| The Malcolm X Commemoration Committee with the OAAU & the Sons & Daughters of Afrika observe the 87th Anniversary of the BIRTH of our BELOVED MALCOLM X! on SATURDAY, MAY 19th, 2012 Join us for the Annual Pilgrimage to Malcolm's Gravesite!  Assemble @ the Harlem State Office Bldg 125th St. & Adam Clayton Powell Blvd @ 9AM Caravan/Buses Depart @ 1Oam SHARP for FERNCLIFF Cemetery in Ardsley, NY DONATION: $9 Adults; $5 Children; Group Rates Available For more info: Call 718-512-5008 • mxcc519@verizon.net The Annual Pilgrimage to Malcolm's gravesite was conceived by the late Ella Little-Collins, Malcolm's sister. It has been observed every year since 1966. The Malcolm X Commemoration Committee joined the Pilgrimage in 1993, and since that time, has expanded community participation by more than double. In 2000, Baba James Small, who with the Sons & Daughters of Afrika has overseen almost every Pilgrimage since its inception, invited the New Black Panther Party to serve as the ceremony's 'Honor Guard'. To download a flyer, click here! FREE THE LAND! Let's "Pick up the Work" to Educate, Agitate & Organize to Free our Political Prisoners & Prisoners of War Malcolm X Commemoration Committee déqui kioni-sadiki & Mani Gilyard, co-chairs "What you and I need to do is learn to forget our differences...We have a common oppressor, a common exploiter, and a common discriminator.... once we all realize that we have a common enemy, then we unite on the basis of what we have in common." — Malcolm X "Message to the Grass Roots" | ||
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Saturday, May 12, 2012
Fw: [TheBlackList] re: NYC, Sat. 5/19: Annual Pilgrimage to Malcolm X Gravesite
For Ultra-Orthodox in Abuse Cases, Prosecutor Has Different Rules
News For Ultra-Orthodox in Abuse Cases, Prosecutor Has Different RulesBy RAY RIVERA and SHARON OTTERMANCharles J. Hynes, the Brooklyn district attorney, did not object to rabbis' insistence on screening molestation allegations before reporting them, and he appears to have inflated claims about a crackdown on sex abuse in ultra-Orthodox communities. | ||
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Friday, May 11, 2012
NEW THIS MORNING
| WINNERS AND LOSERS: This week the political was also personal, as President Obama came out in support of gay marriage, citing the New York State Senate's marriage vote as an influence. Who says Albany legislators don't have any clout! But brief moments of self-congratulation were overtaken by the grim realities of the stump, and so by Thursday we were back to parsing the polls, pundits and policy that leave some winners and others the inevitable losers: http://bit.ly/IW56WR
NEW THIS MORNING: * Charles Hynes, the Brooklyn district attorney, follows different rules when dealing with abuse cases involving the ultra Orthodox Jewish community, like keeping the names of convicts secret, the New York Times reports: http://nyti.ms/Jm0hmh * Democratic Rep. Bill Owens got a $20,000 trip to Taiwan that was arranged by the government's lobbyists, a violation of Congressional ethics rules, ProPublica reports: http://bit.ly/ITKJJU * Most New York City voters support the living wage bill and the new bike rental program and want to live in buildings that ban smoking, though they don't want City Hall to push for bans, according to a Quinnipiac University poll: http://bit.ly/IXU303 * Jurors indicated they are finally coming to a decision in the embezzlement trial of former lawmaker Pedro Espada Jr., who told reporters that "evil spiritual powers" were at play in their deliberations, the Times writes: http://nyti.ms/KLdT0b * All of New York City's Democratic House members voted for a long-shot resolution pushing back against the NYPD's monitoring of Muslims, the Wall Street Journal reports: http://on.wsj.com/J4OMP5 * State lawmakers have introduced legislation to close a loophole that allows people to watch child pornography on the Internet, instead making it a felony in the wake of a ruling that it is legal, the Daily News writes: http://nydn.us/LvDt5P * The Green Book, New York City's official government directory, is going live online today after the Bloomberg administration waited since 2008 on updating the print publication, the Times reports: http://nyti.ms/K58Y7R
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African-American - News
