December 12, 2009
Earlier on today I asked OK! Magazine if they thought that all black men looked alike, because they posted a story on their website about actor/director Noel Clarke, and then posted a photograph of UK rapper Kano to go with the article. If you missed it then click here to take in the hilarity of it all. Since then OK! have corrected their mistake and issued an apology to an annoyed Noel…. via TWITTER. @noelclarke No excuses Noel. Our pic agency let us down but it should have been […]
November 19, 2009
In October I blogged about the film Couples Retreat and it’s suspect promotional material. Click here to read. The international poster promoting the film (also seen here in Britain) does not feature African American actors Faizon Love and Kali Hawk. However the US poster does feature both actors but they have both been deliberately placed right at the back. Since then our very own Daily Mail has picked up on the story and featured this article via their website on Monday. In response to the controversy Universal Pictures said, the poster […]
October 5, 2009
Via The Guardian The BBC has received 63 complaints after it emerged Strictly Come Dancing star Anton Du Beke called his dance partner Laila Rouass a “Paki”. The dancer issued an apology after the News of the World revealed he had used the offensive term to describe the actor Laila Rouass, his partner on the BBC1 show. Du Beke reportedly said Rouass, who is mixed race, “looked like a Paki” after she turned up to a rehearsal with a spray tan. Rouass […]
July 3, 2009
Lil Wayne and Drake perform at the BET Awards. Photograph: WireImage What made them think that this slackness would be seen as acceptable? Via Allhiphop BET has expressed remorse over a performance by Lil Wayne, Drake and Young Money Records that involved underage girls during songs “Best I Ever Had” and “Every Girl.” The songs, which have overt sexual references, were performed during the Sunday BET Awards ’09 show as a bevy of young girls danced on stage. The group of girls consisted of Lil […]
June 10, 2008
“I don’t want to play anything down, but I’m the least racist person going,” (Amy Winehouse apologises for using racial slurs in recently released video)
MAD NEWS UK 