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and they lived happily ever after….

Posted in African-Americans, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Disney, Entertainment, Life, Movies, The Princess and The Frog on December 14, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Fb: just getting home from watching Disney’s “The Princess & The Frog” with my family. It is a crime if you do not take your little girls to see this movie. A great story and the introduction of a beautiful Black Princess… the SugarPlum loved it! The entire audience gave it rapturous applause at the [...]

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sat’day riddymz

Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Antwone Fisher, Life, Movies, sat'day riddymz, YouTube on November 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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sat’day riddymz

Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Movies, Pulp Ficton, sat'day riddymz, YouTube on October 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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District 9: The future in the shadow of the past that is today

Posted in Africa, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Aliens, District 9, Entertainment, Immigration, Movies, Racism, Science Fiction, South Africa on August 20, 2009 | 9 Comments »

Every so often a film comes along which blows me away… as it stirs so much emotions and thoughts within me. Earlier this year it was ”Gran Torino“. Now it’s “District 9“. I don’t want to reveal too much of the plot, but here is the basic storyline. The movie starts with the arrival of a spaceship over Johannesburg, South Africa, with over a million sick and malnourished aliens [...]

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To Kill a Mockingbird: The Eric Frimpong Story

Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Criminal Justice, Eric Frimpong, Ghana, Justice, Law, Life, Movies, News, Racism, To Kill a Mockingbird on July 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »

“Gentlemen, I shall be brief, but I would like to use my remaining time with you to remind you that the case of Mayella Ewell vs. Tom Robinson is not a difficult one. To begin with, this case should have never come to trial. The state of Alabama has not produced one iota of medical [...]

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sat’day riddymz #15

Posted in African-Americans, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Entertainment, Homemade Jamz, Movies, sat'day riddymz, The Blues on July 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I caught these kids on The Tavis Smiley Show. Amazing stuff!

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Transformers 2: Racism in a Post-racial Techno World

Posted in African-Americans, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Life, Media, Movies, News, Racism, Transformers on July 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I never watched the Transformers television animated series nor read the Marvel comic books. I saw the first film with my cousin who was a fan, but I didn’t think much of it. I had no intention of seeing the latest Transformers release, but the vitriolic comments in support of the movie after Tafari posted this article on the racism within [...]

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Eastwood does the right thing in “Gran Torino”

Posted in AfroSpear, Culture, Justice, Life, Movies, Racism on January 25, 2009 | 11 Comments »

I went to see the new Clint Eastwood film “Gran Torino” and it was fantastic. At the end, as I sat there and watched the credits roll, I wondered if this was Clint’s response to Spike Lee and the controversy last year over the lack of African-American characters in his last two films on WWII: [...]

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