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Opinion| It’s time to boycott Comcast and anyone blocking Black economic power
Entertainment Studios Chairman and CEO Byron Allen racial discrimination lawsuit against Comcast is bigger than the media industry—it’s about civil rights, equality, ownership in the Black community and Black people having access. As the Department of Justice steps in and supports Comcast, Allen continues to fight the good fight.
In a new video analysis, attorney Antonio Moore stresses how important this case is when it comes to the Civil Rights Act of 1866. He also brings to light the Black people on Comcast owned networks who have the platform to speak out on the discrimination against Allen but choose not to do so. Moore also suggests that it may be time for the rest of the Black community to take action and even boycott Comcast.
If we want to make a movement, Moore says we have to tell Comcast, “If you don’t do right by the lawsuit, you won’t get my dollars.”
Moore also highlights that the goal is for the Black community to be apart of the ownership class in a country that we built and not be stuck in the bottom class, with no credit and unable to provide for our families.
“400 years later and we are 400 years behind, and we want our 400 years of money,” expresses Moore.
Watch the full video for more on the history of the Civil Rights Act, Comcast’s investments and the politics of it all.
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The Queen of Soul died with almost $1 million in uncashed checks
The Queen of Soul left behind great music and also a large amount of uncashed checks.
After a new inventory of her assets, almost $1 million dollars in uncashed checks have been found with Aretha Franklin’s estate.
The checks found were from various things, they included, $702,711.90 from Sound Exchange and the Screen Writers Guild and $285,944.27 in checks from her publishing company, Springtime Publishing, EMI, BMI, Carlin Music and Feel Good Films, according to Page Six.
Making the grand total $988,656.17 in uncashed checks.
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Franklin died on August 16,2018 at the age of 76 and originally no Will was found, causing family drama over the allocation of her assets. The late singer left behind four sons who were set to split her estate evenly, but nine months after her death, that changed. Three handwritten Wills were found in her house, two from 2010 and one from 2014, according to Billboard.
The authenticity of the Wills are being reviewed by a handwriting expert. If these Wills are valid, the distribution of Franklin’s assets will completely change. Each son has also retained separate legal teams.
READ MORE:Aretha Franklin’s estate goes under court control for now, but family squabbles surface
But this wouldn’t be the first time Franklin hadn’t cashed in checks. Checks from 2012 had to be reissued in 2016. Franklin’s son Kecalf Cunningham has already contacted a bank in regards to one of the checks found, according to Billboard.
Kecalf and his brothers appointed his cousin Sabrina Owens as the personal representative of the estate, but he has since expressed his unhappiness with her work. “It is totally unacceptable that it has taken a year for the heirs to begin find out what their mother owned on the date of her death,” Kecalf’s attorneys Charlene Glover-Hogan and Juanita Gavin Hughses wrote in a recent court motion. “To date, the heirs still do not know what was owned on Aretha Franklin’s date of death.”
Kecalf’s attorneys also claims Owens didn’t distribute an inventory of Aretha’s estate to the four heirs until six months after it was due by law. Court papers said the inventory was missing a lot of things including bank statements, tax bills, appraisals for the value of her homes and blue book values of her cars.
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Kanye West possibly performing at Dave Chappelle block party
Kanye West may be surprising the people of Dayton, Ohio with a Sunday Service concert.
The rapper and his family were spotted in the Ohio town just days before his longtime friend Dave Chapelle’s Block Party will take place, according to TMZ.
Just weeks after Dayton experienced a mass shooting killing nine people, Chapelle is hosting a free block party Sunday called “Gem City Shine.” The purpose of the gathering is to honor and remember lives lost and to “reclaim the community’s favorite places to shop, dine and enjoy time with family and friends,” according to the events Facebook.
READ MORE: Dave Chappelle will host free block party in Dayton in honor of shooting victims
Chapelle is a long time resident of Yellow Springs, Ohio, about 20 miles outside of Dayton and felt this event was needed, according to Complex.
Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley, also expressed her happiness about the event via twitter.
So excited to announce Gem City Shine, hosted by Dave Chappelle this Sunday in the Oregon District. Folks from the Dayton area can get free tickets here: https://t.co/DBNqklOOkY pic.twitter.com/gD2o5vugNX
— Nan Whaley (@nanwhaley) August 21, 2019
While in Dayton, West has actively scouted locations for Sunday Service and may even possibly bring his choir along sources told TMZ. The invite only, Sunday Service created a lot of buzz earlier this year when West turned secular music into gospel tunes with a huge celebrity presence in the audience.
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West and his choir also performed on Easter Sunday at Coachella this year for their own special rendition of Sunday Service.
But West may not be the only big name in Dayton this weekend. Dayton.com has a few predictions of who may pop up and surprise fans at this event and how they connect to Chapelle and the cause.
- Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper- The three worked together on “A Star is Born,” and became friends. Both have traveled to Yellow Springs in the past.
- Talib Kweli– Kweli has closed for many of Chapelle’s shows in the past, most recently a charity show in Ohio.
- Comedians- Well it is Dave Chapelle right? Chapelle has worked with Aziz Ansari, Amy Schumer, and Chris Rock in the past few years so they may show up.
- John Mayer– Chapelle and Mayer are friends and even went on a comedy/music tour together last year called Controlled Danger.
- Jill Scott and Erykah Badu– Both singers have performed in Yellow Springs where Chapelle resides. Scott and Badu also performed at Chapelle’s Block Party in 2005.
- John Legend – An Ohio native that has already supported the Oregon District on Aug.11 with a small concert.
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