The White Miss Hampton University has a few Black folks seeing red! A 22-year old Hawaiian college senior became the first “non-black person” to be crowned Miss Hampton at the prestigious Historically Black institution last Friday.
The prize is $1,500 and makes her the homecoming queen as well as the school’s entrant in the 2010 Miss Virginia pageant. But it seems that everybody on campus isn’t happy to see Nikole Churchilll — a White nursing major who attends the university’s Virginia Beach campus with about 90 other students — take the title from eligible women of color.
Nikole’s father is from Guam and her mother is Italian.
Authorities are searching for 24-year-old Mitrice Richardson, who disappeared shortly after being released by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department.
Mitrice, a former beauty queen and recent California State University grad, was last seen walking out of a sheriff’s station at approximately 4:30AM one week ago. Her parents say she should never have been released at that hour with no transportation or money.
“Mitrice is not street savvy,” her mother, Latice Sutton, told TODAY’s Matt Lauer Friday from Los Angeles, on Friday. “Mitrice has had a pretty sheltered upbringing.”Read the rest of this entry »
Former Destiny’s Child star Kelly Rowland made it a very special birthday for Jasmina Anema, a leukemia patient, who turned 6 on Wednesday.
Jasmina is currently battling a rare form of leukemia that doctors fear could kill her in a matter of months. The young girl desperately needs a bone marrow transplant.
“This young, beautiful little girl needs a match,” Kelly told ABC News. “When you meet her you just can’t help but fall in love.”
Jasmina is adopted and has no sibling, so finding a donor match – which would most likely come from an another African- American – is especially difficult.
“It’s one in a million,” says Jasmina’s mom, Theodora Anema. “We really need the African-American community to step up.”
If you’re in the New York City area, a donor drive will be held for Jasmina at Public School 41 (116 W. 11th St.) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m this Saturday . For more information, contact DKMS, a nonpprofit marrow donor center: (866)-340-3567.
New York State Governor David Paterson is seething mad over a Saturday Night Live skit that poked fun at his blindness over the weekend. Read the rest of this entry »
Loren Feldman of 1938 media firm has come under fire from two civil rights groups for his recent video blog entitled Technigga. Najee Ali of Project Islamic Hope and Paul Porter of Industry Ears have issued a statement publicly protesting Loren’s offensive Vlog.
“Feldman has a history of using the internet to promote racism and demeaning and negative racial stereotypes against African Americans on his internet site. He is responsible for and appears in what he calls ‘TechNigga.’”
In celebration of Black Music Month, KFC has invited aspiring musicians to submit their best beats to it’s Pride 360 Degree program for a chance to be featured on the franchise’s forthcoming Pride 360 Degree LP. All winning entries must include the words Individual, Family, Community, and Heritage.
