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Bill Maher: CrazyStupidPolitics (Video)

Satuday Night Live: “Linsanity” (Video)

The Jeremy Lin “Insanity” that’s been happening OFF the court has been borderline racist at times. ESPN recently fired one staffer for the insensitive “Chink In The Armor” headline & suspended one of their sportscasters for a month for repeating it live on air. It wasn’t just ESPN taking things a little too far as NY print media have even fallen victim to it, but SNL’s skit last night was a well played lesson on some of the absurdity of all the racial insensitivity that’s been carried out in the media recently. Hopefully people watching got the underlying message & not just the jokes….

WATCH: NY KNICKS JEREMY LIN SPEAKS ON HIS MUSICAL TASTES

Black & Latino In The U.S. (Video)

My homie & dope visual artist Dubelyoo brought this interview to my attention with entertainers who happen to be both Black & Latino. It’s funny how some people I know are ignorant how you can be both, but I blame that on their inability to travel. What some people fail to realize is that being “Latino” is more centered on “culture” more so than “race”. Check out this interesting interview of the experiences from entertainers such as Laz Alonso (“Avatar”, “Jumping the Broom”), Tatyana Ali (“Fresh Prince of Bel Air”), Gina Torres (“Suits, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys”) and Judy Reyes (“Scrubs”), musicians Christina Milian (“Dip it Low”) and Kat DeLuna (“Whine Up”), and journalist Soledad O’Brien

Dr. Maya Angelou & Common Discuss Kanye West, The N-Word, & Receiving The Presidential Medal Of Freedom (Video)

BET aired this Soul Mates special featuring Chi-town emcee & actor Common interviewing Dr. Maya Angelou. She tells a few great stories in this piece in relation to getting your point across while still maneuvering through an entertainment industry that not so subtly has an air of racism within it.
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