Monitoring Black Representation in Mass Media
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May 2013
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Written by SS, Posted in Sports
Here’s Larry Johnson’s tweets on gay men in the NBA.
I don’t Jason Collins personally but he seems like a great guy. Me personally gay men in the locked room would make me uncomfortable .
— Larry Johnson (@TheRealLJ2) April 29, 2013
@runninrebe1 thx you for your comment SIR, homosexuality is nothing to fear,I don’t think it belongs in a mans locker room
— Larry Johnson (@TheRealLJ2) April 30, 2013
@runninrebe1 I’m attracted to women,is it ok for me to walk around a women’s locker room naked, and they be naked.
— Larry Johnson (@TheRealLJ2) April 30, 2013
I don’t judge anyone!! I have fallen shortof the grace of Allah myself, but stop trying to make this acceptable.
— Larry Johnson (@TheRealLJ2) April 30, 2013
And here’s Larry Johnson circa his days as a Converse endorser. AKA Gradmama.
#DoesntAddUp
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Written by SS, Posted in Politics
With all of the angst surrounding President Barack Obama and his lack of outreach to the whole of black America, quietly, it is First Lady Michelle Obama that has fashioned herself as the advocate, spokesperson, and leader for whom black America has been waiting.
To be clear, expecting a monarchy to advocate and leverage black progress is flawed and dangerous thinking. But, if this is the philosophy filtered down from tribal, spiritual, and political cultures of black Americans throughout the ages, can we do better than the First Lady? Her perceived candor and her ‘realness,’ makes black folks excited and down for whatever cause which graces her platform.
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