Many black girls fear that a growing number of black men who choose to date white women will leave them with fewer marital choices. Rajen Persaud shares his insight.
This months' Hour of Interest is focused on love. Internet dating is all the rage and therefore any series that promises to explore dating and relationships in todays era is amiss without the exploration of website dating...To this end please meet Mr. Ron Worthy Executive Director of BlackPeopleMeet.Com. Does internet dating really work? We'll find out tomorrow.
Do you know what the leading cause of death in the African American Community since 1973 is? Think about it for a minute. Is it heart disease-2,266,789 deaths since 1973, cancer-1,638,350, or accidents-370,723? Is it AIDS-203,695, or violent crimes-306, 313? There is one possibility that is often overlooked. It happens 1452 times a day in our community. It has taken over 13 million Black lives within the last 30 years. It has taken 1/3 of our present population. What is it? ABORTION! Ecerpt from article Silent No More: A Major Crisis in the African-American Communityby Rev. John J. Raphael, SSJ Howard University, Washington, DC Recently, a friend sent me video of a lovely American Tea Party rally. There was a man holding a sign targeting black women for having so many abortions. I was really awe-struck. I 'd never thought about my community on these terms... But it's true the Centers for Disease Control and the Alan Guttmacher Institute all bear these numbers out. Though most African American politicians and most liberals among which I count myself are pro-choice it's numbers like these that make me concerned for the health and continued well-being of the African American community... On Mon. at 10 AM PST we'll speak with Dr. Alveda King, neice of Dr. Martin Luther King, pro-life activist and author. Dr. King is pro-life, advocate of Proposition 8 and vocal supporter of John McCain... While she's a staunch conservative and I may not agree with her on every front... I find myself emotionally connected to some of the concerns of the pro-life movement. While we may find ourselves on different sides of this fence or straddling the fence as individuals...my question for this morning is What Do Our Pastors Say? Dr. King and Minister Thomas Bowen from the infamous Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington, DC join us. See www.thehourofinterest.com to view a letter From Dr. Alveda King to President Obama in this regard:
One of the rawest films you will see this year is Dwayne Barnes documentary,"Stranded in the Motor City". Baring the pain and soul of his family, Dwayne introduces us to the Detroit most of us have only heard about. Join us as we share in the thoughts and musings of a family trapped in a broken system as they grapple with what is too often an everyday African American reality. This show focuses on the struggle and the steps we can take to bring us out of it...
Join us as we begin our new walk towards better love lives in 2010 in a series of dating and relationship counseling shows. Finding the right one is probably the most important undertaking many of us will pursue. Some of us find it an extremely difficult one. If you are experiencing one bad relationship after another or are having a hard time finding love at all, or maybe you have taken a break and want to get back to dating again, I hope you'll tune into this show as Shelby Hill, women empowerment and relationship coach walks us through steps of change that will challenge us to have great relationships in 2010! Visit www.thehourofinterest.com to win a free coaching session with Shelby! Just fill out the contact information and place "contest" in the subject line. Read Shelby's new book for free by visiting www.shelbymhillcoaching.com!
Many of us watching the Mitrice Richardson story unfold feel as lost as she is at this moment.... Conflicting information from the Los Angeles Police Department, stinging accusations of The Lost Hills Police Department and sprinklings of sightings that lead nowhere. The police say there's been no evidence of foul play. Isn't the fact that she's been missing so long evidence of foul play? They say there's nothing to believe that she's been murdered. I hope that's true...but isnt it also true that no one is counted murdered until they've found a body??? Then there's the family. Many of us feel that there's too much emphasis placed on blaming the Sheriffs' instead of finding Mitrice. At 1 PM we have the opportunity to get our questions answered...finally. www.thehourofinterest.com for more.
Mitrice Richardson has been missing since September 17, 2009 when The Lost Hills Police Department released her at 1:15 am to a dark busless highway. Friends and family have deduced that Mitrice must have been suffering from an acute mental crisis that landed her in jail after her bizarre behavior at Geoffrey's Restaurant in Malibu. For some reason on September 16, 2009 Mitrices' evening involved one tragic turn after another. We're trying to find Mitrice, hoping to find her safe. Please tune in to hear from Mitrices'Mom, Latice Sutton and renown Missing Persons Specialist, Lawrence Olmstead. Lawrence has worked in the Ennis Cosby case, the Jonbenet Ramsey Case and even the Caylee Anthony case. I am pleased that he is able to join us as he promises to bring clarity and wisdom to a case with so many questions... Since the police were called due to Mitrice's behavior why didn't they hold her on a 5150? Why did they release her an obviously unstable woman into the night when they had confiscated her cell phone, car, and id? Why didn't they respond to early sightings so that Mitrice could be at home safe right now? Why did they only search for one day?
