Janet Shan
Living in Alpharetta, GA
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On AC since: 12.25.06
Bio:
A freelancer writer who is currently working on her first novel, a mystery set in the hills of Montego Bay, Jamaica. Visit: blackpoliticalthought.blogspot.com.
A freelancer writer who is currently working on her first novel, a mystery set in the hills of Montego Bay, Jamaica. Visit: blackpoliticalthought.blogspot.com.
Education/Experience:
BSM, MBA degrees in Management from Indiana Wesleyan University, Undergraduate Journalism studies at Ohio University.
BSM, MBA degrees in Management from Indiana Wesleyan University, Undergraduate Journalism studies at Ohio University.
Interests:
Reading mysteries and biographical works of famous people who made it against all odds, cooking and listening to all types of music
Reading mysteries and biographical works of famous people who made it against all odds, cooking and listening to all types of music
Motto:
One Love, One Heart, One Voice
One Love, One Heart, One Voice
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Sen. Harry Reid privately described then presidential candidate Barack Obama as a black candidate who could be successful due to his "light-skinned" appearance and speaking patterns "with no Negro dialect unless he wanted to have one."
By Janet Shan | Published 1/12/2010
Skiing phenom Errol Kerr, dubbed the "Usain Bolt" of the ski cross world, qualifies to represent Jamaica at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in 2010.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/29/2009
Kirk Caldwell, a Philadelphia pastor, allegedly shoots and kills his 21-year-old son, Jordan Caldwell on Christmas Day, during domestic dispute.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/28/2009
Percy Sutton, civil rights trailblazer, media mogul, political giant, visionary and attorney for Malcolm X and Sugar Ray Robinson, dies at 89.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/27/2009
Jasper Schuringa instrumental in subduing alleged terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on Northwest Airlines Flight#253 as it prepared to land in Detroit.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/26/2009
Actor Charlie Sheen has been arrested in Aspen, Co., on charges related to domestic violence after his wife, Brooke Mueller, calls 911.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/25/2009
HUD has issued a news release stating that Phillip Maze, a landlord in Arab, Ala., discriminated against a family he was renting a mobile home to because they allowed a black person to stay overnight in their home.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/24/2009
Eutisha Revee Rennix, died after suffering seizure, while two EMT workers ignored her plight. They got their bagels and left Au Bon Pain coffee shop.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/23/2009
Eutisha Revee Rennix, died after suffering seizure, while two EMT workers ignored her plight. They got their bagels and left Au Bon Pain coffee shop.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/21/2009
A second-grader at Maxham Elementary School in Taunton, MA, was sent home and forced to get psychological testing for drawing a picture of crucifix.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/15/2009
A Milwaukee teacher has been charged with disorderly conduct after she punished a first-grader, Lamya Cammon, by cutting her hair. The teacher cut one of the little girl's braids off after she wouldn't stop playing with them in class.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/13/2009
Jamaican singer Mark Anthony Myrie, popularly known as Buju Banton, was arrested by federal agents in Miami, Fl., on Dec. 10th, and is facing drug conspiracy charges.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/13/2009
More drama from the Tiger Woods house. There are reports coming from Fox News that EMTs were called to the house at Deacon Circle at 2:35 a.m. Tuesday. Witnesses say an ambulance transported a female patient to Health Central Hospital.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/8/2009
Officer Crawshaw was shot and killed by Ronald Robinson. Police said Robinson came to the home seeking payment of $500 from Danyal Morton related to a drug deal. Morton was also shot to death.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/7/2009
Abdulsalam Al-Zahrani, a 46 year old Binghamton University graduate student, has been charged with second degree murder in the stabbing death of anthropology professor emeritus Richard T. Antoun.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/7/2009
L.A. Gang Tours is being launched by a group of civic activists, who hold the belief that the poor economy in the interior of Los Angeles is a social injustice. They are preparing to offer tours to some of the grittiest pockets in South Los Angeles.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/7/2009
And the Tiger Woods sex scandal continues with yet another woman's name being thrown in the ring. Radaronline is reporting that Jamie Jungers, a Las Vegas model, is set to go public with her story of an affair with Tiger Woods.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/5/2009
Alexa Ray Joel, daughter of Piano Man Billy Joel and his ex-wife Christie Brinkley, was rushed to St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City, after ingesting a large number of sleeping pills, in what the New York Police is saying was a suicide attempt.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/5/2009
A fourth woman is coming forward claiming she had a long-term affair with the golfing phenom. She has already lawyered up -- Orlando power attorney Michael O'Quinn to address the media with her story soon.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/5/2009
Phillip Davis, 33, was shot and killed just before midnight Thursday during a routine traffic stop that went terribly wrong. Bart Wayne Johnson of Kimberly is being held in connection with the shooting, Pelham police said.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/4/2009
Tiger Woods has just found himself in the middle of another scandal. Jaimee Grubbs, 24, has told Us Weekly that she has voicemails and text messages to corroborate her claims of a 31-month sexual relationship with Woods.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/1/2009
Solange Magnano, a former Miss Argentina, has died from complications after undergoing cosmetic surgery on her buttocks. Dang. She died of a pulmonary embolism Sunday, after three days in critical conditions following a gluteoplasty in Buenos Aires.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/1/2009
Serena Williams just received the stiffest fine in Grand Slam history for her profanity-laced tirade during the U.S. Open in September.
