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Further confirming my belief that the tide has turned and white people no longer feel the obligation to be politically correct when it comes to the black race, the annoucement of the nominees for the highest honor the movie industry bestows on its finest, snubbed all of the worthy candidates of color. Or as the social media captioned this blatant oversight: the Oscars have gone white. Ava DuVernay, the black female director of "Selma" and David Oyelowo, the actor portraying MLK in this film, were passed over by the Academy Awards committee, their worthy performances left unrecognized. The trickle down rejection of racial equality that has its origins in the disrespect shown a black president and the subsequent disregard for young black lives is now rearing its ugly head in other areas. Even liberal Hollywood is showing its true colors. In the TV world, however, angry overbearing black women continue to fill the roles white producers like to cast them in, as Viola Davis, the belligerant ruthless defense attorney in the series "How To Get Away With Murder", was among the nominees for the less prestigious trophies being doled out as the awards season gets underway. Another recent addition to the strong black woman ranks is Jada Pinkett-Smith, who appears as a sassy, kick-ass, crime madam in "Gotham", a new TV show billed as a prequel to Bat Man. And this brings us to the premier of "Empire", starring Terrence Howard as a Rap star turned corporate mogul. It is an entertaining, well-produced show, centering around the recording industry, paying homage to style over substance, full of stereotypes and a contrived plot that includes a rather dated take on homophobia and the rationale for gangsta rap. And, you guessed it, starring as Howard's nemesis is his feisty ex-wife, Cookie, the ghetto fabulous personification of a black super bitch, who pops up in every scene venting her wrath at anyone who gets on her last nerve. Welcome to the club, Cookie, who is played by Taraji P. Henson. And the beat goes on. For those who've had their fill of Bill Cosby and the castigating of black men, black women deserve equal time. Yes, a few celebrities like Whoopi and Jill Scott and his TV wife, Phylicia Rashard have stepped forward to extol the Bill Cosby they know and love, but this has not been the sentiment expressed in the posts I've seen on my FaceBook circuit. Very few sistas have come to Cosby's defense. At the last meeting of my book club, whose 14 members are a broad crosssection of black females, we took a poll to see who was on Cosby's side, and I was a little surprised that no one was. Oh, well. Time for the pop culture vulture to return to her thorny nest.

I had the Power List on my site, but changed the theme and in my new theme, the round circle didn't match my layout aesthetics. So the skyscraper banner is a real request so I can add it to my sidebar in the same format as my startlogic ad and my amazon affiliate. Basically I'm asking you to make a skyscraper banner and you know I won't have a problem posting the Power List. I do know that takes time so whenever you get around to it, I'm on it. The Huria Search I have to place into the php pages in wordpress which takes a little trial and error and I will work on that one. I'm still working on the layout of the site, but as you said Wordpress has limitations unless I pay for a theme. I'm good at modifying free themes, but some of the modifications change the color of the words on Disqus and I'm working on tying in Disqus into the promotion of my One Hour To Wealth book. Either way, I know how hard it is to get people to look over your work and when you devote that time, a simply like isn't good enough. I don't mind doing this at all. Like I said, I'm planning my exit out of shoes and I have a lot of time on my hands right now.

In the first place, Chris, my comments weren't a rant. A lot of them were said with tongue-in-cheek. I was not necessasrily expressing angry opinions so much as I was making cynical observations that were a reflection of what "the word" is on the internet circuit. And I find it odd that while racism is implicit in all you have been accusing the media and the entertainment business of being gulity of, you suddenly flip the script and defend the Oscar "snow job". And to add insult to injury, you chide people who are not satisfied with crumbs from the table even as you accuse them of being crabs in a barrel. Being Black not only sucks, it vacillates. As for the tired ol subject of Bill Cosby, why don't you just admit that you are "on his side" instead of tap dancing around the issue? You don't owe anybody an apology or rationale as to why you think he is being railroaded. I have, after all, admitted that I think he's guilty simply because he looks like a frog and gets on my nerves. And, yes, you are incorrect about Hattie McDaniel. She was allowed at the Oscar ceremonies, occupying a seat in the back of the ballroom. (slavery had ended by 1939.) When she came forward to claim her best suppporting actress award for "Gone With The Wind", in her tearful acceptance speech, she humbly thanked The Academy for the honor, adding that she would always try to be a "credit to my race". Finally, you might consider that the intent of anybody who refers to herself as a "pop culture vulture" is to pick the bones of frivolity. Like This Unlike

On the homepage the click to print entire list, link is going to a 404 I absolutely love the dedicated huria search under resources! Some broken images under news in the power list in the media page under the usage policy link the the printable version link is 404 under the share the power list page the usage policy and here is a link to in the last paragraph are both 404 Other than that, awesome doggone job. Now I'm waiting on that skyscraper banner for my widgets, lol.