Google is attempting to find a new way to measure people’s skin tones, to prevent its products from becoming “biased” against “people of color,” according to a report in Reuters. Dermatologists have used the six-color Fitzpatrick Skin Type scale to determine skin color since the 1970s. But Google thinks it can do a better, more racially equitable job. Via Reuters: Critics say FST, which... 

This is the biggest mistake entertainment figures can make. If I were a star, pop, rock, rap, Hollywood actor, whatever, I would never speak about politics in public and probably not even in private with the exception of trustworthy close relatives. I would be APOLITICAL and I would reject any question about politics by anyone and I would slam both parties for trying to involve me into politics. America... 

Sweden’s top public broadcaster SVT has ordered its employees not to use the word “immi grant” because it might be seen as politically incorrect, while also prohibiting the terms “black” and “dark skinned” because they may “arouse criticism” of terrorists and criminals. The TV station’s new “language manual” orders its journalists not to say “immigrant” because it might... 

Most important thing for Rihanna about visiting the White House? Barack Obama is black… not his policies which are almost identical to his white predecessor. Imagine this: When Bush was in the White House, a famous white musician says the best thing about George W. is that he’s white. The musician would be crucified as a racist, a member of the Ku Klux Klan or worse. CNN, (especially) MSNBC,... 

At a Washington, D.C. concert on Monday night, pop star Madonna praised Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights progress, leading her to demand the audience to support President Barack Obama, whom she sarcastically called the country’s “black Muslim in the White House”. “It is amazing and incredible that we have an African American in the White House… Y’all better... 

The 2010 census noted the highest number of interracial marriages in America’s history, noting a huge 28 per cent jump over the past decade. One out of every 10 married straight couples identified as different races, which shows an increase from 7 per cent in the 2000 census data. Greater social acceptance of the unions and demographic shifts throughout the country are thought to be the two... 

The newfound gas-giant planet TrES-2b is black with a slight red glow, experts estimate. Scientists have discovered a Jupiter-size gas giant planet in our galaxy, dubbed Coal-Black planet, as the darkest world in the universe, which reflects almost no light. Researchers indicate that the inky planet absorbs 99% of the light its star sends its way and reflects only one percent of the light that strikes... 

How stupid PC attitude can go: The French Ministry of culture complains about the Eurovision 2010 contest system, for not allowing a Black to win the Eurovision song contest immediately ! The French cultural delegation in the Eurovision contest song, which was the only country to send an African to represent France, has analysed the Saturday’s night results made by the European countries. We... 

While America is suffering under a terrible economic recession, Barack Hussein Obama demands G8 leaders to commit huge financial aid to Africa. Most people in the world feels pity for Africans when they see photos of poor hungry children but it is time for Africans to grow up and become responsible. They simply make too many children. Europeans and Americans do not make children if they don’t... 

President Barack Obama has told African leaders it is time to stop blaming colonialism and “Western oppression” for the continent’s manifold problems. Ahead of a visit to Ghana at the weekend, he said: “Ultimately, I’m a big believer that Africans are responsible for Africa. “I think part of what’s hampered advancement in Africa is that for many years... 

An eastern German town ventured to make a political statement by hosting a soccer match under a slogan of racial tolerance. But when the far-right, neo-Nazi NPD announced it was going to demonstrate, the opposing team, Energie Cottbus, backed out. The eastern German town of Storkow had planned to host a soccer match this Saturday to celebrate tolerance. But then the opposing team cancelled —... 

US congressmen pushing for Reparations for slavery. Steve Cohen is Tennessee’s first Jewish congressman who tried to join the Congressional Black Caucus but was refused entry because they said he is white.  Read More »

Aug 1996: As the trial of former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor begins, we bring back an exclusive report exposing the atrocities committed by Taylor’s men. Filmed in the middle of the civil war, it includes footage of Taylor’s supporters preparing to eat a human heart and a rare interview with Taylor.  Read More »

He was left unpunished after killing a white woman in Iceland After roughly five hours of deliberation Wednesday, jurors cleared Airman Calvin Hill of killing a former friend, Airman 1st Class Ashley Turner, in 2005 at Keflavik Naval Air Station, Iceland. This verdict is nearly two years in the making. Since Aug. 14, 2005, the night Turner was murdered in a Keflavik barracks, Hill has been incarcerated... 

He was, Precious Jackson said, a very fine black man. He was 6 feet 2 inches tall with an almond-milk complexion, dreamy dark eyes and a deep voice. During their nearly two years together in Los Angeles, he was the sunshine of her life, even though he had a habit of landing in jail and refused to use a condom when they made love. “I didn’t ask him any questions,” Jackson said...