Archive for September, 2009

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An update from Michael Vass

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Ah yes I have been busy. With the upcoming 6 month anniversary of the shooting in Binghamton NY, plus the holiday season starting with Halloween, there has been much to do. With regard to the shooting, I plan to review what has changed for the average person in Binghamton, and what has not. While many [...]

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Spanking kids is like a wheel

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Call me old-fashioned but sometimes I just think that when something isn’t broke you don’t fix it. In this case I’m talking about spanking a child. A recent article by Murray Straus, a professor of sociology and co-director of the Family Research Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire claims to have found a correlation [...]

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Potential seen in HIV/AIDS fight

Friday, September 25th, 2009

In some of the best news since the world first became aware of HIV and AIDS, a glimmer of hope has arisen. While the most recent results of a study in Thailand are not fully understood yet, one thing is speculated – a vaccine might be possible. More than 16,000 volunteers in Thailand were involved [...]

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media tuning of race relations

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

The following is a question posed to Michael Vass by Logan Calder at Black and White Blog where I am co-author. Michael, I would like to get your opinion on what I noticed recently in television. In almost every add that has a mixed race couple, it is always a Black male and a White [...]

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Hair highlights police bias in Philadelphia

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Can you imagine your boss coming to you and reprimanding you for your hair? To have your boss instruct you to change your hairstyle because it is not ‘clean or professional’. And imagine in this instance that there are several other people in your workplace that have the same exact hairstyle, and nothing is said [...]

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Movie Preview: Vampire Girl Vs. Frankenstein Girl

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Sometimes you just run across a title that makes you say ‘What is that?’ Well that’s how I found Vampire Girl Vs. Frankenstein Girl. This is not what you might be thinking. It’s a foreign film – Japanese. It’s filled with gore and the concept of PC has not reached the director (Yoshihiro Nishimura) or [...]

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Travolta extortion trial preparing to start

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

So I was reading about John Travolta and the jury selection that is currently ongoing. If you recall, shortly after the death of Travolta’s son, Jett, 2 people were arrested for trying to extort money from the family. There was a document that reportedly “…would have released emergency responders from liability if the family refused [...]

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