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What a Doll Tells Us About Race : 2.0

Well, well, well...Good Morning America trots out the "doll test" 2.0.  I'm only going to high-light the segment on judging beauty.  The entire story and video can be viewed HERE.

Judging Beauty: There was another question "GMA" asked. In this age of much superficial judgment, when so many magazines and ads concentrate on looks, we wanted to know about appearance. Which doll was more beautiful? A number of kids, including second-grader Sergine Mombrun, said there was no difference. "Just by looking at them I think both of them are pretty," the 7-year-old said. "Babies are cute." Most of the children who agreed with Sergine were boys. "They are the same, no difference but the skin color. [It] doesn't really matter," said 9-year-old fourth-grader Cordell Means. Wilson offered a reason for the disparity between the girls and the boys. "Black boys are more confident," he said. "Black girls are less confident." "Black girls do not feel that they enjoy the respect and admiration that black boys do," he said. Second-grader Jamya Atkins, 7, picked the white doll as soon as she sat down and before the questions began. She said the white doll was shiny and the black doll was frowning. Nayomi McPeters, a 7-year-old second-grader, said the black doll was the ugly doll "because sometimes this one has its feet like a monkey." In fact, 47 percent of the girls we questioned said the white doll was prettier. "Black children develop perceptions about their race very early. They are not oblivious to this. There's still that residue. There's still the problem, the overcoming years, decades of racial and economic subordination," Wilson said. And even with the questions raised by this experiment, there is hope. With Barack Obama as president, many of the children said they believe they too could be the commander in chief one day. "Barack Obama was like my idol," said 8-year-old third-grader Jahlia Jordan. "He has persevered and gone though so much. Because he done it, I can do it, too."

I didn't even bother reading the comments...I'm sure it's the same old song and dance.  However, the story is also being discussed on a "mainstream" blog HERE.

Opportunity for Aspiring Attorneys

   Thanks Lorraine !!

FYI....for aspiring lawyers of color.

The first program is for high school students, and the program is free.
The second program is for those preparing for law school, and there is a
fee.  Please pass this on to others who may be interested.

Applications are now available for the 2009 Oliver Hill/Samuel Tucker
Pre-Law Institute, sponsored by the Virginia State Bar Young Lawyers
Conference and the Millennium Diversity Initiative.  The Institute is a
weeklong intensive program for rising 10th, 11th and 12th graders.

Students will reside at the University of Richmond for a week and be
exposed to various members of the bar.  They will be taught the basics of
trial advocacy and will conduct their own mock trials at the end of the
week.  There is no cost to attend the Institute, funding is provided
through grants and other donations.  Applications are due (received in our
office) by April 17, 2009.

For more information or an application, visit  www.ohli.org

 

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Announcement:
2009 Law School Summer Boot Camp for Students of Color  (Please Circulate
Widely)
Dates: Early Application: Completed by April 1; Late Application: after May
7; Applications Accepted till May 24 Having more lawyers' of color is
essential to the well-being of the nation and of communities of color. In
fact, a recent National Jurist Article, a journal for law students, talked
about the disappearing black and Latino law student.  This is particularly
problematic. The power in this country is held by those who control the
money and the law. The decreasing number of black and Mexican-American
attorney is in fact a decrease in power.  The JD Project (
http://thejdproject.org/

 

)  is committed to reversing that trend. One our
projects is to assure that entering law students of color do well in law
school, particularly their first year. This is important so that they can
maximize their career options and be prepared to give back to their
community with legal knowledge, skills and support. Everyone admitted to
law school has demonstrated  similar intelligence, commitment and effort.
What distinguishes  "A" students is study skills and habits, access to
legal information, analytical and test-taking skills.   All these are
skills and abilities that can be learned and improved. In our more than 35
years of experience of helping students-of- color succeed, we have seen the
impact that intense preparation can have on a student's ability to excel.
In a competitive environment, like law school, where grades are given based
on how a person performs compared to the other students in the class, it is
essential  that entering law students-of- color be appropriately prepared.

