Greetings, folks! And again, welcome to the new year! Listen to the latest episode of Afronerd Radio's Mid Week in Review (the first of '21) this Wednesday at 8pm eastern on BTalk 100. The topics to be "chopped up" are as follows: bestselling novelist, Eric Jerome Dickey (Sister, Sister, Finding Gideon, Storm) succumbs to cancer at the age of 59; WAP rapper, Cardi B causes a stir with some fans by not allowing her daughter, Kulture to listen to her oftentimes sexually charged music: the question remains, is actor, Michael Keaton's version of Batman (circa '89) going to be the canonical DCEU Dark Knight or what?; many thought esteemed actor, Avery Brooks (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; A Man Called Hawk) simply retired from acting but according to his TV series DS9 "son," actor, Cirroc Lofton, it's a bit more complicated than that (at the 21 min mark below)....hence, the #WeWantAvery campaign is afoot:
Well...whether it's pandemic related (or not), we're seeing more around the clock death and health scares pertaining to Black males (celebrities, notwithstanding)-iconic hip hop producer, Dr. Dre appears to be recovering from a brain aneurysm and with the untimely death of choreographer, Adolfo "Shabba Doo" Quinones , what will it take for black men to be more proactive about their health and well being? Dburt juxtaposes the triumphant story of budding 14-year-old Georgia restauranteur, Mason Wright against the observations of Youtuber, Jenee Amore as noted by the rising Manospshere YouTube Channel, Mediocre Tutorials and Reviews:
There's a pretty interesting Wired piece highlighting the black/minority bias found in the venture capital industry; And lastly, we never did speak on the firing of two black female executives by tech giant, Google....time willing.
*One thing that Dburt is doing (finally) is investing in cryptocurrency, courtesy of Roundlyx. We would implore our followers to investigate, discern and then explore by using our referral code: afro-87A4BF
or This link below.....
0 comments:
Post a Comment