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Civil Rights Lawyer Percy Sutton Dead at 89
I didn’t know much about Mr. Sutton before his death on December 26, but he seems like some one we should remember: Percy Sutton, Lawyer For Malcolm X, Dies At 89 By Associated Press December 27, 2009 11:10 am NEW YORK — Percy Sutton, the pi...
Kwanzaa At A Glance
Yesterday was the start of the 7 day celebration of Kwanzaa. 2009 marks the 43rd annual celebration of Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa was started by Dr. Maulana Karenga in 1966 as a “Branch” back to the African tree. Kwanzaa is a Pan-African, nonreligious, h...
Someday At Christmas Video Redux
Putting this post up for the third year in a row. I don’t actively celebrate Christmas for spiritual and philosophical reasons; but Stevie Wonders’ Someday At Christmas has a great message that goes beyond the norm. A message that if the...
Alicia Keys: BlackPerspective.net Beauty of the Month
This is a monthly series at BlackPerspective.net. Beauty in our country and in world culture is most often measured through the lens of white men; here we’ll take a Black perspective on beauty. Beauty comes in many forms, and we will highlight some...
Black Conservatives Assemble to Affirm Glenn Beck
Last month it was token Negroes night at Glenn Beck, and Carman Dixon wrote about it. Its amazing to see black folks so warped into politics sides taking that they’ll run to a race-baiting race demagogue so that they can sit around and feel a...
Spike Lee’s ‘Do The Right Thing’ 20 Years Later
Twenty years ago this summer Spike Lee released a touchstone film that still stands out and stands the test of time. Not many have pierced the consciousness in the way that Do The Right Thing did, garnering both priase and disdain. NPR took a look ba...
Video: Oprah Calls It Quits - Well, Not for a while
The riches Black woman (or actually, I think richest Black person period); announced the end of her popular talk show. But don’t break out the hankies too fast; it’ll be a while. Watch her emotional announcement: ...
Harry Connick Jr Has the Gall To Object To Blackface
Opps! I had quened this, and meant to post it a week ago. Kind of old news now; but still important for my readers coming through to see. This is a gong type program in Austrialia that well known New Orleans Jazz Musician, Harry Connick Jr., was gue...
SNL Again Satirizes Obama, This Time On Nobel Prize
After last week’s SNL Obama opening; I took issue with the factually devoid, poor political hatchet job, disguised as satire. Yet, in contradiction to what those who tried to argue with me by arguing against things that weren’t even my ...
Audio Of Pres. Obama Calling Kanye a “Jackass”
Here’s the audio of President Obama Calling Kanye West a Jackass in response to a question before a CNBC interview: Reporter Terry Moran of ABC had twetted this piece of information yesterday, but when her boss found out, she deleted the tweet...
Classic Rapper Roxanne Shante became Dr. Shante With Warner Music Footing The Bill
Rapper behind ‘Roxanne’s Revenge’ gets Warner Music to pay for Ph.D BY Walter Dawkins SPECIAL TO THE NEWS Daily News.com Roxanne’s revenge was sweet indeed. Twenty-five years after the first queen of hip-hop was stiffed on her...
Cooking With Yobachi, Episode 1
A little something just for fun. Enter my world:...
Compton California Girl Flies Cross Country
I think this story is instructive as to what can happen when our kids are exposed to more than just what’s on the block and aren’t limited to what most commonly is constituted as being black. The young pilot actually wants to be a cardio...
Jordan Sparks: BlackPerspective.net Beauty of the Month
This is a monthly series at BlackPerspective.net. Beauty in our country and in world culture is most often measured through the lens of white men; here we’ll take a Black perspective on beauty. Beauty comes in many forms, and we will highlight some...
Could It Be That It Was All So Simple Then…Amen
I was watching some classic tv show theme song videos and came across the following comment on this Amen vid; and thought it made for a good commentary for the blog: Damieandark: The 80s for most of you was a time of youth so its natural to see thro...
Disney’s The Princess and the Frog
The trailer for the Princess Frog is out; the long antisipated and debated (at least in the black community*) annimated movie that’s Disney’s first with a Black princess or other like enchanted lead. Release Date:11 December 2009 - * a...
Ciara: BlackPerspective.net Beauty of The Month
This is a monthly series at BlackPerspective.net. Beauty in our country and in world culture is most often measured through the lens of white men; here we’ll take a Black perspective on beauty. Beauty comes in many forms, and we will highlight some...
Official Photo of Michelle Obama
Uh OH! She’s wearing one of those inappropriate sleeveless dresses again. *rolls eyes* You can read here about that nonsense. According to BlackPressUSA.com “The White House, last week, released the official portrait of First Lady Miche...
Dawn Richards New Song Vs D Woods New Music
It’s the battle of the former Danity Kane sistas. Comment with your choice of which of the songs you like best. D. Woods weighs in with two recent joints, off her forth coming mixedtape Independence Day: - - - - - - - Leagalize Me On My Side ...
Rihanna: BlackPerspective.net Beauty of The Month
Since she’s had a bad last month, and had her face temporarily disfigured; I decide to make Rihanna our beauty of the month for March. This is a monthly series at BlackPerspective.net. Beauty in our country and in world culture is most often m...
Tennessee Poll - One In Six Tell Racist Obama Jokes
…Yet Obama Has Relatively High State Approval Rating Kleinheider of Post Politics reports that: “The newest poll on state and national issues in Tennessee is out from our friends over at Middle Tennessee State University complete with cha...
Police Photo Of Rihanna After Beating
As you might have noticed from their big stamp cross the middle of he picture, TMZ were the ones to obtain and first publish the photo last night. Apparently TMZ got the photo via an unathorized leak within the police department or prosecutors offic...
Octuplet Mom Sets Up Website For Donations
Question: Are you going to give her any of your money? Watch my commentary, and then comment below with your answer or other thoughts....
From A-Rod, to A-Fraud, To A-Roid; Alex Rodriguez and Steriods In Baseball
My commentary video: What’s your take?...
Dancing With The Devil: Former Bad Boy Artist Writes Tell All About Diddy
As the new season of Making The Band, following the departcher of Dwoods and Aubry O’Day; former Bad Boy artist/ghost writer Mark Curry has just dropped his book on the behinds the scenes of Puff/diddy/daddy’s label. I basically only reme...
The Classic R&B Show
Some of the artist in this play list include: Al Green X Barry White X Gladys Knight X Harold Melvin X Luther Vandross X Teddy Pendgras You can get alerts before my live shows by subscribing at http://www.blogtv.com/People/yobachi Definitely come b...
If You Don’t Know Me By Now
A little treat from my youtube page. Just posted yesterday. Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes: The very begining obviously got cut off in the recording, but I didn’t feel like re-recording it. Sorry. Copyright © 2009 BlackPerspective....
Someday Redux
I don’t actively celebrate Christmas for spiritual and philosophical reasons; but Stevie Wonders’ Someday At Christmas has a great message that goes beyond the norm. A message that if the world headed would be something. So as last year ...
Celebrating Kwanzaa
This past Friday was the start of the 7 day celebration of Kwanzaa. 2008 marks the 42nd annual celebration of Kwanzaa. On today, the 5th day of Kwanzaa, we celebrate Nia - Purpose: To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our co...
2008 Fall TV Cancellations, Pt 3: Boston Legal and Others
Rosie Live, Eli Stone, Boston Legal, and Dirty Sexy Money. NBC’s attempt to put the obnoxious, ungracious, loud, and disturbing looking Rosie O’Donnel back on t.v. last month didn’t go so well. Her attempt at a variety show was sai...
