http://www.blackpresence.co.uk Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:56:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/murdoch-and-race/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/murdoch-and-race/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:01:35 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6937 Contributed Post: By Roddy NewmanWhile the British media has uncovered a number of Rupert Murdoch scandals which have thankfully led to a reduction in his influence in this country, it has not reported, or has barely reported many horrible things which his media empire does in Britain, the US, and Australia. This article is about those overlooked Murdoch scandals. It discusses: 1 crucial aspect of the [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/12/murdoch-and-race/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/malcolm-x/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/malcolm-x/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:51:34 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=6717 Malcolm X (May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was an African American Muslim Minister and Human Rights Activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the Rights of African Americans, a man who indicted White America in the harshest terms for its [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2011/10/malcolm-x/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/oak-bluffs-summers-home-for-elite-blacks/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/oak-bluffs-summers-home-for-elite-blacks/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:32:56 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=959 Washington Post Staff Writer DeNeen L. Brown wrote an interesting? August 20, 2009 About how Americas Elite blacks are flocking to Martha’s Vineyard to take their annual holidays. Over the 4 page web article. Brown highlights the fact that this isn’t a new phenomenon, but a generational thing. Black families have been attracted to the [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/09/oak-bluffs-summers-home-for-elite-blacks/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/taking-the-bnp-seriously-simplistic-condemnation-is-not-enough/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/taking-the-bnp-seriously-simplistic-condemnation-is-not-enough/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:22:54 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=834 Edmund Standing, April 19th 2009, 4:07 pm What the BNPs modernisation reveals about modern Britain The BNPs rebranding strategy reveals something very interesting about Britain, and white British people in particular. For years, by promoting racial nationalism, the BNP remained an utterly marginal organisation, largely attracting hardcore racists, skinheads, and social misfits. The fact that [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/taking-the-bnp-seriously-simplistic-condemnation-is-not-enough/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/interracial-couple-kissing-makes-readers-hot/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/interracial-couple-kissing-makes-readers-hot/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:21:22 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=840 My Monday column is about the challenges facing news organizations trying to maintain conversations with readers while keeping the discourse civil and thoughtful. Consider what happened recently when the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s weekly magazine, Go!, ran an article about the best places to smooch and featured a picture of an interracial couple kissing on the [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/interracial-couple-kissing-makes-readers-hot/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/madonna-malawi-adoption-and-race/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/madonna-malawi-adoption-and-race/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:33:41 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=770 Well It’s been in the news all week, So what do we think? At the end of March the BBC reported: Pop star Madonna is to travel to Malawi in a bid to adopt a baby girl called Mercy James, officials have said. The Reuters news agency was told that the child has “no father [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/madonna-malawi-adoption-and-race/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/1955-black-history-as-seen-through-magazines/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/1955-black-history-as-seen-through-magazines/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:57:00 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=752 Keeping my eyes open after a short time doing other things last week, hey, a boy has a life you know! I noticed this fantastic set of magazine scans from the 1950s. Whilst the magazines reflect the times,  I simply revelled in the photography and typographic layout, something many modern magazines seem to have forgotten [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/04/1955-black-history-as-seen-through-magazines/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/everybodys-talking-about-tiana/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/everybodys-talking-about-tiana/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:40:28 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=661 Now that Disney have finally stepped up to the plate and produced an African American Princess, is everyone happy? Of course not, there are those who don’t like the African American Princess Idea, those who don’t like the fact that she doesn’t have a Black Prince. Can Disney ever please everyone, probably not. Related: The [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/everybodys-talking-about-tiana/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/obama-race-reality-and-reconciliation/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/obama-race-reality-and-reconciliation/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:59:03 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=656 Two months into the administration of the first African-American president, Liz Sidoti of the Associated Press takes a look today at some of the “old racial stereotypes and Internet-fueled falsehoods” about President Barack Obama that have “flourished.” There was that New York Post cartoon portraying the president as a monkey, that California mayor resigning after [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/obama-race-reality-and-reconciliation/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/12-things-the-negro-must-do/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/12-things-the-negro-must-do/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:20:31 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=646 Found an Interesting post today called 12 Things The Negro Must Do – How Not To Become Scapegoats For Degenerate Black Community Behavior. It was written in around the turn of the last century by a woman called Nannie Helen Burroughs. Nannie Helen Burroughs – Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879-1961) was an educator, orator, religious leader [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/12-things-the-negro-must-do/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/remembering-john-hope-franklin/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/remembering-john-hope-franklin/#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:31:59 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=638 Oklahoma and the country have lost a great man.John Hope Franklin, revered historian and tireless advocate