African-American - News May 11, 2012 The blood is needed for the thousands of minorities who are suffering from rare genetic illnesses, and they could die if they don't get the type of blood they need. NAACP audience hears rousing call to 'do what is right' (The Post-Standard) Obama places big bet on gay marriage issue (The Star Online) Rep. Allen West: Obama May Lose African-American Votes Over Gay Marriage Stance (KSFO AM 560) Baptist leader apologizes to Obama for comments (Ledger-Enquirer) 1 in 5 White Women Have Smoked While Pregnant (WJCW-AM Gray) New Black Panthers: Noisy but small (Philly)  Researchers say 3 proteins linked to worse outcomes are found more often in blacks than Caucasians with a common form of scleroderma A new analysis finds that compared to Caucasians, African-Americans with systemic scleroderma have more antibodies in the blood that are linked to severe complications and an increased likelihood of death. Systemic sclerosis complications more severe in African Americans than Caucasians (Science, Industry and Business) | ||
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Fw: Hatewatch Headlines for May 10, 2012
Black Cable TV
| Black Cable TV Ratings for Week of April 30 - May 6 Black viewers 42% of NBA Playoffs' total audience in first round games (May 9, 2012) Conventional wisdom and injuries to key players haven't dampened black fans from delivering record-setting ratings for the first round of the NBA Playoffs. Black households were 42% of the total viewership for the first round of games across the cable TV schedule. Even late starting west coast games benefited from black viewers back east staying up late make the No.1 spot on the Top 25 the match-up between... Story continued... Bounce TV announces original comedy series from 'Think Like A Man' producers (May 10, 2012) Bounce TV, the nation's only over-the-air broadcast television network for African Americans, will launch a second new original comedy series, Uptown Comic, on June 18 immediately after the series premiere of the just-announced sitcom Family Time, it was announced today. The series is being produced by Rainforest Films, producers of the current hit theatrical release, "Think Like a Man," one of the top-grossing films of 2012 to date. Story continued... | ||
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NEW THIS MORNING
| NEW THIS MORNING: * State Sen. Jim Alesi, a Monroe County Republican who was one of the key votes for same-sex marriage, announced that he would not be running for re-election this year, Capital Tonight reports: http://bit.ly/Lhs3m5 * Gov. Andrew Cuomo set a June deadline to overhaul the state's safety net for the disabled, making it a key priority during the rest of this session, and lawmakers are optimistic on meeting the deadline, the Times Union writes: http://bit.ly/Lka5zE * Ray Kelly would lose to Christine Quinn, Bill de Blasio and Scott Stringer in head-to-head matchups in the 2013 mayoral race, a Quinnipiac University poll finds, due to a huge Democratic enrollment advantage, the Post reports: http://nyp.st/IZwc1h * New York City Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson Jr. Is leaving his job as chairman at the Battery Park City Authority on Friday to focus on his campaign for 2013, the New York Times writes: http://nyti.ms/IS9VAp * Ultra-Orthodox Jews are not to report sexual child abuse to the police unless cleared by a rabbi, and those who do are often shunned and targeted for turning in fellow Jews, the Times reports: http://nyti.ms/Jf2YeL * Council Speaker Christine Quinn is the only likely mayoral candidate with a dedicated band of opponents, who protest her ties to the mayor and her use of discretionary funds, the Wall Street Journal notes: http://on.wsj.com/Lmu8gM
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt Faces Harsh Criticism For White Girlfriend
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt Faces Harsh Criticism For White Girlfriend
Usain Bolt (pictured) is known as Jamaica’s premier World- and- Olympic-winning sprinter. A national hero, Bolt has recently gained a boatload of criticism, though, due to his recent relationship to White, Slovakian-born girlfriend Lubica Slovak.
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While Bolt has already been dating Slovak for a year, the ish literally hit the fan when the two were photographed kissing each other (pictured below right) in local newspaper the Jamaican Observer (pictured right). The photo ignited a firestorm of disapproval from Black Jamaicans, bemoaning Black men’s “White woman complex.”
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A Winston Frazier wrote the following on March 16:
Dear Editor,
I note with interest Usain Bolt’s recent love interest. The Observer’s March 14 Page 2 picture of them kissing and the March 15 cartoon highlight it. Why is it that when most of these black men become famously rich they all gravitate to these Caucasian women?
Don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against any race (although some may take issue with me). I just find it strange because these same women would not look their way under normal circumstances. Two words of advice to Mr Bolt – Tiger Woods.
