Dwyane Wade & Heat Tweet Pictures To Support Trayvon « CBS Miami
Miami Heat superstar Dwyane Wade is not one known to venture into controversial topics often, but Friday, Wade addressed the Trayvon Martin shooting on Twitter. Wade changed his Twitter avatar, or picture, to a shot of himself in a hooded sweatshirt, or hoodie. He also used the hashtags hoodies, stereotype, trayvonmartin in the [...]
Dr. Boyce: How Obama Has Kept Republicans Off-Balance and Ignorant
Republicans don’t excite me very much, but it seems that we have to at least acknowledge them. The party has become, in recent years, an even worse example of politics gone scary. The right wing opposition to having a black liberal in the White House has led to some illogical decision-making and an [...]
Roland Martin’s Wife Takes To Twitter To Go Off On CNN & GLAAD
Roland Martin’s wife is in the mix and she’s p****d! Despite Martin’s efforts to repair the relationship between himself, the gay community and CNN, Jacquie Hood Martin took to Twitter and slammed GLAAD and CNN. Jacquie apparently wasn’t too happy when she found out her husband had been suspended from CNN. Jacquie tweeted [...]
“Homophobic” Tweets Get Roland Martin Suspended From CNN
On Wednesday, CNN suspended political analyst Roland Martin for making “offensive” tweets on Super Bowl Sunday as he watched the game, according to the Washington Post. During the Super Bowl show, Martin reportedly tweeted that “real bruhs” wouldn’t wear David Beckham underwear and that people should “smack the ish out” of any male that [...]
Dr. Boyce: Roland Martin, GLAAD and How Weve Learned to Become Oppressors
Roland Martin of CNN and TV One fame was thrust into the middle of boiling hot sauce after the Super Bowl for some remarks he made on Twitter. Finding himself offended by an ad featuring a nearly nude David Beckham, Martin decided to make a “lil jokey-joke” out of the situation:“If a dude at your [...]
Dr. Boyce: Why I’m So Happy for Cornel West
In this video, Dr. Boyce Watkins talks about the decision of Cornel West to leave Princeton University, among other issues.