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February 7, 2007
It came from the Blogosphere...
ricktoomer's flickr photostream, Defunct Barclays Sign
dallaspenn.com, JAY-Z Gets Reparations For Black People In Brooklyn…
Is JAY-Z being used as a pawn by actual Net’s owner BRUCE RATNER, to satiate the colored people that are opponents of this eminent domain project or is JAY-Z the most incredible Black visionary since MARCUS GARVEY? Let’s examine some of the clues…
rechargethedog.com, A Turd Grows in Brooklyn
Bruce Ratner, CEO of Forest City Ratner, isn’t bringing pro b-ball to Brooklyn because he’s a fan; he’s bringing pro b-ball to Brooklyn because he knows everyone loves the idea so much they won’t care about him building the skyscrapers and using eminent domain to destroy the surrounding neighborhoods. But opposition is growing.
Desperately Fabulous, Now, don't be scared
Now, I'm not one to dig into corporate pasts or anyone's past for that matter. A friend once told me that 'no fortune is ever clean' and truer words were never spoken. But since Jay went all postal on Cristal for their supposed diss of hip-hop, he has now has raised the bar. If he accepts the millions from Barclays does that mean that dissing hip-hop is more offensive than a corporation with a past that exploited thousands of people?
Queens Crap, Happy Black History Month!
The Yankees President George Steinbrenner might want to take note about corporations haunted by their past and seek some heady young dot-com to pony up millions for naming rights. Queens Crap paraphrases a letter to the editor in last week's Brooklyn Papers:
Citibank was also founded on money from the slave trade. In November 2002, a lawsuit was filed against Citigroup and 19 other companies for reparations because of alleged support to the apartheid regime that ruled South Africa. Citibank also trafficked in Nazi gold.
Where was the indignation when the naming rights to the new Shea Stadium were sold to Citibank over the border in a borough boasting its first black president?
Posted by lumi at February 7, 2007 6:54 AM