by Black Entertainment USA
When it comes to a news story about entertainers doing a good thing and kids, I just can’t stay away. It’s these kinds of things we all need to hear more about.
In this case the news starts off in a negative. In Philadelphia, a city known for its negative overreactions of [...]
Harvard professor arrested, racism accusations claimed
Written by Michael Vass
Sometimes you hear news and you just know how someone involved in that news feels. In this case, I think virtually ever African American in America has had a moment similar to this one.
Before I get to that think about this. In many cities around the country calling 911 in or to [...]
Education is systemically biased - Education Department study shows proof
Written by Michael Vass
Perhaps it’s just me but the trend data on the difference in math and reading between Black and White students was released today and I find the results appalling. Not only because the study by the Government shows a wide gap in education, but that such a difference exists in the first [...]
Can Whites be discriminated against? Was Judge Sotomayor wrong?
Written by Michael Vass
Since almost the moment that Judge Sotomayor had been named as a Supreme Court nominee, I have been asked my thoughts on the 19 firemen in the “reverse discrimination” case. Now that the Supreme Court has responded, I will further clarify my thoughts.
First, let me explain my thoughts on “reverse discrimination”. It [...]
