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Reese and Clark show men they don’t need their intervention  

Message to men: Butt out of women’s competitive affairs and let them play, let them talk junk, let them entertain us the way men sports does.  

Angel Reese and Caitlan Clark are gifted basketball players and seemingly wonderful young women. Reese, star of national champion LSU, was the target of vitriol on social media and undoubtedly behind closed doors after directing the “you can’t see me” gesture, popularized by wrestler and actor John Cena, towards Clark, the transcendent guard for Iowa, late in Sunday’s NCAA women’s championship game.

LSU defeated Iowa 102-85 to earn the program its first ever NCAA women’s basketball title. The 20-year-old Reese was named Most Outstanding Player of the 2023 Women’s Basketball Championship. Some of the characterizations of Reese were usually reserved for those that commit vile offenses. They were extreme. Most that this writer read were from men, including well-known and widely followed media figures. The unmistakable marks of inherent colorism and sexism were implicit and resonant.

Reese is Black, as are all of the prominent players for LSU. The 21-year-old Clark is white, and so are a majority of Iowa’s exceptional squad. LSU stopping Iowa also altered the storyline many white male journalists were eager to propagate: The great white player and golden girls from middle America take down the uncultured and hyper-aggressive Black girls from the South. They’ll never admit it, but consciously or subconsciously, they know it to be true.

What is disheartening and disturbing is that for the ladies of LSU and Iowa, including their head coaches Kim Mulkey and Lisa Bluder, respectively, and their staffs, the game was purely about basketball. Reese’s taunt was in response to Clark giving the Louisville Cardinals the “you can’t see me” during Iowa’s 97-83 win in the Elite Eight. She also dismissively waved off South Carolina guard Raven Johnson in their Final Four matchup, indicating to her teammates to not even bother covering the poor shooting perimeter player beyond 15-feet.

In street parlance, Clark is gangsta. So is Reese. Clark is from Des Moines, Iowa. Reese is from Baltimore, Maryland. The cities are ideologically and demographically worlds apart, but the two women share many commonalities that were obscured by a presumptive racial barrier erected by those pushing an agenda.

In fact, after Clark gave a Louisville player the business, Cena tweeted, “Even if they could see you…they couldn’t guard you!”
Clark’s innocuous barb was embraced and even celebrated. Reese was vilified. Double standard on steroids. On Tuesday in a televised interview on ESPN, Clark graciously defended Reese, the two likely to be teammates someday for the U.S. women’s Olympic basketball team, or even in the WNBA.
“I don’t think Angel should be criticized at all,” Clark said. “No matter which way it goes, she should never be criticized for what she did. I’m one that competes, and she competed.”
What Reese and Clark did was draw 9.9 million TV viewers, peaking at 12. 6 million across all platforms, making it the most watched women’s basketball game in history. Do your thing, ladies!

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VDI Security Risks That You Need To Know About

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Educational organizations are increasingly turning to virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions to maximize the value of their IT investments and simplify the management of their corporate computing environments. However, given the security-sensitive nature of most corporate data, these organizations must have a thorough understanding of VDI security risks. From insider threats to system vulnerabilities and…

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DANCE: E-MOVES AT HARLEM STAGE 2023

Thursday-Saturday, April 13th, 14th, 15th, 7:30PM,  E-Moves returns to Harlem Stage
150 Convent Avenue by 135th Street, Tickets $25.  For over 20 years, Harlem Stage’s signature dance series, E-Moves, has brought together phenomenal choreographers, artists, musicians, and dancers of color to showcase their rhythmic visions and pull audiences into a grand celebration of movement and message.The Black Arts Movement: Examined series inspires this year’s program, curated by Jerome Robbins Award-winning dancer, choreographer, and Harlem Stage alum Stefanie Batten Bland, and will feature works in conversation with the Black Arts Movement.