The  2009 Summer Boot Camp (
http://www.thejdproject.org/Excelling/BootCamp/index.htm

 

. ) is an online
distance learning program designed to provide that intense preparation.
The Boot Camp teaches students to study effectively for law school,
introduces students to the writing, thinking and test-taking skills needed
to excel on law school exams, and builds a network of academic support that
crosses school boundaries.  The participants will work on the study skills,
strategies and techniques they will need to achieve their goals as law
students.
This is a 150 hour online program which costs $750 including $150 materials
fee. Other programs, like BarBri cost $2000 for a 40 hour program.
Admission is on a rolling basis till the program is filled.  If you know a
black, Latino, Asian, Native American person who is planning to go to law
school in the fall 2009, please forward this email to them.

The Pre-Law Students-of- Color Network
http://thejdproject.org/moodle/index.php

 

.
2009 Law School Boot Camp
http://thejdproject.org/Excelling/BootCamp/index.htm

 

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Lott Carey
220 I (Eye) Street, NE, Suite 220
Washington, DC 20002
202.543.3200 (Phone)
202.543.6300 (Fax)
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NEW DRAMA SERIES THE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY

The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency: Truth & Mystery
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NEW DRAMA SERIES THE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY, BASED ON THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING NOVELS BY ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH, DEBUTS MARCH 29 ON HBO

 -------- Grammy Award Winner Jill Scott Stars -------

The new seven-episode drama series THE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY, based on the international bestselling novels by Alexander McCall Smith, debuts SUNDAY, MARCH 29 (8:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.

Filmed in Botswana, the series stars Grammy Award winner Jill Scott as heroine Precious Ramotswe, one of the most beloved characters in contemporary fiction.

 THE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY is a presentation of HBO Entertainment in association with The Weinstein Company and BBC.

 With nine novels published to date, “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” book series chronicles the adventures of Precious Ramotswe, the eminently sensible and wise proprietor of the only female-owned detective agency in Botswana. Aided by her highly-efficient yet rather peculiar secretary Mma Makutsi, Mma Ramotswe investigates cases, helps people solve problems in their lives, and begins a special friendship with the highly respectable owner of a garage.

 Also starring in THE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY are Anika Noni Rose (“Dreamgirls”) as Precious’ quirky secretary Mma Makutsi and Lucian Msamati as Mma Ramotswe’s devoted suitor JLB Matekoni. Guest stars in the pilot include David Oyelowo (“The Last King of Scotland,” HBO’s “Five Days” and “As You Like It”), Idris Elba (“28 Weeks Later,” HBO’s “The Wire”), Colin Salmon (“Die Another Day,” “Match Point”) and Tony winner John Kani (“Final Solution,” “The Ghost and the Darkness”).

Directed by the late Anthony Minghella (Oscar® winner for “The English Patient”), the two-hour pilot for THE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY, which debuted on the BBC in 2008, serves as the first episode of the HBO series. Executive producers of the pilot were the late Sydney Pollack (Oscar® winner for “Out of Africa”), Richard Curtis (Oscar® nominee for “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” Emmy® winner for HBO’s “The Girl in the Café”), Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein. Anthony Minghella, Timothy Bricknell and Amy J. Moore served as producers on the pilot.

The series is now under the supervision of Richard Curtis, who also wrote the screenplay for the pilot with Anthony Minghella. New episodes of THE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY are written by Nicholas Wright and Robert Jones and directed by Charles Sturridge and Tim Fywell. The new episodes are once again produced by Timothy Bricknell and executive produced by Richard Curtis, Amy J. Moore, Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein.

Ciara & Justin Timberlake: "Love, Sex and Magic"

Love Sex Magic from Necole Bitchie on Vimeo. It's getting hot in here..............

"Half & Half" : Where Was I When This Show Was On ???

Essence Atkins and Rachel True star as half-sisters Mona and Dee Dee, who have only one thing in common: their father. Growing up separately, these two virtual strangers suddenly become neighbors in the same San Francisco apartment building, and experience the challenges of sisterhood for the first time.

