Saturday, April 26, 2014

Should LA Clippers players boycott their next game to protest owner Sterling's racist comments?

I'm sure by now many of you have heard the racist comments LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling made during what he thought was a private conversation with his girlfriend. I wont post that BS on my blog but you can check it out here HERE.

This has put the LA Clippers players such as Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, and others in a tight spot. Deandre Jordan reportedly posted a black out picture on his Instagram account.

ESPN's Stephen Smith has reported that the Clipper players discussed boycotting the next game.The Clippers will play according to coach Doc Rivers. I would not suit up to play for that a**hole but I'm not on the team. I wont have to pay any fines or get docked a game check. What do you think they should do? George Cook AARports.com.

Friday, April 25, 2014

NY Congressman Blasts 'Lost Cause' Clarence Thomas

[ SOURCE ] New York Democratic Congressman Hakeem Jeffries addressed fierce criticism that the Supreme Court's only African American justice, Clarence Thomas, faced after he helped uphold Michigan's ban on affirmative action in state university admissions. "I've long since given up on seeing anything productive from Clarence Thomas," Jeffries said during a roundtable discussion at his office in Brooklyn Thursday. "He's a lost cause as far as I'm concerned and is more reactionary than conservatives like Justice Alito or Justice Scalia."

The Supreme Court preserved Michigan's ban by a 6-2 vote Tuesday with Thomas part of the majority. Jeffries said he thought the court's decision would not benefit Michigan's schools.

"It was a troubling decision in that it did not recognize the value of diversity generally in terms of enhancing the academic environment," said Jeffries. "I think that diversity is a value that the Supreme Court should embrace, but that decision certainly moves in a different direction."

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Cliven Bundy Says Blacks Might Have Been 'Better Off' As Slaves

Wow I guess being racist makes you a true patriot in the eyes of people like Ted Cruz, Sean Hannity, and Mike Huckabee. Cliven Bundy the current hero of conservative politicians and conservative talking heads made some very racist remarks doing one of his daily diatribes. This conservative "hero" said:

[ SOURCE ] “I want to tell you one more thing I know about the Negro,” he said. Mr. Bundy recalled driving past a public-housing project in North Las Vegas, “and in front of that government house the door was usually open and the older people and the kids — and there is always at least a half a dozen people sitting on the porch — they didn’t have nothing to do. They didn’t have nothing for their kids to do. They didn’t have nothing for their young girls to do.

“And because they were basically on government subsidy, so now what do they do?” he asked. “They abort their young children, they put their young men in jail, because they never learned how to pick cotton. And I’ve often wondered, are they better off as slaves, picking cotton and having a family life and doing things, or are they better off under government subsidy? They didn’t get no more freedom. They got less freedom.”

What's funny is that a lot of Bundy's supporters appear to be caught off guard by his remarks while his detractors are not. Now many of his supporters are in full back track mode. LOL. That's what happens when you blindly support someone without knowing who or what they really are. George Cook AAReports.com.

Black voters could decide who controls the Senate in 2015

I truly hope people are paying attention to this. Being involved means more than just voting every four years. George Cook, AAReports.com

Black voters played a huge role in delivering Barack Obama to the White House in 2008 and 2012. And in 2014, they will play a huge role in determining whether the president's party can stop Republicans from taking the Senate.

Why? Here are four reasons:

1. Black voters are hugely influential on the 2014 map

Six of the 16 states with the highest black populations are holding key Senate contests in 2014. A seventh -- the most African American state in the country, Mississippi -- is holding a contest that could get interesting if there's a tea party upset in the GOP primary.

This is a highly unusual set of circumstances, especially when you consider that most states with large numbers of African American voters generally don't hold competitive Senate races because they are safely red (in the South, generally) or blue (in the Northeast).

Read more here: Black voters could decide who controls the Senate in 2015

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Lupita Nyong'o is People magazine's Most Beautiful person

Lupita Nyong'o is People's Most Beautiful person for 2014, the magazine revealed Wednesday morning on TODAY. The Oscar winner with the perfect smile and the style to match beams from a cover that promises "her inspiring story." Read more here: Lupita Nyong'o Is PEOPLE's Most Beautiful