for equality, died this morning of congestive heart failure. He was 94. FOX 23′s Douglas Clark has more on Franklin’s extraordinary life. Friends describe him as someone who was shy and didn’t particularly like a lot of attention. But [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/remembering-john-hope-franklin/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/resolution-on-obama-stirs-debate/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/resolution-on-obama-stirs-debate/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:18:51 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=619 ATLANTA — What might have been a routine resolution honoring President Obama became a flashpoint Friday in the Georgia House of Representatives. Angry black lawmakers walked out of the chamber, accusing white Republican leaders of racism when they delayed the resolution for a second time. The resolution congratulates Mr. Obama on becoming the first African-American [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/resolution-on-obama-stirs-debate/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/letter-to-a-young-black-man/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/letter-to-a-young-black-man/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:23:43 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=600 Walter Backstrom | Letter to a young black man By WALTER BACKSTROM Bellevue Reporter Columnist Mar 20 2009, 1:26 PM It seems sometimes I grew up in a different country than you. I grew up in a time and place where black people couldn’t vote. It seems times have changed. Sometimes it seems nothing has [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/letter-to-a-young-black-man/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/a-white-cuban-woman-facing-the-mirror/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/a-white-cuban-woman-facing-the-mirror/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:46:37 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=583 I don’t remember ever having asked myself what race I belonged to. I was born advantaged in a society that discriminated against non-whites. So, am I white? The answer isn’t so simple. On my identity card, it says my skin color is white. So, am I white? Let’s have a look at my genealogical tree; since [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/a-white-cuban-woman-facing-the-mirror/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/community-experts-hope-new-national-mental-health-agency-will-not-sideline-race-equality/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/community-experts-hope-new-national-mental-health-agency-will-not-sideline-race-equality/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:20:20 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=558 Improvements for patients and carers In an announcement this week, the Care Services Minister Phil Hope said that this new organisation will ensure that national mental health policies bring about real improvements for patients and carers.‘The National Mental Health Development Unit will make sure that mental health services around the country continue to go from [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/community-experts-hope-new-national-mental-health-agency-will-not-sideline-race-equality/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/todays-blog-invisible-woman-black-cinema-at-large/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/todays-blog-invisible-woman-black-cinema-at-large/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:31:06 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=269 I surf the web every single day, (sad I know) but I do it looking for great content to bring to you guys.  Well mostly anyway ;D  I often find that a lot of the material is either so short or so in depth that it’s not always suitable. Many of the black blogs I [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/todays-blog-invisible-woman-black-cinema-at-large/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-03-08/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-03-08/#comments Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:10:00 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-03-08/ http://www.ondamoney.com/ http://tinyurl.com/akyq45 # Hot Digital Radio http://tinyurl.com/bv8n3m # Black Women In Europe http://tinyurl.com/auccek # Bienvenue sur Grioo Pour Elle, le site dédié à la beauté des femmes noires et métissées http://tinyurl.com/bxu2vo # Marie-Raphaelle Designs http://tinyurl.com/btu8um # Danielle Belton’s The Black Snob – The Snob Blog http://blacksnob.com/ # Black Girl in London http://tinyurl.com/akfnn7 # AfroSpear http://tinyurl.com/add9lw [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-03-08/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/black-canadians-an-overview/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/black-canadians-an-overview/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:39:28 +0000 Maurice2014 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=169 Black Canadians in Canada: Total Population of Canada: 30+,000,000 Number of Black People living in Canada: 670,000 Percentage of Canadian Population that’s Black: 2% Percentage of the Black Canadian Population living in: - Toronto – 47% - Montreal – 20% - Ottawa – 6% - Vancouver – 3% - Halifax – 2% Where Black Canadians [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/black-canadians-an-overview/feed/ 5 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/the-rwandan-genocide-why-it-happened/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/the-rwandan-genocide-why-it-happened/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:23:15 +0000 Iesha http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=101 Rwandan Genocide: Why it happened and Why it shouldn’t have happen The year 2004 marked the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide in which 1,000,000 Rwandans were slaughtered over the course of 100 days, although some officials reported a span of 8 weeks....]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/the-rwandan-genocide-why-it-happened/feed/ 3 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/narm/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/narm/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:41:56 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=84 Some have described President Barack Obama as the "ultimate role model". But who are the British male roles of African descent?]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/narm/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/hitlers-forgotten-holocaust-victims/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/hitlers-forgotten-holocaust-victims/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:45:12 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=76 Like many West European nations, Germany established colonies in Africa in the late 1800s in what later became Togo, Cameroon, Namibia, and Tanzania.]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/03/hitlers-forgotten-holocaust-victims/feed/ 5 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/02/black-history-in-schools-teach-or-not-to-teach/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/02/black-history-in-schools-teach-or-not-to-teach/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:51:59 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=45 I recently found a blog of a black teacher from London. She seemed opposed to the idea that black history could solve some of the under achievement problems in inner cities.]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2009/02/black-history-in-schools-teach-or-not-to-teach/feed/ 2