Black Ops on Green Groups: Private Security Firm Run by Fmr. Secret Service Officers Spied on Environmental Orgs for Corporate Clients. Did Burger King Target and Spy on Tomato Pickers Rights Groups?   more... Forty Years After Founding Seattle Black Panther Chapter, Aaron Dixon Still at Forefront of Struggle for Racial Equality.  less

Pete Pinocci doing his stand up thing

Racial drama threatens to tear wedding apart

The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy was a rap/hip-hop band active during the early 1990s. The band was formed in 1990 by Michael Franti and Rono Tse, and introduced the phenomenal work of guitarist Charlie   more...Hunter. The band's name was derived in part from the phrase "The Disposable Heroes of Hypocrisy", used in some Socialist literature.

The group were associated by genre with others of the time, including House of Pain and Pop Will Eat Itself. They also were somewhat reminiscent of Gil Scott-Heron due to the vocal styles of Franti and the up-front political messages in the music. They played many concerts, sometimes opening the bill for more well-known acts such as U2 (on their landmark Zoo TV Tour), Rage Against the Machine, Nirvana and Arrested Development.

Their debut album, Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury, received critical and underground acclaim upon its release in 1992, but was never commercially successful. Franti's lyrics address a wide range of issues, from Mass Media bias and abuse on "Television: Drug of the Nation" to racial equality on "Socio-Genetic Experiment", in large part inspired by his own childhood. The album also included a cover of the Dead Kennedys track "California ber Alles" (with updated lyrics about Governor Pete Wilson). "Television," which received wide airplay on college and alternative radio stations, had previously been recorded by Michael Franti's first band, The Beatnigs.

In common with other bands of the time on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy used sampling and scratching as a primary tool of music recording, and mixed Rock, Hip-Hop, Rap, and Jazz in combinations that were ground breaking for the time.

Among their contemporaries, the band had strong artistic, political, and personal ties to both Meat Beat Manifesto and Consolidated. The recording of Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury was co-produced by Consolidated's Mark Pistel, and prolific Meat Beat Manifesto frontman Jack Dangers assisted with mixing.

In 1993 the duo worked with William S. Burroughs, recording music for a collaborative album entitled Spare Ass Annie and Other Tales. This album diverged greatly from the style of the band's previous work, as they were largely providing musical background and accompaniment to Burroughs' spoken readings from several of his books. The Disposable Heroes split up shortly after. Michael Franti formed Spearhead, who (to date) have released 7 albums and are still a going concern, while Tse worked with the Mystick Journeymen.  less

Megalis gets pulled over by a cop and thinks there may be a little racial profiling going on.

PROXEMIA: RACIAL PROFILING SUX

New Jersey Employment Lawyer Kevin Costello explains Racial Discrimination and Racial Harassment in the workplace. New Jersey Discrimination Law prohibits discrimination on the basis of real or perceived   more...race, color, ethnicity, or national origin. Racial Harassment occurs when a minority employee suffers from a hostile work environment, due to racist remarks, racist actions, or other race-based harassment. Kevin Costello is a New Jersey Employment Lawyer, fighting Racial Discrimination and other forms of job discrimination.  less

Stop being self-dishonest. We are one and equal. Stop being mind.
Dont think you are - know you are. The mind is deception.
I do not accept anything less than who I am.
I do not accept anything less than   more...who you are.
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Life as breath as onness and equality as your essence.

I wasn't planning on making a video today, but a video which I will not mention inspired me to make something. I don't like cheesy videos and I hope this isn't cheesy.

Oscar-nominated actress Julianne Moore speaks out on behalf of equality for all. www.GLAAD.org

kamau kambon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U5DXNVRv4M

My comment on regalis's video

response to truthtaste. second video.

Irish revolutionaries and Malcolm X

Charlie Murphy, Katt Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Paul Mooney, Ice T and more respond to recent comments made by comedian Pauly Shore.

Natural Born Komic DVD out now!

Pauly Shore on myspace http://www.myspace.com/paulyshore
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This campaign has been brought to you by Element 9.0 Online (...and Katt Williams)
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Every single moment can be the answer for the question:
Who am I?
This predictable, controlled mind system as thoughts feelings emotions?
OR
I am LIFE as ONNESS AND EQUALITY AS BREATH AS ME?

