Apple to Buy Beats by Dr Dre
Dr Dre (Also known as Andre Young, born 1965) has been trending on Twitter today. When you see a name trending - they have made news - either through something they have done which is crazy, or they have died, or amazing news has come out about said person. In this case it is the latter. Apple is in...
Lenny Henry's call to increase numbers of Britain's Ethnic Minorities in TV and Films
A meeting I attended this week, chaired by the culture minister Ed Vaizey in the House of Commons, was in many ways a ground-breaking event. For the first time, representatives from film, television and the performing arts came together to acknowledge that representation among black, Asian and ethnic minorities across the television and film industry – most significantly behind the camera – has...
U. S. Minorities Losing Economic Ground
National Urban League discusses the State of Black America 2014. Report by JESSE J. HOLLAND, 3rd April 2014. African-Americans and Latinos are losing economic ground when compared with whites in the areas of employment and income as the United States pulls itself out of the Great Recession, the latest State of Black America report from the National Urban League says. The annual...
Kibera Examined
Kibera: Nairobi's Biggest Slum Challenges the Development Narrative Kibera is home to between 150k to one million people. The population is transient and undocumented so its difficult to fix a figure. I remember my first visit to Kenya in 1998. While being driven around Nairobi, I remember I kept seeing some brown looking tin roofs spanning a vast space. We could...
Oprah finds many ways to Give Back
A little-known statistic even the most altruistic don’t realize until they wade into heavy-duty giving: The majority of philanthropic initiatives don’t work; 75% close up shop in their first year. Even so, there’s merit in the effort: As in business, failures lead to insights and breakthroughs. With her immense wealth, Oprah has sort to make a difference in lives...
Oprah's Empire
Oprah's first job as a teenager was working at a local grocery store. At age 17, Winfrey won the Miss Black Tennessee beauty pageant. She also attracted the attention of the local black radio station, WVOL, which hired her to do the news part-time. She worked there during her senior year of high school, and again while in her...
Pharrell Williams – The Wonderman
Pharrell Williams can do no wrong right now. He has the golden touch. Every song he touches goes gold or multi-platinum. Artists are tripping over themselves to work with him. He just seems to have the knack of creating a good tune, or improving a good tune. His bank manager must be very happy. In the picture above, Pharrell...
Tyler Perry – the Half a Billion Dollar Man
Half a Billion Dollar Man Tyler Perry is not just the black man that you’ve seen put on a dress for laughs, he is actually a Hollywood mogul. The filmmaker, writer and director has surpassed many of his caucasion peers when it comes to cashing in at the box office. According to Forbes, Perry is now worth nearly half a...
The Billion Dollar Man – Patrice Motsepe of South Africa
THIS SOUTH AFRICAN BILLIONAIRE PLANS TO GIVE HALF OF HIS MONEY TO CHARITY Patrice Motsepe is worth $2.7 Billion as of March 2014. He is age 52, and made his monthy from mining. He resides in Johannesburg, South Africa and is married with 3 children. Raised in a poor rural area, Patrice Motsepe lays claim to two firsts. He is both South...
RACE AND POVERTY, FIFTY YEARS AFTER THE MARCH with MLK
RACE AND POVERTY, FIFTY YEARS AFTER THE MARCH. What Has Changed? POSTED BY Vauhini Vara. AUGUST 27, 2013 When we talk about the historic civil-rights gathering whose fifty-year anniversary will be celebrated on Wednesday, we usually call it the March on Washington. In fact, the full name of the event was the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; early in his...
