Last week President Barack Obama revealed his pick for the NCAA March Madness Basketball Tournament. As you can see, he’s very assured in his choice, and he should be, he’s the President. He’s also a known basketball fan and his sharing of his Final Four picks has been a tradition of his presidency. As fun
A few days ago when the new trailer for the remake of “Annie” starring Quvenzhané Wallis was released, it didn’t take long for racists to cry foul. It mirrored the recent outcry over another “colorblind” casting decision, that Michael B. Jordan would be playing Johnny Storm, The Human Torch, in the Fantastic Four reboot. Once
Last week, while giving a lecture at Pratt Institute, filmmaker Spike Lee was asked about his views on gentrification in Brooklyn, where Mr. Lee grew up. The result was an expletive-filled rant that now has divided opinion on the subject and branded Mr. Lee, once again as a “reverse racist”. When my mother and I