NFL The Leaders: Breaking Racial Barriers in the NFL on DVD January 29th. NFL The Leaders: Breaking Barriers in the NFL takes an in-depth look at the history of African-American players in the NFL. It   more...covers the beginning with Fritz Pollard in the 1920s – the first African-American player and head coach in the NFL – all the way to Indianapolis head coach Tony Dungy in 2007 raising the Vince Lombardi trophy after winning Super Bowl XLI. This is the story of the men who broke racial barriers in professional football and helped spark the evolution of the game from a regional curiosity to a national obsession. In NFL The Leaders, the history of the black athlete in the NFL is examined like never before.  less

Discrimination Hurts. Ad commissioned by The Danish Institute for Human Rights and The Ministry of Welfare in Denmark. The ad is produced by DETUSCH&LUBA and is directed by Louis Paldrup & Simon   more...de Tusch-Lec.

The aim of the Discrimination Hurts campaign is to make people in the European Union more aware of their rights to equal treatment and to a life free of discrimination and to launch a debate on the benefits of diversity both for European societies and individuals.

www.discrimination-hurts.com

HQ-version of the ad: www.discrimination-hurts.com/ad  less

Alot of my friends consider me a feminist, but I think that gives people an idea of an extreme point of view. I merely believe that men and women are equal, and should be treated so.

MALCOLM X- PRINCE OF ISLAM (2 DVD) is the EXPLOSIVE and GRIPPING documentary that shows never before seen footage of al-Hajj Malik Shabazz, a truly Islamic hero.

Islam stands for change. It seeks to change   more...the individual and the society. This change covers every aspect of human life from personal morality to business, economics and politics. It is only natural that Islam should be fought by those who want to keep the status quo. This is the way it has always been throughout history: from Adam to Nuh, Ibrahim, Musa. Isa, and Muhammad (peace be on them). It will happen to anyone who wants to stand up and proclaim the true message of Islam to the world.

In recent times we have the example of Brother Malcolm. He courageously stood firm in the midst of his enemies and was ready to sacrifice everything in the pursuit of seeking the pleasure of Allah (swt). In ‘Prince of Islam’ we learn about his childhood struggles through to him joining the heretical group ‘Nation of Islam’ to him finally accepting the true religion of Islam after performing the Hajj in Makkah.

For download and more videos, please click on:
<a href="http://www.archive.org/details/Malcom_X_Prince_of_Islam" target="_blank"><b>Malcom X : Prince of Islam</b></a>

<a href="http://www.kalamullah.com/videos.html" target="_blank"><b>www.kalamullah.com</b></a>
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Carlos Mencia rocks the house!

Carlos Mencia stand-up comedy.

"Back during slavery, when Black people like me talked to the slaves, they didn't kill 'em, they sent some old house Negro along behind him to undo what he said. You have to read the history of slavery   more...to understand this. There were two kinds of Negroes. There was that old house Negro and the field Negro. And the house Negro always looked out for his master. When the field Negroes got too much out of line, he held them back in check. He put 'em back on the plantation. The house Negro could afford to do that because he lived better than the field Negro. He ate better, he dressed better, and he lived in a better house. He lived right up next to his master - in the attic or the basement. He ate the same food his master ate and wore his same clothes. And he could talk just like his master - good diction. And he loved his master more than his master loved himself. That's why he didn't want his master hurt. If the master got sick, he'd say, "What's the matter, boss, we sick?" [Laughter] When the master's house caught afire, he'd try and put the fire out. He didn't want his master's house burned. He never wanted his master's property threatened. And he was more defensive of it than the master was. That was the house Negro. But then you had some field Negroes, who lived in huts, had nothing to lose. They wore the worst kind of clothes. They ate the worst food. And they caught hell. They felt the sting of the lash. They hated their master. Oh yes, they did. If the master got sick, they'd pray that the master died. If the master's house caught afire, they'd pray for a strong wind to come along. This was the difference between the two. And today you still have house Negroes and field Negroes. I'm a field Negro."

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