CMA Also Scrubs Their Performance From Social Media Sites NOV 5, 2016 – CMA is getting criticized for scrubbing their website and social media platforms after receiving too many racist comments from their viewers. Obviously there viewership consist of racists on large numbers, a “basket of deplorable”. Statements often used the n-word, and one viewer…
Feb 15, 2016 – Three writers and music critics for the NY Times, Jon Caramanica Wesley Morris and Jenna Wortham, have a good piece up about the current dust up and controversy of Beyonce’s recent Super Bowl halftime show where there were African-Americans in “uniform” and marching in “Formation” to speak out about police killing kids in inner…
Concert For Progress On Race In America Tackles Roots and Solutions To Racism DEC 4, 2015 – A&E Network has brought together musicians from different races for a “Shining A Light” concert, TV special and website campaign in an attempt to explore the roots of racism, and to try and find solutions to tackle the…
Music Collective Talks About Black Lives Matter Movement OCT 6, 2015 – The music collective Wondaland chatted music, activism and the Black Lives Matter movement in a good piece by Nsenga Burton on HuffPo at the Centennial Park community event in Atlanta, Georgia recently. Wondaland member Roman GianArthur, a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, and engineer, told HuffPo, “We don’t approach social…
Outspoken Rapper-Activist Speaks about Racism in America August 3, 2015 – OG Maco, well known for being a musical-activist and speaking his mind about issues, didn’t hold back as usual in an interview on Boombox.com. OG spoke about racism, Donald Trump and even Bree Newsome, the heroine activist who scaled the flag pole and took down…
Musician Tries to Defend His Use of Symbol of Hatred July 12, 2015 – White trash “musician” (and I use that term loosely) Ted Nugent has been attacked recently and rightly so for his use of the Confederate battle flag used on his albums, videos and stage performances. The has-been “rocker” was on the NRA Radio…
Musician Calls for Peace and Harmony Between the Races June 26, 2015 – Paul McCartney dedicated his classic, “The Long and Winding Road” to the beautiful South Carolina 9, and pleaded to the world for peace and harmony between people of all colors and walks. Watch the powerful version they perform at Firefly 2015 below…
Confederate Battle Flags and Emblems Belong in a Museum June 24, 2015 – JTMP joins the widespread calls to remove all Confederate battle flags, CSA national flags, CSA battle flag designs in state flags or license plates, statues or busts “honoring” CSA officers and politicians, and any emblem or “memorial” to the treasonous and failed…
Shocking Photographs Meant to Create Empathy MAY 23, 2015 – A provocative and moving photography exhibit by artist Tyler Shields is creating a lot of buzz, and the images really cause one to have a lot of feelings. His exhibit “Historical Fiction” swaps people and puts them in different places, such as an African-American hanging…
Art-Activist-Rock Band Releases First English Speaking Song With Dramatic Video FEB 19, 2015 – Pussy Riot, the art-activist-rock collective or “band” from Russia that is constantly protesting Putin and his regime, and constantly getting hassled, beaten, arrested and even jailed for it, have released their first English speaking song called “I Can’t Breathe” inspired by…