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Monthly Archives: May 2012Why African-Americans Should Be Lovin’ McDonald’s by Melody Spann-Cooper, Chairman of Midway Broadcasting CorporationThe Nielsen Company, the world’s largest advertising and research corporation, recently released a revealing report on the State of the African-American Consumer. While African-American consumers have become less relevant to advertisers and marketers with the emergence of the Hispanic consumer … Continue reading
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Tom Ricketts channels Donald Trump and ignores Chicago economics…At the same damn time!By Evan F. Moore Tom Ricketts needs to learn how to not placate black people. I get that he had to do some damage control after recent comments made by his father Joe Rickets. I understand why he has to … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago Cubs, City of Chicago, Perri Small, The Perri Small show, Tom Ricketts
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Trayvoning has taken the place of planking in the temporary foolishness categoryBy Evan F. Moore Many people were outraged when they saw a Facebook page called “Trayvoning”. Normally a hyperlink would be posted but the page was taken down. Much like the god-awful fad Planking, Trayvoning is lying on the ground while … Continue reading
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Tagged City of Chicago, Facebook, Perri Small, Planking, The Perri Small show, Trayvon Martin
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The good,the bad,and the ugly from the NATO protestBy Evan F. Moore and Aven Deese I witnessed one Iraqi/Afghanistan veteran after another throw their war medals into the street yesterday. They did it for reasons you would be an idiot to argue against. I witnessed people fed … Continue reading
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Tagged Assyrians of Chicago, Chicago Police Department, City of Chicago, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Occupy Chicago, Perri Small, The Perri Small show
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NATO Q and ABy Evan F. Moore Chicago will be the host city to The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit that is taking place May 20 –21 at the McCormick Place. Here is a quick question and answer session about NATO. Hopefully … Continue reading
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Tagged African-Americans, chicago, Chicago Police Department, NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Perri Small, Rahm Emanuel, The Perri Small show
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The voters of North Carolina got it wrong about gay marriageBy Evan F. Moore Lev. 18:22, “You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.” Lev. 20:13, “If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with … Continue reading Beyonce Knowles winning a journalism award is like a one-legged man winning a butt-kicking contestJournalism- /ˈdʒəːn(ə)lɪz(ə)m/ (noun) The activity or profession of writing for newspapers or magazines or of broadcasting news on radio or television. Apparently Beyonce is a better writer that all of us in the journalism field. Over the weekend, I saw … Continue reading
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Tagged African-Americans, Beyonce, Eat, Essence Magazine, Facebook, Journalism, Love, National Association of Black Journalists, Perri Small, Play, The Perri Small show, WVON, Yellow Journalism
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Hazing: A culture that doesn’t take kindly to changeBy Evan F. Moore The band culture at Historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) is something that most of the country knows very little about. They might have seen the movie Drumline but other than they knew very little until … Continue reading |