05/13/14 – Donald Sterling and Michael Sam are two men in the spotlight bringing focus to issues of race, bigotry and tolerance, but in very different ways. Donald Sterling’s words, caught on tape a few weeks ago, revealed the depths of his racism. His interview this week with ‘CNN’ didn’t help his own case. I […]
For iPhone: We spend a lot of time on the news covering people who fall from grace and become social pariahs. Donald Sterling is the…
For iPhone: We spend a lot of time on the news covering people who fall from grace and become social pariahs. Donald Sterling is the latest example. America loves a good redemption story for almost everyone. President Clinton, Charlie sheen, Paula Deen, Martha Stewart, Kim Kardashian, bill O’Reilly, David letterman, Vanessa Williams, Eliot Spitzer, Rob […]
For iPhone: These days, not only does everyone seem to have an opinion, a reason to take offense to just about anything, but they also have social media where they can go on, and mostly anonymously, b**** and moan about everything!! Everything including Leslie Jones‘ performance on “Saturday Night Live” this past weekend where she […]
For iPhone: Now that the spectacle of Donald Sterling is somewhat behind us, where do we go from here? Every time something like this happens many people get all bent out of shape, up in arms and outraged. They hoop and holler, stomp their feet and yell at the television. Then they simmer down and […]
Another day, another beef. This time, the contenders are Rush Limbaugh and Don Lemon. The feud between the talk show hosts is one of many stemming from Donald Sterling’s racist comments. While addressing the Sterling situation on Monday, Limbaugh mentioned how the things said by the LA Clippers’ owner were causing him problems in light […]
For iPhone: Donald Sterling and Cliven Bundy- Two people, who are recently accused of disparaging black people, some of it caught on video and audiotape; yet they deny they are racist. Last week on CNN Bundy was recorded saying: “If I say Negro or black boy or slave, I’m not I’m not. If those people […]
For iPhone: We mark an anniversary this week that no one wants to celebrate. It has been 30 years since scientists identified HIV or human immunodeficiency virus as the cause of AIDS. In that time, we have all lived in fear of catching it, living with it, being stigmatized by it, and then dying from […]
For iPhone: Many people donned their Sunday bests of hats, flowery pastel dresses, and linen or seersucker suits to attend church on Easter Sunday. But it is getting harder and harder to fill those pews even on Easter, the busiest Sunday of the year because, according to a Pew study, the only religious group in […]
For iPhone: Part of my research this week for hosting The View was to read a book called The Confidence Code. It was written by journalists Katty Kay and Claire Shipman. Shipman was to be a guest on the show. Quite frankly, I wasn’t looking forward to reading the book because it appeared to be […]
For iPhone: Tom, as I sat there on CNN on Sunday reporting on the breaking news I felt as though I had been suddenly transported back in time and was reporting from the 1950’s or 60’s. A man at a Jewish community center on the eve of a Jewish holiday was reportedly heard asking people […]
For iPhone: We hear so many negative statistics about young black men that it’s sometimes hard to separate fact from fiction. Statistics like a young black boy born today is more likely to go to jail than go to college. Or statistics like there are more black men in prison than in college. The truth is […]
