Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

TI’s “Controversial” Akoo Ad…

Posted by MzNuStyle | Filed under Entertainment, Fashion, Lifestyle, NuStyle, Politics

…for his Akoo Jeans caused received so much bad press, that they were forced to take it d0wn by CBS Outdoor in Newark, NJ. To me, it looks rather tame compared to all the other ish that we see daily on TV and other billboards, but that’s just me.Maybe all this free press will generate [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Mar 3, 2010

Light vs Dark: Will It Ever End?

Posted by MzNuStyle | Filed under Celebrity, Lifestyle, Politics

Kevin Hart is in hot water today? Why, you ask? If you were on Twitter yesterday and you follow or know someone who follows Kevin Hart, you may understand why a lot of people, particularly dark-skinned black women, have been in an uproar over the comments that he made after the break…

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Read more | Comments (0) | Feb 18, 2010

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr (1929-1968)

Posted by MzNuStyle | Filed under Community, Local News, Memphis, NuStyle, Politics

 
It has been almost 42 years ago, that Civil Rights Leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in this very city of Memphis. Back then, blacks in America were fighting for justice and equal rights and opportunities as other races. They were hosed down, killed, jailed, spit upon, and called all kinds of obsenities. [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Jan 18, 2010

Video: Spike Lee on Tyler Perry

Posted by MzNuStyle | Filed under Entertainment, Film, NuStyle, Politics

Remember a couple of months or so when Spike Lee was quoted saying that Tyler Perry films were buffoonery and coonery? Well, here’s the video in which he speaks on it. It came out in October, but I just saw it this morning.

I feel a certain type of way about this one. On one hand, [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Dec 29, 2009

Woman Faces Prison for Cutting in Line?

Posted by atyler | Filed under Community, Featured, NuStyle, Politics

 

 Sorry for the slow posts lately, but I have been mad busy with school, work, and getting these Concrete Magazine interviews together.  Anyway, I wasn’t going to post much today but I saw this unbelievable video about a woman who faces up to fifteen years of prison for cutting in line at Wal-Mart at Bloomfield, [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Oct 23, 2009