Please click over and take a look at my AOL piece: Supreme Court Rules in Favor of White Firefighters – BV Black Spin posted yesterday about the ‘New Haven 20′. Here’s an excerpt:
I’ve always been wary of the way the city of New Haven handled the results of its now infamous firefighter promotion test. It never made sense to me. When test results came back, and no black firefighters had scores high enough for immediate promotion, New Haven decided to throw out the results of the test on the grounds …

Early appointments this morning, but check out this post from Black Web 2.0 for now:
BET Awards Dominate Twitter, Causes Racist Backlash
Here’s an excerpt:
While there was no shortage of haters on the outcome of the trending topics last night, most were related to the performances, many didn’t like the fact there was so much representation on trending topics. It seems like whenever African-American topics dominate media there are always some unhappy campers. Social Media is no different. Within hours it spawned a site on Tumblr, OMGBlackPeople.Tumblr.com. Tumblr …

Interesting and clever promotional high jinks.
Should she go? YOUR thoughts?
My original post: My Take on Tea Parties

Breaking now.
Reverses Judge Sotomayor
More soon…
UPDATE — Here is a link to the full decision on Huffington Post

Talk about memories.

Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.
And Michael Jackson, the artist, has provided me with more moments of sheer joy than any other entertainer in my lifetime.
I remember The Jackson 5 cartoon series.
I remember ‘Ben’ and ‘Got to be there’ and ‘Never Can Say Goodbye’
I remember when I loved (heart filling, far away, dreamy love) Michael Jackson. We were both little kids.
I remember screaming out loud in astonished delight as I watched Michael Jackson do the “Moonwalk” for the first time during the ‘Motown 25: …

I’m torn because the decision was somewhat arbitrary. If he had accepted my offer of food, I would have given him money as well. But since he refused the food, I couldn’t be sure.
Let me back up.
Late Thursday night I was on my way to buy a small hostess gift for a dear friend. The shop I headed for sits at the heart of the homeless congregation point at the local outdoor mall; which we Los Angelenos call the Third Street Promenade. Overall, I am pretty reluctant to hand …

by Paul Porter

It is time that broadcasters start telling the truth. The recent flood of one sided information by radio on the pending “HR 848 – Performance Rights Act” is uncovering a much larger problem. The First Amendment calls for “Freedom of Speech”, but unfortunately broadcasters continue to feed misinformation to millions of Americans, without a murmur of opposing opinion.
Radio One, Founder Cathy Hughes has rediscovered her microphone after a ten year hiatus. While shaping the Performance Rights Act as an end to Black Radio, Hughes and her staff have …

Good morning all! Just got back from Chicago and the Blogging While Brown conference. Rushing out to take my car in for repairs and after that all writing all day.
More this afternoon.
How was YOUR weekend? And a special shout out to fathers who love and nurture their children…of all ages.

On June 19, 1865, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas with news that the Civil War had ended and those who had been slaves were now free. There are a number of accounts as to why freedom took so long to arrive in Texas:
Later attempts to explain this two and a half year delay in the receipt of this important news have yielded several versions that have been handed down through the years. Often told is the story of …

So much is toxic in the air. Take a breather with me, won’t you?
I love these kids.
H/T Perez Hilton

If you have been relying on print, cable or network news outlets for information on the Iranian uprising – you have been missing out. The real, heart gripping action/information has been most available on Twitter. Many of us following the Iranian activists (#iranelections #iran9 #irandemocracy) are also supporting them by retweeting (recirculating to our networks) information/images and taking actions like changing our account locations and timestamps to Tehran to help thwart the Iranian government’s attempt to identify protesters. I believe that instant contact social networks will become increasingly important in …

by Andrew Padula
I can’t imagine how horrible it must feel to be a parent who had someone on a national stage joke about having their child raped at a public venue. What must be even worse is having people come to the defense of this cur and justify his actions because the child’s older sister had become pregnant as a teen. In my mind, nothing can justify these vulgar attacks perpetrated on the children of the standing Governor of the state of Alaska. But this is not …

I applaud NASCAR and Rusty Wallace for taking this seriously. Read on from ESPN.com:
NASCAR suspended crew chief Bryan Berry indefinitely on Thursday for what his team owner, Rusty Wallace, termed “an alleged racial slur” against African-American driver Marc Davis at last Saturday night’s Nationwide race.
NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston termed the violation “an inappropriate comment that won’t be tolerated.”
Berry is crew chief for Brendan Gaughan on the Wallace team. During Saturday night’s race at Nashville Superspeedway, Gaughan was entering his pit and hit Davis, who was trying to turn left through …

by Andrew Padula

I have been preaching for some time now about the Republican parties door being open to all. The only metric for entry is that you believe in America and the opportunity that it provides for all who strive to achieve prosperity and liberty.
At the Lincoln Day Dinner I recently attended, the keynote speaker was a Black man who grew up in poverty on the streets of D.C. He was raised by his widowed mother who out of pride and self dignity worked minimum wage …