Lloyd Marcus is an African American supporter of The American Tea Party movement. He's constructed an anthem to the Tea Party crusade that refers to President Obama as a terrorist that threatens to shake the foundation of our country. Lloyd says he just loves America. I think the American Tea Party is a fire stoked by Republicans that want to avoid paying higher taxes. The fire seems to kindled by racism. However, Lloyd says Americans aren't racist. You can find an open letter to Black Leftists on my website at www.yuribrown.blogspot.com. I hope you'll read his letter and listen to his interview. We may be able to learn something we don't know or impart new viewpoints that haven't been heard. Please feel free to call in to speak with Lloyd.
Pastor Manning is infamous for his YouTube videos in which he calls President Barack Obama a "Long Legged Mack Daddy" that threatens America's future. This morning we chat with the Honorable Pastor Manning. The show also featured my sister Inga, who became the shows switchboard operator - "sharing" her perspectives on America and race.
Black people are democrats. Aren't they? Sometimes not. The election of Barack Obama has brought the black republican into distinct view. Tonight's show brings us the privilege of speaking with Professor Carol M. Swain and Lloyd Marcus. Carol is a noted author and respected political analyst having added her voice to conversations in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times and USA Today. She is a regular contributor to CNN’s Lou Dobbs Tonight, and has appeared on BBC World News, NPR, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Fox news Live, PBS’s News Hour with Jim Lehrer, The Washington Journal and ABC’s Headline News. Carol is a professor of Law and Political Science at Vanderbuilt University. Please learn more about Carol at http://www.carolmswain.com. Lloyd Marcus is currently traveling with the American Tea Party for which he has written and performs The National Tea Party Anthem. Lloyd is President of the NAACPC (National Association for the Advancement of Conservative People of Color) and a noted author frequently contributing to Fresh Conservtive and American Thinker online magazines. lloyd is also a noted and oft-invited speaker for television and radio. He's shared his perspectives on Black Conservatism in a personal and impassioned bio you can find on www.lloydmarcus.com. I'm so looking forward to this evenings conversation. We plan to discuss being a black conservative, health care, the american tea party. Please join us for what promises to be important conversation.
No one can argue that 2 Live Crew hasn't had a profound effect on American Music. They went all the way to the Supreme Court arguing the boundaries of their lyrics - and they won. They are noted for being very controversial and in my show we find out exactly what the road they've hewn for 25 years really looks like from the inside. One of the single most defining rap acts in America's History, I enjoyed spending a day with Fresh Kid Ice and Brother Marquis. I asked them some difficult questions and I learned that life doesn't always wrap up in a tiny bow and that sometimes even in success there are no easy answers. Still these guys are really good people, just dreamers dreamin' with skill and talent, like all the rest of us.
Dianne York-Goldman and her cast of interestings are addictive to watch. Let me introduce you to the new television show you won't be able to stop looking at.
20 Years as a Working Actor, Mr. Kostroff tells us how it's done!
On Monday, August 3rd, HBO will air a new film about Evan Perry. Evan committed suicide by jumping out of a window of a New York City building. His mother, Dana Perry processes her loss in "Boy Interrupted". There's so much to learn from Dana's experience. Bereavement, suicide, bi-polar disease, Evan Perry and the making of "Boy Interrupted - Mondays' 9AM show. Please note conversation with noted CNN contributor Dr. Carole Lieberman and bi-polar disorder educator, Tom Roberts to follow. Please see trailer of Boy Interrupted at www.yuribrown.blogspot.com
Ben Abbas believes he's in conversation with a 2800 year old man named Lee Chung. He believes based on his knowledge of computer security and fraud investigation that the oldest living people publicly recorded aren't really the oldest living people. He believes that their are immortals living amongst us. I honestly doubt that but I'm intrigued by his conversation that death is a choice, his recounting of the choices that Lee Chung have made that have allowed him to live for so many centuries, the details of his life habits. While it may just be ridiculous tabloid fodder frankly, Ben Abbas, co writer of an inspirational book with Wayne Dwyer, makes some important points. The question for me is are we programmed to die? Conditioned to choose death? Do we actually continually make choices that bring us to our death in the way that Michael chose to get those anesthesia injections? My experience with the deaths that surround me do speak of choices in a way and Ben provides an entryway into that conversation....
With the quarter million or more listens on myspace she has ms. sassi could have gone gold this week but in my eyes an artist who prevails through single parenting, a demanding day job in the ER and still cuts songs with Mike Jones and Gucci Mane is Gold. What has she learned on her 10 year climb? It's a black girls story of struggle and hope,joy and pain.
Talking about faith with friend and minister Thomas L. Bowen.
Just hanging out and chatting with the ever witty, ever charming and ever relevant Jeff Taplin. Black Creative Exec for Nil Infinitum.