We don’t want to get all political.  Yet, we feel obligated to raise issues important to our community.  Our country has recently made history by nominating the first Black candidate for President in our history.  Unfortunately, there are those who will oppose Barack Obama with everything including the kitchen sink.  Whether they think he’s the worst thing that could possibly happen to this country or a Black Messiah, we expect “news” organizations to report the news and not to race bait and feed the xenophobia that we already have enough trouble with in America.

Right now, Fox News is trying to paint Barack Obama as foreign, un-American, suspicious, and scary. They’re trying to send Americans he message that our country’s first viable Black candidate for President is not “one of us.”

I signed this petition to be sent to the head of Fox News. If that doesn’t work, then we’ll go to their advertisers and the FCC.  We wanted to invite you to sign on as well.  It takes only a moment:

http://www.colorofchange.org/foxobama/?id=2030-528653

Here’s what happened recently:

After Senator Obama won the nomination, he and his wife gave each other a “pound” in front of the cameras. Fox anchor E.D. Hill called he act of celebration a “terrorist fist jab.” Then last week, a Fox News on-screen graphic referred to Michelle Obama as “Obama’s baby mama”–slang used to describe the unmarried mother of a man’s child.
It was a clear attempt to associate the Obamas with negative cultural stereotypes about Black people, an insult not only to Michelle Obama but to women and Black people everywhere.

After each of the incidents mentioned, Fox issued some form of weak apology. But what does it mean when you slap someone in the face, apologize the next day, then slap them again on the third? It means the apology is meaningless.

These aren’t one-time incidents–they’re part of a pattern that continues no matter how often Fox is forced to apologize.   Fox has a clear record of attacking and undermining Black institutions, Black leaders, and Black people in general.  f we don’t push back now, we will see more of the same from now until November.  Please join us in helping to bring an end to Fox’s behavior.

Wow. Thank you for all the great hair stories you sent in. We appreciate the time and effort you took into telling your stories.  And we appreciate your swallowing your pride to share some embarrassing moments (albeit anonymously).  When we decided to launch this contest, we thought we’d get a few funny stories.  But, while we got some pretty funny stories, we ended up getting several that made us want to cry. It was really difficult selecting a winner. So, we chose two!

As we read through the stories, we were reminded of the quote:  

If you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to be a horrible warning.
-Catherine Aird

These stories were too good to keep to ourselves when we knew others could benefit from them.   In life, we can either learn from others’ mistakes or make the mistakes ourselves and learn that way.  We prefer learning from others’ mistakes. So, to that end, we are delighted to be able to share these stories with you.  Hopefully, some of them will be a warning so that others don’t have to make the same mistakes. In addition to the winners, have decided to publish the best runner ups here. Continue Reading >>

Everyone loves SheaMoisture and Nubian Heritage products. We appreciate the fact that so many of you want to buy them from us. And, we know you would like to know when we will have the many products that we are out of stock on back in stock. We wish we could tell you. And we apologize for the inconvenience this is causing you.

We have been dealing with supply issues with SheaMoisture and Nubian Heritage since late 2007. We have spoken with many people there numerous times and cannot get a good sense of if or when the supply issue will clear up. All of the items we are out of stock on are on order with SheaMoisture and Nubian Heritage and the moment they get a shipment to us, we will provide the items to you. When we know we will not have an item within a week or two, we will remove it from sale on the website.

Many of you have asked us to notify you when we have a particular item back in stock. This is something we really wish we could do. Unfortunately, we do not have a system in place to do this. We do have a blog article that keeps a running list of what we are out of stock on. And, we can provide you with alternative products to buy in the meantime, if you are interested.