How The Power Of Media Is Driven By Corporate Sponsorship And It’s Effects On African Americans

By IsisWisdom
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I was reading a post from Dr. Boyce Watkins about how he noticed that when he wanted to point out the facts on the Tom Joyner morning show concerning the Heather Ellis case, Tom was very short and pretty much attempted to deflect the real problem at hand concerning her case which is Wal-Mart.

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Why Don’t Black People Own The Black Hair Care Industry?

By Dr Boyce Watkins Phd

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I was intrigued by a recent call for a boycott of non-black beauty supply stores by Professor Devin Robinson. I wasn’t intrigued by the boycott out of a desire to endorse or oppose the movement. My imagination was captured by the reasons that someone might consider a boycott. According to Professor Robinson, African Americans represent 96% of the consumption in beauty supply stores, but only 5% of the ownership.

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Dr. Boyce-You Should Never Take Financial Advice From Rappers

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In his video called ‘Rich N*gga Sh*t’ (I can’t even write the title, because I don’t want to pollute the eyes of my readers. Maybe you can fill in the missing letters, as on the TV game show ‘Wheel of Fortune.’), the rapper Soulja Boy has worked overtime to set an all-time record for massive hip hop buffoonery. But he’s only 19 years old, so I am going to give him a pass in hopes that he will choose to wise up at some point.

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