By Janet Shan | Published 11/30/2009
Have you seen Maurice Clemmons? The 37-year old Tacoma man is being sought by law enforcement in the execution-style shooting of Mark Renninger and three other police officers at the Forza Coffee shop near Parkland, Wa., Sunday morning.
By Janet Shan | Published 11/30/2009
Tiger Woods has been seriously injured in a car wreck in Florida. The Florida Highway Patrol said Woods hit a fire hydrant and a tree as he pulled out of his driveway early Friday in his 2009 Cadillac sport utility vehicle.
By Janet Shan | Published 11/27/2009
Dr. Stephen Wolf, 51, of Oklahoma City, was arrested Monday and accused in the early morning death of his nine-year old son, Tommy Wolf. He faces first degree murder charges in the death of the third grader.
By Janet Shan | Published 11/17/2009
Lionel McIntyre, a professor at Columbia University, punched, Camille Davis, a university employee in the face at a Harlem bar during a heated argument about race relations. He was busted for assault when Davis, visibly bruised, filed charges.
By Janet Shan | Published 11/10/2009
Andrew Williamson-Noble, a New York University junior committed suicide this morning by leaping from the 10th floor of the main library and landing in the atrium below.
By Janet Shan | Published 11/3/2009
Kristy Sanchez-Trujillo, a social studies teacher at Jimmy Carter High School in Albuquerque, NM, has been charged with three counts of rape after she confided to a fellow teacher that she was having sex with one of her 13 year old male students.
By Janet Shan | Published 10/30/2009
Math worksheet featured a photo of a black man wearing a straw hat, shirt and suspenders, with his mostly toothless mouth wide open.
By Janet Shan | Published 10/28/2009
Keith Bardwell, a justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, refused to issue a marriage license to Beth Humphrey and Terence McKay, an interracial couple, out of concern for any children the couple might have.
By Janet Shan | Published 10/15/2009
DeMaurice Smith, the executive director of the NFL players union, has written an email to the association's executive committee, detailing his opposition to any purchase of the St. Louis Rams football team by Rush Limbaugh.
By Janet Shan | Published 10/12/2009
An Australian talent show skit based around the late Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 has sparked outrage after guest star, U.S. crooner Harry Connick Jr., called for an apology and viewers accused the program of racism.
By Janet Shan | Published 10/9/2009
President Barack Obama has made history again! He has won a Nobel Peace Prize. He was praised by the Norwegian Nobel Committee for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."
By Janet Shan | Published 10/9/2009
The Dutch Caribbean is in the news again. This time U.S. Vice Consul James Hogan, 49, has been missing on the tiny island of Curacao since he left home on September 24, 2009, for one of his regular midnight walks.
By Janet Shan | Published 10/4/2009
Ashley "AJ" Jewell, ex-former fiance of Kandi Burruss, the newest cast member of the reality show, "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," was killed outside an Atlanta strip club Friday night.
By Janet Shan | Published 10/3/2009
Four teenagers, Silvonus Shannon, 19; Eric Carson, 16; Eugene Bailey, 18, and Eugene Riley, 18, have been ordered held without bail for the vicious beating death of honors student Derrion Albert, 16.
By Janet Shan | Published 9/29/2009
There is a new dustup involving B. Bernice Young Elementary School children singing a song to President Obama. The video was posted to YouTube just two days before President Obama's speech to students.
By Janet Shan | Published 9/26/2009
Ty Dolls has released its Sasha and Malia dolls, but the company has maintained that the names are not of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama's children.
By Janet Shan | Published 1/25/2009
Ann Coulter has struck again and this time she is coming under fire for her inflammatory comments.
By Janet Shan | Published 1/3/2009
Pope Benedict has joined the fray and have given his position on homosexuality. He, however, insulted the millions of decent gays and lesbians by his comparison.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/22/2008
Another person with access to schools has molested yet another child. Ms. Tuckruskye has been accused of this before.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/17/2008
The wealthy may have just received a lifeline from a federal judge to recover some of their money. The federal government is only too eager to help the wealthiest, but seemingly turns its back on the struggling homeowners stay in their homes.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/16/2008
Russian president Vladimir Putin wants to outfit his dog with a GPS so that he will know exactly where his dog is at all times.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/27/2007
Colorado city councilwoman Sandra Tucker has resigned over a racist email that was posted on a community website. She refused to remove the email, saying that it was a joke, but chose to resign instead.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/9/2007
It is time for us to save our teenagers and young people. Youth violence has been on the rise at an alarmingly high rate in since 1999, when we had the Columbine High School massacre. We have to stem this wave of destruction.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/7/2007
Mike Jones, the former male prostitute who "outed" Reverend Ted Haggard, has said that he had a sexual encounter with Larry Craig between late 2004 and early 2005.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/2/2007
Washington Redskins star safety Sean Taylor was gunned down in his home by four thugs who targeted him because of his wealth. They, too, are African Americans who are guilty of the growing wave of black-on-black crime in the U.S.A.
