New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin gave this speech on Monday, January 17, 2006, during a schedule in New Orleans’ City Hall commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr…
I greet you all in the spirit of peace this morning. I greet you all in the spirit of love this morning, and more importantly, I greet you all [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 10:00:44 on May 25th, 2006 in Issues
No Comments »Yesterday, on my way home from supermarket shopping I engaged a Nigerian man I had never seen before in general bonhomie chit chat. During the conversation he revealed he was travelling to Africa the next day and did not have scales to weigh his baggage prior to going to the airport. He asked me if [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 16:00:13 on May 19th, 2006 in People
No Comments »Back in the 1980s Black theatre was “bubbling on the top 100, just like a mighty dread”, to quote Bob Marley’s words! It was positively thriving or at the very least there were several companies catering to Black productions. This help to spawn a Black/African theatre-going culture.
Many comedians became stage actors and actresses and transferred [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 12:52:17 on May 19th, 2006 in Culture
No Comments »I am glad that here at BlackMag we are able to talk about topics like colour, race issues and discrimination in a manner that is often cantankerous, controversial and unpopular! This enables us to air views and opinions that you won’t find anywhere else and this gives hope, scope and depth.
Each media (in whatever form) [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 04:22:43 on May 11th, 2006 in Issues
No Comments »Racism is at the forefront of why England has found itself replacing its manager so close to the soccer World Cup next month and the events that have occurred since then has borne this out.
An England team under Sven has actually only lost three full international matches out of 33 played. To give the full [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 10:44:00 on May 10th, 2006 in Sports
No Comments »I have to say great to outgoing England soccer manager Sven Goran Ericcson for picking an untried, 17 year old Theo Walcott for the squad to play in the world cup starting next month.
But Walcott, whose grandfather was first cousin of the legendary West Indies cricketer Sir Clyde Walcott, has been included at the expense [...]
Posted by BlackMan at 14:44:55 on May 9th, 2006 in Sports
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