What? You’ve Never Watched ‘Shark Tank’?
ABC's reality show featuring entrepreneurs swimming with "Sharks" for capital is must-see TV.
ABC’s reality show featuring entrepreneurs swimming with “Sharks” for capital is must-see TV.
To Beat Prostate Cancer, I Faced the Real Killer—Fear
The most important words in Warren Buffett’s prostate cancer announcement are “early stage.” Black men, get screened early and often.
The ability of prostate cancer to kill you depends largely on whether you allow fear…
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
April 23, 2012
Tags: Berkshire Hathaway, Black Health, black men's health, cancer, cancer detection, cancer screening, Dr. Bruce Yaffe, Dr. David Samadi, Dr. Jonathan Vapnek, erectile dysfunction, National Minority Health Month, Off My Chest, prostate cancer, prostate cancer awareness, prostate cancer survivor, PSA tests, Ryan O’Neal, Warren Buffett
A Tribute to Broadcasting Legend Gil Noble
For 40 years, Black New Yorkers counted on the host and producer to tell it "Like It Is." Who will pick up the baton to carry on his legacy?
For more than 40 years, Like It Is with Gil Noble was one of the…
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
April 6, 2012
Tags: blacks on television, Gil Noble, Here and Now, journalism, Like It Is, Melba Tolliver, minorities on television, Off My Chest, Our World, television news
Why Asking For A Job Applicant’s Facebook Password Is Fair Game
Depending on the job, access to the social media communications of a potential hire may be in your company's best interest
Employers asking prospective hires for their Facebook password is a hot button topic but it’s…
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
April 2, 2012
Tags: Eli Pariser, employee rights, employment law, expectation of pricacy, Facebook, hiring, human resource management, human resources, invasion of privacy, JJ Ramberg, job application, job creation, MSNBC, password, privacy settings, Social media, social media privacy settings, social media tools, The Filter Bubble, Your Business
A 35th Anniversary Tribute to the Landmark ‘Roots’ Miniseries
This history-making television event breathed credibility into the idea that I could, indeed, do and be anything I wanted to.
While the miniseries’ place in the firmament of American television history is firmly established, the…
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
January 16, 2012
Tags: Ben Vereen, black history, Black History Month, blacks on television, Cicely Tyson, filmmaking, John Amos, Leslie Uggams, LeVar Burton, Lou Gossett, Martin Luther King Day, Oprah Winfrey, Oprah Winfrey Network, OWN, Roots
When The N-Word Comes Home to Roost
A Dutch fashion mag's racist slur against singer Rihanna shows that racism is still one of America's biggest exports
The worst thing about Dutch fashion mag Jackie’s racist slur against Rihanna? Basic, good journalism…
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
December 23, 2011
Tags: censorship, Eva Hocke, Gene Marks, Jackie Magazine, journalistic integrity, Lady Gaga, Madonna, niggabitch, pop culture, racial slurs, racism, racist, Rihanna, Social media
If I Were A Rich, Privileged White Kid
What would I do? I have no idea. Which is exactly what Forbes should have concluded before proffering advice to poor black kids.
A former poor black kid responds to Forbes’ Contributor Gene Marks ill-considered advice.
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
December 15, 2011
Tags: black children, Education, education reform, Forbes, Gene Marks, If I Were a Poor Black Kid, inner city schools, Off My Chest
Support Black Entrepreneurs On Small Business Saturday
Use this campaign to support local enterprises to conduct your own "empowerment experiment"
This Small Business Saturday make an effort to devote some of your holiday shopping budgets…
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
Are There Really More Blacks In Prison Than Were In Slavery?
Well, yes—and no. It's another example of how facts about black people, without context, can be dangerously misleading
Author Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness cites…
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
October 28, 2011
Tags: Andreas hale, criminal justice, Jim Crow, justice system, media bias, Michelle Alexander, prison industrial complex, prison reform, slavery, social justice, The Well Versed
Nostalgia TV? Not Feeling the Love
The good old days of Mad Men, Pan Am and The Playboy Club all send a familiar message to Black actors: no positions available
I have zero interest, at least so far, in the new shows Pan Am, ABC’s…
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
October 3, 2011
Tags: ABC, black actors, Blacks in Hollywood, blacks on television, Diversity, Diversity in Hollywood, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Emmy Awards, Hugh Hefner, Jack Baker, Jennifer Jackson, Mad Men, minorities on television, Mohawk Airlines, Naturi Naughton, NBC, NBC Universal, Pan Am, Playboy, Ruth Carol Taylor, student activist, The Emmys, The Playboy Club, TV-Video