By Janet Shan | Published 12/1/2007
The hypocrisy in the pulpit continues as Richard Roberts resigns his position as president of Oral Roberts University effective immediately. The embattled son of founder, Oral Roberts has received a "no confidence" vote from professors at the university.
By Janet Shan | Published 11/24/2007
Archbishop Earl Paulk Jr. is in the news ago for sexual misconduct that has dogged him ministry for years. The latest scandal is that his nephew, D. E. Paulk, is really his son.
By Janet Shan | Published 11/20/2007
Tawana Brawley is back in the news again, somewhat indirectly. Her mother is petitioning New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and Attorney General Cuomo to grant her amnesty for an outstanding arrest warrant against her.
By Janet Shan | Published 11/19/2007
Australia-based recruitment firm Westaff seems to have a problem with the Santas they train saying "ho, ho, ho" because it could scare children and be derogatory to women.
By Janet Shan | Published 11/15/2007
Dr. Donda West, the mother of hip-hop star Kanye West has passed away. The family has asked for privacy while it grieves, but media reports have said she died while undergoing cosmetic surgery.
By Janet Shan | Published 11/12/2007
Senator Grassley has launched a probe into the six television ministries over their lavish lifestyles and spending. He has said that his concerns lies in tax matters.
By Janet Shan | Published 11/11/2007
The recent accusations of sexual assault by a school matron at Oprah Winfrey's academy in South Africa has turned the spotlight on a growing epidemic.
By Janet Shan | Published 11/10/2007
Dwayne "Dog" Chapman, bounty hunter, is the latest "celebrity" to use the N-word. It has been reported that A&E which airs his show has halted production pending an investigation.
By Janet Shan | Published 11/1/2007
President Bush has requested an additional $42 billion for the wars. He should not be given a rubber stamp to do as he pleases. The war in Iraq has been a travesty and has put our soldiers in harm's way for far too long.
By Janet Shan | Published 10/23/2007
Rudy Giuliani should not be the next Republican presidential nominee for a plethora of reasons. He fostered a climate of racial profiling and police brutality during his tenure as Mayor of NYC.
By Janet Shan | Published 10/21/2007
Juanita Bynum has declared herself the new face of the battered woman. It seems to me that she is in it for the money. Domestic violence is a very serious problem and should not be taken lightly by anyone.
By Janet Shan | Published 10/19/2007
South African reggae superstar Lucky Dube was murdered by carjackers in his native South Africa. Crime is such a pervasive problem that many are concerned about the 2010 Soccer World Cup to be held there.
By Janet Shan | Published 10/19/2007
The rise in gang-related killings in Jamaica is on the rise and it is absolutely vital that the new Prime Minister Bruce Golding make this a priority. Innocent people are losing their lives everyday.
By Janet Shan | Published 10/19/2007
The gangs in the urban areas of Jamaica have become a real problem for residents. The killings are becoming more heinous and sometimes involve babies, women and children as victims.
By Janet Shan | Published 10/18/2007
The saga of the Jena Six continues with Mychal Bell being ordered back to jail on charges that he violated his probation. This time, he will have to serve 18 months in prison.
By Janet Shan | Published 10/12/2007
Alpharetta, a suburb of Atlanta, has always been considered one of the best places to reside in the metropolitan area. It is home to the affluent and famous. It is a very diverse city with all the amenities one can possibly ask for, but now racism....
By Janet Shan | Published 10/9/2007
There is a scandal brewing at Oral Roberts University that could rock the very core of its existence. This could also have a devastating effect on Oral Roberts Ministries and the gospel of prosperity that some many ministries preach.
By Janet Shan | Published 10/8/2007
Marion Jones has repeatedly denied using performance-enhancing drugs and was adamant against being associated with BALCO. Marion Jones could have been such a great role model for some many children who aspire to become athletes one day.
By Janet Shan | Published 10/5/2007
I was surprised the learn how rampant sex trafficking is in Jamaica. As a child growing up in Montego Bay, sex was something rarely discussed, let allow sex trafficking.
By Janet Shan | Published 10/1/2007
The Jamaican political landscape has changed tremendously in the last 18 years since the Peoples National Party took governance of the island.
By Janet Shan | Published 9/20/2007
Patti Labelle's careers spans many years and the singer has proven herself to be second to none, in terms of her vocal range and her presence on the music scene. Are we two-faced in accepting her as a gospel singer, who has always sung secular music?
By Janet Shan | Published 12/27/2006
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