Herman Cain: “The Martin Luther King Values” candidate for president?
Funnel Cake Flowers, The Urban Chameleon news reporter comments on the latest attempts to compare Herman Cain with Martin Luther King. Are they more similar than we realize?contributing Urban Chameleon...
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"Sh*t White Girls Say to Black Girls" Rocks the Boat!
by Funnel Cake Flowers the Urban Chameleon news reporterSh*t White Girls Say to Black Girlsis one of the latest videos to take the Internet by storm, having been viewed by over 4 million in less than a...
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#Redtails and the Big Guilt Trip Scam
by today's Urban Chameleon contributorI am so sick and tired of going to see a Black film out of charity. Every time a Black film is released the word “support” is not far behind, and George Lucas’s...
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Urban Marketing: The Distinction Between "Good Black Folks" vs. The Other Kind
by today’s Urban Chameleon contributorA few weeks into my gig at a famous vodka company that shall remain nameless, I was finally beginning to learn the language. I had learned that it was good to use...
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RIP Whitney Houston
by today's Urban Chameleon contributor Kevin Powell via The GuardianSlow suicide is the term I've used for years to describe those individuals who are incredibly unhappy in their own lives, in their...
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Trayvon Martin and the fatal history of American racism
by today's Urban Chameleon contributor Kevin Powell via The GuardianI am Trayvon Martin.So are you. And so is any human being who has ever felt cornered, in a dark and desolate alley, between life and...
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It’s Not Like White People Don’t Know Black People Eat Chicken: The...
by Funnel Cake Flowers, The Urban Chameleon news reporterIf we never saw another Black person associated with chicken would racism go away? Would we get our 40 acres and a mule? Or would there be...
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Light continues to shine on the "Black" experience in America. It seems like every time I look up there is new satire on Black people responding to living in a "white world." The trailer for a new film...
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Adidas Sneaker Controversy on Huffington Post (the extended version)
by today's Urban Chameleon contributor & Editor-in-chief, HaJ I was invited to participate in Huffington Post's live video chat hosted by Marc Lamont Hill discussing the Adidas "slave sneaker"...
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Is Everyone But Harry Belafonte Riding Jay-Z's Dick?
by today's Urban Chameleon contributorYes I said it. And I no I cannot wait until I have the privilege of being 85 years old like Mr. Harry Belafonte to say what needs to be said.In a recent interview...
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REGISTER FOR ATLANTA'S WOMEN INTERACTIVE CONFERENCE
SCHEDULE INCLUDES :Monetizing Your Creativity: Become a Leader of the PAC How Creatives Can Bid On Government Contracts Use Social Media & Mobile Marketing to Build Your Business Script Writing...
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Dear Mrs. Romney...I know You Aint Talking To Me...
Dear Mrs. Romney, I work very hard in my daily life to assume the best about people. So the only thing I am going to assume about you is that you are probably a pretty nice person with a good heart. I...
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Tarantino Unchained
By Jelani Cobb from The New YorkerIn early 2010, not long after the release of Quentin Tarantino’s Second World War revenge epic, “Inglourious Basterds,” I began teaching a course on American history...
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More Black and Brown People at South by South West (SXSW) Please!
"If technology doesn't see race, that's actually a problem." by HaJLeft to right: Ayo, HaJ, Pamela Jennings, Sabrina Harvey and Nicole ValentineThis past March I was invited to speak on the Blacks in...
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My Caribbean mother doesn't get along with her private school educated grandson
by today's Urban Chameleon contributor, Anonymous Six years ago when I had my son I knew it was my responsibility to provide him with the best that I could. When he was three someone told me about...
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BOOM – Just like that Zimmerman Trades Places With Trayvon
Dear George Zimmerman,For the rest of your life you are now going to feel what it’s like to be a black man in America.You will feel people stare at you. Judging you for what you think are unfair...
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Out Here In These Streets
By House of HaJPardon the grammatical errors- I'm just flowing.The phrase "Out Here In These Streets" came to life for me and a good friend of mine while traveling to South by South West in Austin...
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Why now are "SLAVE FILMS" being produced?
by today's Urban Chameleon contributorAyoka ChenziraThere is a disconnect between the lived experiences of contemporary Black America and the movies. One reason is that there simply aren't enough films...
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Funnel Cake Flowers & The Urban Chameleons comes to Spelman College!
In the vein of Saturday Night Live meets The Chappelle Show , Emmy nominated writer, producer, performer HaJ brings her new interactive, multimedia stage show to Spelman College. FUNNEL CAKE FLOWERS...
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Can We Get Further in Life With a Perm vs. Natural Hair?
By today's Urban Chameleon contributor Brooke Lugo Smith "It took a lot of self discovery and rebuilding for me to even train my own eye to love myself the way I am."I was born with a full head of...
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Bill Cosby: An example of how "Rape" works within a patriarchal society
By today's Urban Chameleon contributorChrista Bell In many ways, focusing on serial rapist, #BillCosby, is a way to direct rage and shame at an entire set of systems that compose the massive and...
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