Please note that from now onwards, all blog postings can be found at www.lolacreative.com/blogI will no longer be posting to this blog site…Please make sure to check my new area for blog updates.
Topics: Uncategorized

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When Spike Lee asked why Clint Eastwood’s movie Flags Of Our Fathers had no black people in it, Clint Eastwood responded with anger saying that ‘a guy like him should shut his face’.According to Clint Eastwood, there were indeed a few...
Topics: America, Britain, Media, Race, Society

{"title":"Missing Black People In The Media","post_url":"http:\/\/something2say.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/09\/missing-black-people-in-the-media\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/something2say.wordpress.com\/feed\/","author":"LolaA","date":"2008-06-09 14:37:09","summary":"When Spike Lee asked why Clint Eastwood’s movie Flags Of Our Fathers had no black people in it, Clint Eastwood responded with anger saying that ‘a guy like him should shut his face’.According to Clint Eastwood, there were indeed a few..."}

I’m proud to be here in America during this historic election period. Well done to Barack Obama for running an excellent campaign so far and for becoming the first ever African American Democratic nominee…Not many black people thought...
Topics: America, Politics, Race, Society

{"title":"Obama Wins Democratic Nomination - what next?","post_url":"http:\/\/something2say.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/05\/obama-wins-democratic-nomination-what-next\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/something2say.wordpress.com\/feed\/","author":"LolaA","date":"2008-06-04 17:20:59","summary":"I’m proud to be here in America during this historic election period. Well done to Barack Obama for running an excellent campaign so far and for becoming the first ever African American Democratic nominee…Not many black people thought..."}

May 18th would have been Sean Bell’s 25th birthday…As a fitting tribute - and a reminder to us all to continue to act against police brutality - documentary filmmaker Byron Hurt has put together this short, yet very...
Topics: America, Race, Society

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I’m going to write some more on this topic in due course, and I have a Guardian piece coming out soon talking about Obama and the hip hop generation, but for now let me post this video of Senator Obama himself talking about his love of hip hop and..
Topics: America, Music, Society

{"title":"The Audacity of Hope in Hip Hop","post_url":"http:\/\/something2say.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/17\/the-audacity-of-hope-in-hip-hop\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/something2say.wordpress.com\/feed\/","author":"LolaA","date":"2008-05-17 08:12:41","summary":"I’m going to write some more on this topic in due course, and I have a Guardian piece coming out soon talking about Obama and the hip hop generation, but for now let me post this video of Senator Obama himself talking about his love of hip hop and.."}