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UK NEWS: X-FACTOR CONTESTANT MISHA B’S ESTRANGED MOTHER BEGS FOR A REUNION

The estranged mother of X-Factor contestant Misha B has crawled out of the wood work and written an “open letter” to the singer begging to be reunited. Florence Bryan’s letter which has been published in Now Magazine *side-eye* says, ‘When I heard you say on The X Factor that you didn’t know your real mum, or why she abandoned you, I felt all the heartbreak from when I parted with you 19 years ago come flooding back. ‘It was the hardest decision of my life. []

QUOTE OF THE DAY: ACTOR/RAPPER ASHLEY WALTERS (“I DON’T THINK THERE ARE ENOUGH STREET DRAMAS”)

I think Channel 4 is so brave. They’re the only channel that put things on like that and doesn’t worry about what people think. It was a good show, a well acted drama. Why is it people always complain? It’s a TV show and we should have all supported it.” “What upsets me so much is, as soon as something like this comes on, every black person in the country acts like there’s never been anything good. We just had Anuvahood, which []

QUOTES OF THE DAY: ACTOR/RAPPER ARNOLD OCENG (AKA SNAKEY MAN)

In an interview with The Voice actor/rapper Arnold Oceng aka Snakey Man talks about industry racism and Devil worship. You are a staunch anti racism campaigner and have worked with the charity Love Music Hate Racism. Have you ever been a victim of racism within the industry? When I was on Grange Hill, there would be little jokes on set and they would come from people that you were working with. I remember one of the cast members would drop jokes, like ‘don’t leave []

UK NEWS: TV CHEF LORRAINE PASCALE RACIALLY ABUSED ON TWITTER / INCIDENT NOW UNDER POLICE INVESTIGATION

A sad individual felt the need to send former model turned popular BBC TV chef Lorraine Pascale a good old fashioned racist tweet. Unpleasant tweet to get this morning coming right up. A very sad state of affairs … — Lorraine Pascale (@lorrainepascale) November 12, 2011 http://twitter.com/#!/JoshSoap/status/135197892213342210 This fool really took it there. *shaking my head* And there was me thinking that racism no longer existed in Britain. I blame John Terry. (Hahaha) Yet another wake up call folks! UPDATE: Tough day []

VIDEO: ‘BLACK LIFESTYLE’ IN JAPAN / WOMAN VISITS TANNING SALON TO BECOME AS DARK AS AMERICAN HIP HOP ARTISTS

A pale skin resembles beauty in Japan, but that no longer doesn’t count for everyone. Hina lives her life according to the ‘B-style’, or the ‘black lifestyle’. This includes going to the tanning salon regularly to become as dark as American hip hop artists. [Thanks Lorraine] You have men/women foolishly bleaching their skin in a bid to look lighter and now this mess. Hina reads the The Source, XXL  Magazine, and watches Hip Hop videos and believes that is “black lifestyle”? We are seriously doomed. []

UK MUSIC: GFrsh – ‘GOT EM SAYIN’

Check out rapper GFrsh’s latest offering ‘Got Em Sayin’. … The Track – *Scratches head and rubs temples* The Video – GFrsh drives around London in a Rolls-Royce Phantom, stops at at £1.99 meal deal chicken shop, then stands and raps next to the Rolls-Royce Phantom in front of some run down council estate. I am still crying/shaking with laughter. Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?