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Jas Talents and Models — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:51:26 -0000

Things are looking up I hope but signs are pointing to that direction. With the first black president in the US which is the most important position in the whole wide world, the wind of change will prevail. The mere election of a black president speaks volume about racism.

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PageCovery — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:23:40 -0000

Why is there a need for racism? Loren Feldman should be at least mature enough to understand this point or should i have said that his family might not have invested the right efforts in bringing him up as a better person?
Rif Chia

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Online Cricket Games — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:24:49 -0000

I'm backing you up. In this time and year, there's no room for racists running business. We need to let people know their ugly side and ethics in running their business.

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Valerie’s Handy Blog — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:01:28 -0000

Hi Corvida. I agree with you, the video was degrading. Don't worry about him degrading you or any black tech bloggers; we are here to support you. I always love to read your blog because you make great and sincere posts. Keep it up!

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Keenan — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:58:12 -0000

I am CEO of a Web 2.0 start up and black.

As I watched, I began to panic. I started to wonder, maybe that is the problem. I'm not talking right. I didn't pick the right business model, Ho-Tracker.com, dang I should have thought of that. I never even thought about taking a hit of a good blunt before my day started. And, if I had thought to sip a little Gin and Juice through out the day, success might have come a lot easier.

Where was this fool earlier, I could used his skillz. As a brother I had no idea, I have been doing it wrong for so long. Dang!

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Amber S — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:36:53 -0000

Sweet.

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maverickny — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:05:05 -0000

Well done and well said, Corvida! I had no idea the video existed until Louis Gray highlighted your post; I'm sorry you and others had to suffer that, it is mean spirited and uncalled for.

I thought this kind of racist, bigoted stuff went out in the 1970's with Alf Garnett and Bernard Manning. It just isn't funny at all.

Good for you for taking a stand, you go gal!

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Bill Sodeman — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:16:28 -0000

Good work, Corvida!

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beach — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:11:15 -0000

hey corvida... just wanted to say that I am with you 100% on all of this. keep it up! You're doing great things!

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Jennifer — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:03:11 -0000

@Corvida - fantastic and eloquent post. I appreciate your sincerity in sharing with the community here.

@Lynne D Johnson -

Freedom of speech in the media especially in blog land is still in a quandary.

With the issues of content at question it makes you wonder how can a platform such as blogger, sixpart, etc. could police so many blogs every day and then what is considered objectable-content?

From my eyes as a black woman I see a lot of things I disagree with but I enjoy that I can choose not read it or not. However, I know some people have issues with my own content with is factual from the newspaper (and other credible sources) about incidents. So I do not know what is again "objectable-content?"

I am curious to know what is going to happen these next couple of years as more bloggers share and challenge what is "objectable-content?"

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DJ Wait — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:53:13 -0000

All of the support is very encouraging. Nicely done, Corvida.

When will white people stop trying to accuse others of being "PC" (with a negative connotation) just to shutdown a conversation? The "PC" argument is tired. It's about right vs. wrong. Feldman was wrong and he's never sincerely apologized. I don't have a problem with Verizon's action.

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DJ Wait — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:51:50 -0000

All of the support is very encouraging. Nicely done, Corvida.

When will white people stop trying to accuse others of being "PC" (with a negative connotation) just to shutdown a conversation? The "PC" argument is tired. It's about right and wrong. Feldman was wrong and he's never apologized (sincerely). I don't have a problem with Verizon's action.

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najeeAli — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:15:03 -0000

Great post !

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jeneane — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:08:04 -0000

so glad to read this. thank you for posting it.

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Dave Martin — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:33:01 -0000

Bravos, Corvida! Well said. My sense is those that play must be willing to pay. What Feldman has done in his lame attempt at humor/entertainment is clearly offensive, insensitive and tone deaf. In my opinion, the man is a hack. Should he wish to use his own funds or those of others openly willing to sponsor/fund his brand of so-called humor/entertainment so be it. In this case a responsible and responsive public company has served as the best arbiter.

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juliemarg — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:12:34 -0000

Congratulations. You and I have the right to express our opinions to businesses who want our money. Anyone who confuses this with free speech or the college political correctness police needs to review their civics lessons.

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Mona Nomura — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:19:57 -0000

there is something called TACT that was lacking

....but then again that's expecting too much from someone who says "Chinese" instead of "Asian" and "blacks"? Are you kidding me? What is this, 1960?

come on! WAKE UP

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Mona Nomura — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:14:10 -0000

Extremely well written, classy, and diplomatic. NICE

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Lynne d Johnson — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:59:36 -0000

Corvida - I applaud your commentary here, as one who spoke out when the video first appeared last year (http://www.lynnedjohnson.co.... In fact, in continuing a tradition of bringing a "Blogging While Black Panel," to SXSWi, this past year, I introduced, "Where Are the Black Tech Bloggers?" there (podcast here: http://www.lynnedjohnson.co... that Feldman attended. He attended because he thought the entire panel was set up as a reaction to him, when in fact it was just another take on "Blogging While Black," with an added mention of this particular video. Overall, his position there was pretty much the same that it had been on Valleywag previously (http://valleywag.com/tech/l..., in which he harped on the fact that he was an artist doing comedy. He also used his social media power to label the panel a hate fest, but I believe the podcast proves otherwise.

What's interesting here though, is that now this issue is outside the confines of the tech community and fully thrust into the mainstream, even with various groups protesting Verizon's distribution of his content (http://thedailyvoice.com/vo.... And as @bukolae already mentions, the content has reportedly been pulled and the deal is over.

While Feldman even expressed to me that he meant no malice toward any ethnic group per se, and created this video in the name of art, just as he has his puppets -- because Google is forever, the creation of this one video may forever haunt him. Even if, as he has professed, this video is not the sole representation of his work. To a large number of people who have no other connection with his work but this video -- it is.

On another note, he has received so much more press from this now, and I'm sure overall interest, that even though Cnet or Verizon may have canceled distribution deals with him, it doesn't mean that some other company won't cut him a check.

So there are some serious questions that arise:

1. Already raised by Matthew Ingram's post about Freedom of Speech in the media (http://www.mathewingram.com...

2. And the other is about tolerance in the new age of media. On television, cable, radio, there are certain standards, all governed by the FCC. Does contest like this warrant a policing of the Web? And if so, doesn't it change the nature of things and the freedoms we come to expect as bloggers?

I'm just asking.

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philbaumann — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:59:15 -0000

Good for you. It's not censorship to ask Verizon to drop its deal. It's perfectly within the free market to do so; in fact, more of us should use such principled approaches to addressing these serious problems we still have going on. Censorship is when a governmental agency puts tape over your mouth.

This is about social justice and I think that you're well within your rights to speak heartfelt power to that cause.