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'No Homo' Must Go... But 'No Hobo' Can Stay!

Jordan Carlos is the guy I wanted to play Obama on SNL back in 2007.  He made this hilarious video for The Daily Beast satirizing 'no homo', the ludicrous term that only makes the user seem #wayhomo.

A commenter took issue with the video by claiming that Jordan stole the concept from Jay Smooth of Ill Doctrine.  But I think we're talking apples and oranges here.

Where Are All The Black Swans and Other Burning Questions.

Where Are All The Black Swans? - More excuses about diversity missing from yet another creative field.  Whatever people...

Who Will Play Obama on SNL? - What about this guy?  He's Stephen Colbert's "black friend" Jordan Carlos.  Check out what he had to say about being a black comedian in the Washington Post a few months ago.

Is it okay to joke about raping Condoleezza Rice, Laura Bush and Queen Elizabeth?  Why is this even a question?

Why did R. Kelly show up at the Chicago premiere of The Color Purple?  And did he pay attention to the storyline? Closely?

Why aren't young black men like Barrington Irving and Ephren W. Taylor the rule and not the exception?  Irving, a 23-year old senior majoring in aerospace at Florida Memorial University, is currently flying around the world in a single-engine plane on a quest to become the first person of African descent and the youngest person ever to fly solo around the globe.  Taylor, now 24, made his first million at sixteen.  He is a multi-millionaire and the youngest black CEO of a publicly traded company. He talks with Farai Chideya of News & Notes about how he developed a head for business at such a young age.

And speaking of exceptional young people, How do Native Blacks and Immigrants relate on elite college campuses? Farai Chideya asks two Harvard students and Camille Charles, co-author of a new study looking at the number of black immigrants at colleges.

Why are such talented stage actors working in such lame plays?  Because actors have bills too.  And it doesn't hurt if the "lame play" is the last play written by the late, iconically great August Wilson.

Why is the Writer's Guild holding up millions of dollars from writers for foreign royalties they didn't know they were entitled to? - This is why God made the Writer/Producer.

Did you know that people in creative professions were crushed by student loan debt? Yeah, I'm stunned too...

Here's another stunner: Did you know that politicians from Oregon to New York are discovering how hard it is for poor people to eat healthy food within their budgets?  Imagine that! 

Who is the first black woman to reach the North Pole?  Why it's 75-year-old cancer survivor and native Harlemite Barbara Hillary (thanks for the tip Afrobella!)

What is the best way to handle multiple lives that do not necessarily relate to one another?  My same-name blog bud Nichelle Stephens - blogger, comedy producer, cupcake enthusiast, freelance publicist and small business accountant answered this question in the Small Business section of The New York Times a few days ago.

Did you know that Newark is almost hot? - Good thing I'm already here!

55 Secret Street

* Where is 55 Secret Street? 

* $55 and Under: Ladies Who Bring Lunch

* Q&A with Novelist Lori Bryant-Woolridge.