When Rep. Anthony Weiner responded to accusations that he sent a picture of his crotch  to a young woman, his excuses devolved into “a stream of dirty jokes,” according to the New York Daily News. And of course, the rest of the media and  blogosphere quickly followed suit, creating a good-natured stream of quips and […]

As of late, it seems that the most offensive ads on the internet are coming out of Asia. Whether you find this to be offensive or not, KFC in Hong Kong decided to use a President Obama lookalike in one of their ads to promote a fish filet sandwich. Do you think this ad is […]

Links to articles on Lil Wayne’s and Kanye West’s preferences for light-skin women throughout their lyrics. Earlier this week, we featured two stories from different sources on the admiration that both Lil Wayne and Kanye West have for light-skinned women. Both stories sparked plenty of discussion amongst our Black Planet members. Throughout their careers, as […]

With recent talks of rapper-turned-mogul Sean “P Diddy” Combs interest in buying an NFL Team, a NBC contributor wrote a very humorous yet controversial article titled, Imagining A World Where Sean Combs Owns an NFL Team. Writer Drew Magary points out that NFL owners are “the oldest and whitest of old white guy clubs”, and […]