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Morning Papers 06.01.10

Turkish PM Slams Israel for 'Bloody Massacre' on Ships

Voice of America - ‎31 minutes ago‎

Photo: AP Turkey's prime minister says Israel should be punished for its deadly assault on a convoy of ships carrying aid to the Gaza Strip.

Video: Israelis instructed to avoid visiting Turkey

'4 Turks among Gaza flotilla dead' Jerusalem Post

Day 43 of Gulf Oil Spill: Countdown to Pipe Cutting, New Dome

ABC News - Matt Gutman, Kate McCarthy - ‎23 minutes ago‎

As early as today a scalpel-sharp saw studded with industrial diamonds will be lowered to a 22-inch riser in an attempt to slice off the main oil pipe so engineers can lower a dome over the spewing oil in the Gulf of ...

Video: The Buzz: Oil spill, are they doing enough

Ted Koppel's son, Andrew, found dead after night of boozing in NYC: sources

New York Daily News - Rocco Parascandola - ‎2 hours ago‎

Andrew Koppel, son of Ted Koppel (above), former anchor for ABC News, has been found dead in an apartment in Washington Heights. Ted Koppel's 40-year-old son was found dead in a Washington Heights apartment early Monday after a ...

Ted Koppel's Son Found Dead FOXNews

Ted Koppel's son, 40, found dead in NYC apartment The Associated Press

Apple has now sold more than two million iPad tablets, the company said Monday, less than two months after the iPad's April 3 US launch.

Apple Sells Two Million iPads in Two Months Wired News

Apple expected to sell 6.2M iPads in 2010 after strong overseas debut

Quit Facebook Day was a Success Even as it Flopped

PC World - ‎7 minutes ago‎

Quit Facebook Day may have flopped when it comes to creating a mass exodus of Facebook users, but those who care about privacy owe a debt of gratitude to the failed movement.

Quit Facebook Day A Bust InformationWeek

10 Reasons Why Privacy Issues Won't Drive People Away from Facebook eWeek

For Kobe, beating Celtics in finals matters; don't believe otherwise

SI.com - ‎1 hour ago‎

Kobe Bryant still has a sour taste in his mouth from 2008 when the Lakers fell to the Celtics in the Finals. In the moments after the Lakers beat the Suns to advance to the NBA Finals, Kobe Bryant was asked several questions about the Boston Celtics ...

Celtics, Lakers, Cynics, Fakers CBS News

Eye-opener: If Kobe carries the Lakers can we start using the Jordan word? USA Today

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Shrek Outsells Sex at Weekend Box Office

Vanity Fair - Juli Weiner - ‎28 minutes ago‎

Memorial Day weekend was opening weekend for Sex and the City 2, by most accounts a torturous movie whose only notable feature is its dizzying costume budget.

Memorial weekend box office hardly memorable Los Angeles Times

An Action Star Is Born? Not Just Yet in 'Prince' New York Times

HIP HOP VS. AMERICA: OPRAH WINFREY, MONEY POWER & RESPECT

EXCERPT FROM BLACK PROF.COM --- by Boyce Watkins Some people think I hate Oprah Winfrey. Idon’t. Actually, I love Oprah. Not the way my grandmother loves her, for that would be technically defined as cult worship. I love her the way I love Black Enterprise Magazine or really good Chinese food.  Oprah inspires me, intimidates me and makes me really curious about the benefits of good, strong Tupperware.The reason some people think I dislike Oprah is because I felt the need to critique her. Being engaged in critical social commentary in a media of black and white is like being an abstract artist in a comic book club. If you criticize someone, you are officially defined as a critic. You don’t dare use terms like “but on the other hand….”, for that’s the part of the tape that gets played during the commercial break. I even critique my mother, and I really love my mama. There is a ying-yang in everything, and Oprah is no exception. Remember: Her name is Oprah Winfrey, not Jesus Winfrey, but my grandmother might not agree.The source of my Oprah critique came during her “Town Hall Meeting” on Hip Hop. On this particular show, Winfrey decided to assault gangster rap for its sexist imagery and violent lyrical content. I know gangster rap well, as the rapper Ice Cube (Co-founder of the group NWA) was my own personal Oprah Winfrey during high school and college. Everybody needs an Oprah, especially angry black men. There was something about the energy of NWA’s music that made me feel strong and liberated. Ice Cube’s song “F*ck the Police” was the most notorious of his collection, describing anger in LA about police brutality. With Rodney King happening just 3 years later, the song turned out to be downright prophetic.But Ice Cube has some other work that is not so cool. Yes, he was young, but there is no excuse for the sexist content of some of his music. Years later, after Cube’s family movies have made him into a Crip-walking Bill Cosby, Oprah still has a legitimate grudge against him for songs he made 15 years ago.  Ice Cube’s nasty response to Oprah, as well as backing from his gangster rap grandchild 50 Cent, led to Oprah’s Town Hall Meeting on Hip Hop.During her attack on gangster rap, The Almighty Oprah chose to structure the judge and jury in her own psychological image. Not one guest in this so-called dialogue on gangster rap was actually a gangster rapper. The rapper “Common” was invited, but that’s like inviting Winny the Pooh to represent the Legion of Grizzly Bears. The conversation was rigged and counter-productive from the start. As a fan and critic of Hip Hop, I was disappointed. As a finance professor, I was annoyed that everyone seemed to forget that Hip Hop, in the form seen by most of America , is a corporate phenomenon.  In this game, the “playas” are actually the ones getting played. One can’t discuss the War on Terror without mentioning President Bush, and one can’t discuss the challenge to gangster rap without mentioning the labels that provide financing, marketing, packaging and distribution of the final product.  Without corporate America “slanging” the product or suburban kids clamoring for it like dope addicts, commercialized gangster rap would be about as socially significant as MC Hammer’s little brother. SOURCE: BLACKPROF.COM

Stuff Educated Black People Like

Besides themselves, EBP like talking about uneducated Blacks who disgrace their race. Most EBP hate those Blacks who are loud in public and draw unnecessary attention to themselves. EBP especially get embarrassed when they are out with their white friends and they run into an uneducated Black person. They usually want to run over and slap the uneducated Black in order to stop whatever stupid behavior they are doing, but of course, this would not be very educated of them. Most educated Blacks are embarrassed by the loud music and large rims uneducated blacks seem to love. Another favorite is poor grammar, which is usually spoken very loudly. When a group of EBP get together, they typically talk about all the uneducated Blacks they saw that day. Conversations on this topic can go on for hours and can range from slippers to do-rags worn in public! With uneducated Blacks constantly doing embarrassing things, this is a never ending conversation. While this is standard conversation for EBP, white people should never engage in this type of discussion. White people will come off as prejudice, which is something educated Black people hate. If a white person says something derogatory about an uneducated Black, their educated Black friend will quickly become uneducated and proceed to curse that white person out. SOURCE OF THIS STORY