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Archive for April 22nd, 2008

Why The Black in Black Media

April 22, 2008 By: JW Richard Category: Dallas, Roundtable No Comments →

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A discussion about using the adjective, “black” when describing our our own media. My guests are fellow Dallas blogger and playwright, Kristina Patrice, and fellow Dallas podcaster and tech maven, Theo Johnson. We also discuss social networking spaces for black people, and especially why Facebook sucks.

The Links:

Barack Obama’s speech on race in Pennsylvania via YouTube.
Kristina Patrice main website, My Space page, and her blogs at D210TV.

Theo Johnson’s podcast, “Now That’s What I’m Talkin’ Bout”

The Catch-22 of Buying Black Media (subscription req’d to read full article)