Diasporan: July 2011

Getting Their Comeuppance

Nothing could have ever prepared me for the day when I would read in the news that a banker got arrested and sentenced to jail » Read more

Scared Straight

So The Audacity of Hope plans it's trip to Gaza and the rest of the World watches coz we know they ain't goin' nowhere... » Read more

News & Views

A new paper from us containing all the news and views of the descendants of Africans around the World... » Read more

Is slavery ever funny?

Is it possible that levity can be found in a movie about slavery?... » Read more

In a recent Article on TheLoop21.com, Jamilah Lemieux wrote a well thought out article on the miscarriage of justice to the detriment of black women, citing as evidence the recent much featured and talked about cases of the Gambian hotel maid against Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the case against Casey Anthony for the death of her daughter Caylee. image credit: Dan4th I cannot personally speak to the innocence or guilt of any of the two accused. In general, we...

Getting their comeuppance

By Gigi on Monday, 4 July 2011

Nothing could have ever prepared me for the day when I would read in the news that a banker got arrested and sentenced to jail for fraud. NOTHING. According to Ascology.com, a banker has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for sinking Colonial Bank in 2009. He sold billions of dollars of worthless or non-existent mortgages to raise money for another company he owned. image credit: abardwell Call me jaded if you will, but I do not believe that the top muckity mucks...