Wyclef Jean Speaks About Deadly Quake in Haiti Musician, producer and activist Wyclef Jean has been a humanitarian working tirelessly to provide assistance to his struggling homeland of Haiti. In 2005, Jean created the Yele Haiti Foundation, a non-political organization that helps empower Haitians through education, nutrition and business development. Haiti is the poorest country [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Barack Obama’
Urban Media Mix: 8.23.09
Bravo’s Southern Discomfort The Root: You know you need a reality check when, on the one show meant to highlight the lives of women such as yourself—young(ish), glamorous and black—it’s the white chick with Mattel hair that you end up feeling sorry for. (Or better yet, sympathizing with.) And the women with the airbrushed smiles [...]
Urban Media Mix: 8.5.09
Be Careful What You Call Coonery Glennisha Morgan @ Clutch: When I watch these shows I don’t see people like Tiny, Toya, Frankie, and Neffie as “ghetto” or as “coons”. I see them as women who have been through trials and tribulations just like every other normal human being. I also see courageous women who [...]
Urban Media Mix: 7.30.09
Camera Hog In Chief President Barack Obama appears to be breaking every record kept on U.S. presidential press coverage. Over the first six months of this year, he was cited in a staggering 1.1 million stories across mainstream, Internet and social media–an average of 6,100 references a day. That’s more than triple what Obama’s last [...]
