Ebony Power 150

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     A couple of months ago, Ebony Magazine put out its issue of the 150 most powerful African Americans in the country. There were the obvious people on the list. President & Mrs Obama, Jay Z, Beyonce, etc. However, there were two names that I believe were purposely left off of the list, mainly due to their conservative politics.
     Michael Steele is the chairman of the Republican party. Think about this for a minute. A Black man is the head of the Republican party. That means that Black men are the leaders of the two biggest political parties in America. Only one made Ebony's list, though.
     The other man who's missing from this list is Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. He's the only African American on the most powerful court in America. Yet, he doesn't make the Power 150.
     I'm not a big fan of either of these two men; far from it. However, Ebony should respect the fact that both men made it to posts that African Americans had only dreamed about not too many years ago. Both deserve to be on Ebony's list. Shame on Ebony for not even considering them.

Whole Foods CEO

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Apparently, the crunchy granola world is flustered over the fact that Whole Foods’ CEO wrote an op ed where he said, among other things, that health care wasn’t a right http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32471153/ns/us_news-washington_post/. Why does this shock people? A lot of companies that you might think have a liberal bend have people running them who are extremely conservative. Where do you think all that money for conservative think tanks & operative groups comes from?


For example, for all the talk about how liberal Hollywood is, the fact is that it’s really only the actors who might be liberal. The entertainment industry is run by multinational conglomerates whose boards of directors & CEOs are mainly conservative. Dominos Pizza is run by an ultraconservative who gives the majority of his money to far right causes. That’s why I don’t eat their pizza.

If you really want to find out where your money is going, do some research online. There are many web sites that keep track of who gives how much money to which causes. Then, send these CEOs a message that you will not give money to their companies. People who shop at Whole Foods should not be shocked in the least.

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