Mona, a budding music executive, was raised by her single mother, Phyllis, to be an independent woman who does things in her own free-spirited and sometimes sardonic style. By contrast, younger sister Dee Dee is a privileged honor-roll college student who grew up in a two-parent home, but searches for her own identity out of the shadow of her overbearing mother, Big Dee Dee.

Now in their twenties, these two vastly contrasting women are discovering the advantages and joys that the special bond of sisterhood offers. But their relationship is not without its problems, as they often clash on everything from morals to money to men. Meanwhile, Spencer, Mona's best friend, becomes the conscience of the group and helps build a bridge between the women.

USA Today calls the show "warm hearted, entertaining, and amusing," while the Daily News says "there's a lot of talent in this show...the cream in Half & Half rises to the top."

Two half-sisters living under one roof with one very big problem – each other!

Check it out HERE.  Oh, I need that gorgeous "goldy red" hair color STAT.

"Disney to feature its first black princess… but critics complain as she falls in love with a WHITE prince"

 Move over Snow White. Make room for Disney’s first black princess.

With America’s first African-American president in the White House, Disney is counting on an African-American princess to be a big hit in Hollywood.

(Must we drag Obama as the "first" into everything ???)

But even though The Princess and the Frog isn’t released until later this year, it is already stirring up controversy.

For while Princess Tiana and many in the cartoon cast are black – the prince is not.

Which has led some critics to complain that Disney has ducked the opportunity for a fairytale ending for a black prince and princess.

(Uhhmmmm...seriously ???)

Although the black princess’s love interest in the new animated musical is called Prince Naveen of Maldonia and is voiced by a Brazilian actor, he looks more white than black in photographs from the film that Disney have released.

(And ????)

The race row hasn’t yet hit the mainstream because the film’s release date isn’t until late in the year, but Internet chat rooms and blogs have been abuzz with complaints.

One disappointed fan wrote (sic): ‘I think it’s sad that he is white because its saying that black love isn’t good enough and that black men could never be princes.

‘Disney had the perfect chance to make its first black prince, but instead it decided to go the controversial route.’

(Black love what, who ?????)

Another complained (sic): ‘I am very disappointed and I wished Disney had made the prince black,(and the ironic thing is the prince in the movie is white but the evil voodoo villain is voiced by a black actor and is black).’

(SMH, conspiracy themes everywhere huh ???)   

Source

Why must BW ALWAYS be tied to AA men; we don't have to be.  It's crazy...ugh.

Kerry Washington's New Man ????

Thanks Evelyn and Annabele for the heads up !!!

I thought it was common knowledge that Kerry is an interracial dater.  However, it seems as if some folks were not aware of this over at YBF.  The comments are hilarious...for every insult to Kerry's looks or the looks of her guy, there are "You Go Kerry" type statements.  Black women really are waking up and realizing that we have options !

For the record, I think Kerry's guy is a cutie.

Sherri Shepherd : Lifetime Pilot...Please NOOOO

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the series which is loosely based on her own experiences is about a wife (Shepherd) who accepts her husband's infidelity and his illegitimate child and allows the child and the other woman to move in with them. That's rough!

It’s nice to see that Sherri has put all her troubles behind her and is able to turn her past personal troubles into a comedy for television. We all know what she went through was definitely not an easy thing for anyone to go through.  Source

I have no interest in this "sitcom." It is further bad press that we absolutely do not need. Ugh.

For The Chris Brown Apologists

Every time you hear someone make excuses for that creature Brown, please direct them to read the OFFICIAL Search Warrant and Affidavit detailing the events of February 8, 2009 :  Read Here.

This affidavit is supported by FACTS; not such and thus said this and source a,b,c said that.

Even with this OFFICIAL COURT document, there will still be those who refuse to believe it and some will still utter the vilest and most ignorant words: "she must have done something to make him mad", "she shouldn't have done......", etc. 

Due process is Brown's Constitutional right.  However, that does not render me deaf, dumb or blind to the reality of what he did. 

Any decision Rihanna may have made to resume a relationship with this creature does NOT change what he did to her that night and most likely what he has been doing to her for a long time.