And Winston isn’t alone. Others chimed in:
‘Another one of our men snatched.’
‘Out of all the girls on this island you pick a snowbunny.’
‘These superstars will always disappoint if we depend on them to raise our racial identity.’
For many, Bolt’s embracing of “the White girl” was an immediate rejection of the local Black Jamaican girls Bolt grew up with. This concept was illustrated in a cartoon that ran with the original published photo (pictured below left).
Bolt’s girlfriend grew up in Canada, but then relocated to Jamaica after reportedly falling in love with the island. Slovak has enjoyed a successful career as a fashion designer on the island, co-owning clothing line Anuna and a Kingston, Jamaica, boutique.
Slovak’s business partner, Tami Chynn, was reportedly the one to introduce her to Bolt, and soon after Slovak interviewed him for a Slovakian newspaper, the two reportedly began dating.
While one could possibly look at the negative criticism of Bolt’s interracial relationship as an isolated incident, there is a long, drawn-out history of Black males dating and marrying White women due to slavery and racism.
Award-winning songstress Jill Scott eloquently described the history of Black men, Black women, and White Woman back in 2010:
When our people were enslaved, “Massa” placed his Caucasian woman on a pedestal. She was spoiled, revered and angelic, while the Black slave woman was overworked, beaten, raped and farmed out like cattle to be mated. She was nothing and neither was our Black man. As slavery died for the greater good of America, and the movement for equality sputtered to life, the White woman was on the cover of every American magazine.
She was the dazzling jewel on every movie screen, the glory of every commercial and television show. She was unequivocally the standard of beauty for this country, firmly unattainable to anyone not of her race. We daughters of the dust were seen as ugly, nappy mammies, good for day work and unwanted children, while our men were thought to be thieving, sex-hungry animals with limited brain capacity.
We reflect on this awful past and recall that if a Black man even looked at a White woman, he would have been lynched, beaten, jailed or shot to death
Scott went on to describe the flinch many Black women experience when they see Black men with White woman as “the wince.” While there is clearly an exception to every rule, to observe Bolt with his White partner without giving into account the historical backdrop of what happens when a particular race of women are placed on a pedestal is small-minded. On the other hand, do we ever want to get to the point where interracial unions can exist unquestioned?
What do you think?
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt Faces Harsh Criticism For White Girlfriend
Abena Agyeman-Fisher
Mon, 07 May 2012 20:08:44 GMT
Monday, May 7, 2012
NEW THIS MORNING
| IN THE NEW ISSUE OF CITY & STATE: New York City generates a mind-boggling 50,000 tons of waste every day, day after day, and sends much of it out of the city on trucks, at a growing cost to the environment, as well as the city's bottom line. As the Bloomberg administration explores new and better ways to recycle, we follow one empty coffee cup from the 49th floor of a Midtown skyscraper to a slow boat to China and beyond: http://bit.ly/JiaTWs
NEW THIS MORNING: * Gov. Andrew Cuomo will propose to create a new agency, equipped with the authority to convene grand juries and issue subpoenas, to strengthen the response to abuse of disabled people in state care, according to a draft plan obtained by the New York Times: http://nyti.ms/JJUaqv * Cuomo is also considering plans to "rein in and reorganize" the scandal-scarred New York Racing Authority in the wake of a state report showing NYRA cheated bettors out of $8 million, the Post's Fred Dicker reports: http://nyp.st/J4Xd34 * New York's no-fault divorce law, passed in 2010, is being applied inconsistently across different counties, with some still undergoing lengthy trials despite reform efforts, the Wall Street Journal reports: http://on.wsj.com/IGWVNZ * Gay rights groups in Albany are turning their attention to passing GENDA, the bill that would prohibit discrimination based on gender expression, the Times Union reports: http://bit.ly/KxG4Q5 * Mayoral contender Bill Thompson is aggressively courting the city's Orthodox Jewish community, and is ahead of his competitors so far, the New York Post says: http://nyp.st/JJkroR * Former aides to the Clintons and Barack Obama are supporting Clyde Williams in his race against Rep. Charlie Rangel, in what the Post calls a "stunning rebuke" to the veteran congressman: http://nyp.st/IQf1iM * A manager fired from the NYPD pension fund is accusing co-workers of using city computers to troll and email X-rated videos and websites, the Daily News reports: http://nydn.us/IBnlg8
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