AN ONLINE DISCUSSION THAT GIVES THE HIP HOP COMMUNITY AN OUTLET TO STATE AND DISCUSS THEIR VIEWS AND OPINIONS ON ALL THINGS SOCIAL AND POLITICAL, WHILE STAYING IN TUNE WITH ALL THINGS HIP HOP.
Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama starts this historical election day by casting his vote along side his wife Michelle and his daughters Sasha and Malia. Obama stated to reporters:
"I feel great and it was fun, I had a chance to vote with my daughters ... I feel really good."
When asked did he feel sentimental, Obama said:
"You know I'm sure I will tonight, that's when polls close," he said. "The journey ends, but voting with my daughters, that was a big deal."
Obama joked with reporters saying:
"Michelle took a long time" to vote. "I had to check to see who she was voting for."
Senator Hilliary Clinton and her husband former president Bill Clinton cast their votes in Chappaqua, New York and Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden casts his vote with his mother and wife in Wilmington, DE.
CNN has partnered with comedian D.L Hughley to produce his new show entitled "D.L. Hughley Breaks the News." CNN explains the show's purpose by saying "After a week full of news, sometimes you just have to throw up your hands and laugh." However, not everyone finds the show to be funny, instead some view it as down right offensive. One instance some found offensive was a scene in which the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or Freddie Mac, is depicted as a black pimp. Journalist Jimi Izrael stated
"This is someone’s white hipster doofus’ idea of post-racial humor in the New America: Chappelle Lite. The good folks at CNN think that any black person talking loud must be funny. They are mistaken.”
Paul porter, co-founder of Industry Ears said:
“television news is still stuck in a ‘Jim Crow’ state of mind.”
Finally, probably the shows most out spoken critic, Dr. Boyce Watkins had this to say:
"My good friend Roland Martin at CNN has never received the same respect as political caricatures like Nancy Grace and Glenn Beck. So, the most degrading thing CNN can do is to finally give an African American a show after he agrees to turn the stellar Obama presidential campaign into a minstrel show."
You can read the entire quotes here. Check out the videos of the Freddie Mac skit, as well as some of the show's interviews, and then finally Dr. Boyce Watkin's video comments. Did the show go to far, or are the criticisms overblown? Watch and comment!
