Sharpton Watch Day 01 - Where in the World Is Rev. AL???

As all of you know, last week I put up a post regarding comments DL Hughley made on The Tonight Show regarding the women of Rutgers. Read it here.

You might not know that last week I also sent a letter to MediaMatters.org and Rev. Al Sharpton, two of the main characters in the melodrama that was the Imus Bhuhaha. In that letter I asked Rev Al and Media Matters if they were going to address DL Hughley and ask Viacom to pull the plug on his new reality TV show on BET. I was met with RADIO SILENCE.

So until such a time as the Reverend Al issues a statement, post card, smoke signal, carrier pigeon message, addressing DL's comments, WhatAboutOurDaughters.org will be featuring THE SHARPTON WATCH. Today is Day ONE.

It wasn't cool when a white male said it. It shouldn't be cool when DL says it. Yes, you have a right to say whatever you want to say, but you don't get to be subsidized for saying it. Defund the War on Black Women!

Contact Rev. Al

Contact Viacom
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Featured Activism of the Day!

Today we're featuring another group actively engaged in combating the WAR ON BLACK WOMEN. They are called the SpiritHouse. and they have launched the Our Name is Our Own Campaign.

On the tails of the hurtful words of Don Imus, the Our Name is Our Own Campaign™ will target the systemic level of this habitual branding, and how it sabotages the work of social justice and obscures the vision for our common dreams. This grassroots campaign will be unveiled by Ruby Sales -- acclaimed civil rights activist, social critic, public theologian and history maker

Drop by and read about what they are all about. If you know of another group working it out, let me know.

Featured Activism of the Day!

Evia is sponsoring a campaign to contact the Federal Communications Commission. Stop by her blog and take part in her campaign.

Sistas, please stay tuned for some FCC (Federal Communications Commission) e-mail addresses that I'll be posting later today to which we MUST write in order for them to know how we feel about all of the SMUT talk on the air waves that denigrates, debases, degrades, and defames Black women. You've got to be explicit and let them know that this constant bombardment causes us PAIN. Let's not be cute about this.
Evia

If you know of someone else who has a campaign to take ACTION right now, let me know and I will post it.

After Imus: Now What?

Was anyone else discouraged after Oprah’s Town Hall Meeting ?

I think there plenty of us that are equally outraged about the portrayal of African American women in popular culture . Now we need to get organized. It is time to DEFUND THE WAR ON BLACK WOMEN! Period. End of discussion. This isn’t about artistic expression. This is about capitalism. People have a right to basically say whatever they want to, but I don’t have to subsidize it in any way. Hence the term “starving artist.”

I know that there are countless groups throughout the nation that have been fighting the good fight and have gone relatively unnoticed by MSM ( mainstream media). Nor do I think we can rely on black men to lead the charge. So if you or your organization has started a local, regional, or national effort to take ACTION, let me know and I’ll post it on this blog. If you already have a distribution list to issue calls to action. Let me know, I’ll post it. I am not trying to create a new organization, just serve as a conduit to connect like- minded people together. My technical abilities are rather limited and I have the attention span of knat, but I can manage to post on a blog to get this started. We need a Moveon.org or EMILY’s List for black women.

I’m not interested in any committees, dialogues, commissions or a task force. Those are just ways to wear passionate people out. Diane Weathers said black women should take the lead in this fight. What are we going to DO now?