The Concept of Black Stars

[NB: There will be blemishes of profanity in this post. I apologise in advance!]
I saw Seven Pounds tonight with a mate at the cinema. I know the film did not open to great reviews, but I could give an F really because I have always been a Will Smith fan. It opened last week here [...]

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‘Whirlwind’ is IN Tennis’ Hall of Fame

I don’t normally bring up super-personal info here but in this year of black firsts, it was brought to my attention that I should share this information about my grandfather… 
From the International Tennis Hall of Fame website:
“NINE-TIME GRAND SLAM SINGLES CHAMPION MONICA SELES ELECTED TO INTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME. Gimeno, Dell and Johnson Join Seles [...]

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Eastwood does the right thing in “Gran Torino”

I went to see the new Clint Eastwood film “Gran Torino” and it was fantastic. At the end, as I sat there and watched the credits roll, I wondered if this was Clint’s response to Spike Lee and the controversy last year over the lack of African-American characters in his last two films on WWII: [...]

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EurObama Blog Has Luanched!

Now that President Obama in is the White House the EurObama Blog has launched to follow his administration from Europe.
Are you a blogger in Europe? Are you an American Expat in Europe? Do you live in Europe and want to chime in? Become a EurObama Blog contributor:
http://www.EurObamaBlog.com/
Mobile post sent by BlackWomenInEurope using [...]

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Milk & Black

[Cross-Posted @ Charcoal Ink]
I went to see Milk today. It was a two hour microscopic view of the life of Harvey Milk, an American gay activist who was the first openly gay individual elected to office in California. It was well-made, stylistic and had a tour-de-force performance from Sean Penn*. 
I knew there were not going [...]

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The Frantz Fanon Link in Skin Lightener Advertisements

(Cross-posted at Charcoal Ink)
I was magazining it in Borders last week. And for this painful reason, I can’t get this advert out of my head. I was reading Black Beauty & Hair magazine. It’s a beauty mag for Black British women with tips on beauty etc. It has stacks of photos on tips for hairstyles. [...]

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Bits and Bytes

Here are some thoughts from around the AfroSphere regarding the events of this week:

The always interesting and unique voice of Sonskystar: Ballin’ While Broke: My Prospective of Dr. King’s Dream 
An article by daddyBstrong on Dr. King:  This holiday, Dr. King may ask, “Are there any drum majors here?”
From Gunfighter: Barack Obama & The End of “Acting White”
Tami Harris [...]

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Pioneering Black British Tailor Awarded OBE By HM Queen

The Voice, Britain’s leading black newspaper, has reported that Andrew Ramroop has been awarded an OBE by HM The Queen this year!

Ramroop was born in Trinidad & Tobago and was the first black tailor shop on Savile Row, the iconic street in London that has created bespoke clothes for men for decades.
Congrats to him. I [...]

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