Read more black culture stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/6467/black-culture.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:14:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64588/obama-no-excuses-for-black-kids-in-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama made his most direct appeal yet to black America with a rousing speech that sounded more like a sermon, the New York Times reports. Addressing the NAACP on its 100th anniversary, Obama said the "pain of discrimination" still exists in America, but he told black parents they must...http://www.newser.com/story/64588/obama-no-excuses-for-black-kids-in-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Jul 2009 19:26:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62875/even-as-a-kid-michael-changed-the-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichael Jackson took Hollywood with Ben in 1972, at a time when few black Americans had shaped the industry. “Little Michael landed upon the mindset of film-hungry black America when its citizenry was starved for identity on the big screen,” writes Wil Haygood in the Washington Post. The black community...http://www.newser.com/story/62875/even-as-a-kid-michael-changed-the-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Jun 2009 6:53:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32193/what-jackson-problem-waning-clout-signals-shift.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOnce, Democrats worried about “the Jesse Jackson problem,” the fear that rebuke from Jackson would cost them black voters. But now, some Democrats are saying that Jackson’s latest criticisms of Barack Obama may actually help the Illinois senator, the New York Times reports, both with white voters still worried that...http://www.newser.com/story/32193/what-jackson-problem-waning-clout-signals-shift.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Jul 2008 7:48:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32061/jesse-jr-scolds-dad-for-ugly-rhetoric.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJesse Jackson is taking heat for his admittedly "crude and hurtful" comments about Barack Obama, and his own son is leading the charge. "I'm deeply outraged and disappointed," said Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill. Jackson called his father's remarks—in which he said he wanted to cut Obama's "n*** out"...http://www.newser.com/story/32061/jesse-jr-scolds-dad-for-ugly-rhetoric.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Jul 2008 18:45:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27764/naacp-names-youngest-president-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe NAACP selected its youngest president ever today, picking 35-year-old Benjamin Jealous after a contentious 8-hour meeting. Jealous promised to bring financial stability to the organization by tapping his ties with top foundations nationwide. He said he will also "pull people into this movement" by focusing more on technology, the...http://www.newser.com/story/27764/naacp-names-youngest-president-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 17 May 2008 17:52:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21883/obama-pastor-being-lynched-faithful-say.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBlack pastors and parishioners—including the 3,000 who packed Trinity Church in Chicago Sunday—are leaping to the defense of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who's drawn a firestorm of criticism for his incendiary rhetoric on racism, the Washington Post reports. A pamphlet circulating the pews decried Wright’s treatment in the...http://www.newser.com/story/21883/obama-pastor-being-lynched-faithful-say.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Mar 2008 9:35:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/17951/hey-hey-hey-cosbys-a-rapper-now.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBill Cosby, long a vocal critic of urban street culture and its gangsta rap, is holding his enemies close. His next record, State of Emergency , will be nothing but hip-hop, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer . The album will address sober issues faced by America's black youth, such as teen pregnancy and...http://www.newser.com/story/17951/hey-hey-hey-cosbys-a-rapper-now.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 06 Feb 2008 20:46:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/14784/denzels-bad-boy-roles-are-all-good.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDenzel Washington has been playing bad boys lately, and it's a good thing for black America, Mark Anthony Neal argues in the Washington Post . Washington's turns as a drug lord and corrupt cop in recent flicks have sparked slams that he's catering to white America by playing crooks, but Neal...http://www.newser.com/story/14784/denzels-bad-boy-roles-are-all-good.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Dec 2007 17:29:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/1345/blair-blames-crime-wave-on-black-culture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBlack culture is responsible for a recent rash of teenage murders in Britain, Tony Blair said yesterday in a burst of un-PC criminology that outraged black leaders. The violence, which has killed seven teens in recent weeks, won't let up unless Britons stop “pretending it is not young black kids...http://www.newser.com/story/1345/blair-blames-crime-wave-on-black-culture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Apr 2007 10:47:41 CDT