Friday, September 4, 2009

Bsi 2,129.04 +6.17 +.29%

The Index mourns as Michael Jackson is laid to rest.  Of course, we mourned for him more seventy days ago, but who's counting.

RIP MJ

WINNERS

Models of Color (MoC) 3.91 +1.37 +35.04%

Kudos to black models and fashion professionals for coming together to address the lack of diversity at major fashion weeks.

LOSERS

Roxanne Shante  (RXS) 0.0 -1.29 -100%

That great getting-Warner-Brothers-to-pay-for-her-PhD story from last week.  Yeah, well... all bullshit.  There is not PhD.  Damn.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Bsi 2,122.87 -3 -.14%

Four words send shivers through the Index: Big Mama's House 3

Offensive.  Not because I'm black, but because I write comedy.  WTF?!

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Bsi 2,125.87 +21.39 +1.01%

After suffering indignity at Burr Oak Cemetery, Emmett Till's historic coffin is going where it belongs.  In the Smithsonian.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Bsi 2,104.48 -6.77 -.32%

So Chris Brown doesn't remember hitting Rhianna? Let's just say the rehabilitation tour isn't off to the greatest of starts.

BUY

Cody ChesnuTT

A risky pick, we know. Particularly after the way he seemed to disappear a couple years back. But this man's music is the truth people and he's out playing it again.

SELL

Racializing the Atlanta mayoral race

Monday, August 31, 2009

Bsi 2,111.25 +5.1 +.24%

Saturday in the park... it must be Michael Jackson's birthday!

Friday, August 28, 2009

Bsi 2,106.15 -3.43 -.16%

Hey, guess what really likes black people.  Swine Flu!  Maybe Mama should keep "cooking the breakfast with no hog".

WINNERS

Black Hair  (BHR)  5.17 +2.19 +42.36%

A Chris Rock documentary and a New York Times article?  Black Hair is ready for its close up.

LOSERS

Michael Steele  (MSRNC) 4.29 -1.62 -27.41%

I feel bad for kicking a man while he's down, but Michael Steele, the-black-guy-head-of-the-Republican-Party-so-it-doesn't-seem-like-the-GOP-is-racist-when-they-attack-Obama, was for medicare and the right to chose before it became politically expedient for him to be against it.

There's nothing quite so ugly as a racial opportunist.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Bsi 2,109.58 +8.88 +.42%

Why would Microsoft photoshopping in a white head on a black man for a Polish ad raise the Index? Cause we think it's funny.

The Original...

And the Polish version.

Racism? Probably not. It's just marketing (it's not like there are a lot of black folk in Poland). But it is a hilariously bad idea. And if there's anything that can be learned from all this it's if you're a company with Microsoft's power and reach, you might just want to go ahead and spring for the cost of another photoshoot.