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Why Are You So Sensitive?: I Know You Love Fried Chicken Print E-mail
Written by Antwain Jackson   
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 16:29

 

Why are you so sensitive? I highly doubt if anyone knows the answer. As I got older, I started to realize that the African American community is extremely sensitive and now with the emergence of social media it is even more palpable. If there is any form of “national” injustice or blacks being stereotyped in commercials or movies and then the entire community is in an uproar for about 15 minutes. As a community we seem to care far less about the actual issues that are affecting our daily lives, like the upcoming 2012 election or the horrific education system in the United States, but will jump, scream and holler about nothing.

 
David Granger Interview - May 2012 Print E-mail
Written by Kwesi McDavid-Arno   
Sunday, 13 May 2012 17:01

 
Kwesi sits down with Governor David Paterson Print E-mail
Written by Kwesi McDavid-Arno   
Wednesday, 07 March 2012 02:04

I was blessed with the opportunity to sit down with the former Governor of New York State the Honorable David Paterson on February 28th 2012.  Governor Paterson was unfairly maligned in the mainstream media during his term in office.  I know this as fact because I did the research and proved it with my article “How the media manipulates our minds: David Paterson Case Study” published October 18th 2009.  

For this article I examined every front page from the New York Post from the first day he was appointed, on March 17th 2008, to September 31st 2009.  I identified 33 cover stories that related to Governor Paterson.  Of the 33 stories, only two of them were semi-positive.  I am someone who pays attention to policy and Governor Paterson had a number of successes – it is just sad he was the wrong color for the job.  One of Governor Paterson’s achievements was highlighted in the NY Times article “NY Budget Deal Cuts Aid to Schools and Health Care” published March 27th 2011

"Mr. Cuomo succeeded in part by aggressively wielding a tool pioneered by his much-maligned predecessor, Gov. David A. Paterson: He threatened that if lawmakers missed the budget deadline, he would put his preferred cuts into an emergency spending measure, forcing them to vote for his budget or risk shutting down state government. That pressure helped drive lawmakers to the table in recent days, because refusing a deal with Mr. Cuomo would have meant giving up what scant restorations the Legislature had been able to wring from him"

Time tells all tales and I hope that this interview will help to set the record straight for a brilliant African American legislator and leader.

 
Kings Knicks and Linsanity Print E-mail
Written by Doran   
Thursday, 16 February 2012 17:36

I was sick of watching Linsanity from my fuzzy, buffering pirate sites (thanks Time Warner) so I decided to check it out in the house that Spike and Clyde soliloquized.  The team was coming off the Toronto miracle, and opening a home stand that began with the Sacramento Kings.  On my way into the Garden I saw a guy with an expensive, authentic Tyson Chandler jersey.  He'd duct taped over Chandler's name however, and replaced it with "Lin."  Chandler's on the team!  And he's leading the league in FG%!  I realized then that the hype was boiling to unprecedented temperatures.  

 
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