Seats are still available so get them while you can at the Harlem Stage site: LINK

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Why Entrepreneurs Are Going Nuts For The Do-Nut Sector

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The dessert franchise industry has been taking the culinary and economic world by storm and shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. One of the most booming sectors within this landscape is donut stores. From chocolate-covered, sprinkled, dripping ringed treats to perfectly glazed doughnuts. This article will discuss why you should consider investing in…

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AG Leticia James Shuts Down Websites Impersonating NYS Department Of State

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NY Attorney General Letitia James shut down two websites that impersonated the NY State Department of State (NYSDOS) site. In additionally, in significantly overcharged users for services provided by NYSDOS. The misleading websites, created by Thomas Romano and his company, Steamin’ Weenie LLC (Steamin’ Weenie), closely mimicked NYSDOS’ Division of Corporations site by using the…

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Dealer pleads guilty in death of actor Michael K. Williams

Michael K. Williams on the red carpet at the 2021 BET Awards (308246)

NEW YORK (AP) — A Brooklyn drug dealer pleaded guilty Wednesday to providing “The Wire” actor Michael K. Williams with fentanyl-laced heroin, causing his death.

Irvin Cartagena’s plea to a charge of conspiring to distribute drugs was entered in Manhattan federal court. Sentencing was set by U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams for Aug. 18, when Cartagena will face a mandatory minimum of five years in prison and the possibility of as many as 40 years.

The famed actor, who also starred in films and other TV series including “Boardwalk Empire,” overdosed in his Brooklyn penthouse apartment in September 2021. Authorities said he died hours after buying the heroin from Cartagena on a Brooklyn sidewalk in a deal that was recorded by a security camera.

Cartagena, 39, signed a plea agreement with prosecutors stipulating that the mix of heroin and fentanyl he sold Williams resulted in his death. His lawyer, Sean Maher, declined comment.

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams, who is not related to the actor, said in a statement that the sale occurred in “broad daylight in New York City, feeding addiction and causing tragedy.”

“In doing so, he dealt the fatal dose that killed Michael K. Williams,” Williams said.

Prosecutors said Cartagena and his alleged co-conspirators continued to sell fentanyl-laced heroin around residential apartment buildings in Brooklyn and Manhattan even after they learned of the actor’s death. Another defendant in the case pleaded guilty Tuesday.

Williams’ death came despite an investigation by the New York Police Department that placed a paid informant making controlled heroin buys on the same block where Williams bought drugs.

The day after, the informant went back to buy more drugs from the same group and recorded a conversation in which some of them talked about Williams’ overdose. One denied selling any drugs containing fentanyl.

Williams’ “stick-up boy” character Omar Little on “The Wire” — a fictionalized look at the underpinnings of Baltimore that ended in 2008 but remains popular in streaming — was based on a real-life figure.

He created another classic character as Chalky White in HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” and also appeared in “12 Years a Slave,” “Assassin’s Creed” and other films.

In interviews, Williams had spoken about his battles with addiction.

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Start Your Financial Journey Today By Investing In A Cleaning Company

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Starting a cleaning business has become increasingly popular over the past few years, offering entrepreneurs and investors an expansive range of financial opportunities.  Not only is it a low-cost form of entrepreneurship that is relatively straightforward to get off the ground but its demands on capital investment are minimal compared to other enterprise types.  Investing…

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Governor Hochul Drops Push To Gut NY Climate Law, States New York SERDA

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Today, NYSERDA President and CEO Doreen Harris and DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos announced NY measures for greenhouse gas emissions from Harlem and beyond. That announcement is that the Hochul administration will not prioritize an effort to tamper with how New York measures greenhouse gas emissions in ongoing budget negotiations. The sudden and unexpected effort to…

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NEW SPRING EXHIBIT AT CHILDRENS ART CARNIVAL

Harlem Bespoke: The Children’s Art Carnival started in 1969 by the Museum of Modern Art as part of an outreach program for youth in the community and now is also showcasing emerging local artists with exhibits at the Hamilton Heights townhouse. 

Saturday, April 8th, 5:00PM-7:00PM, Forays in to Fantasy exhibit at The Children’s Art Carnival, 62 Hamilton Place by 144th Street.  The Children’s Art Carnival will celebrating a new spring exhibit featuring imaginary world building through a black lens.  Regular viewing time after the opening reception will be from Tuesdays through Sundays, 12:00 Noon-7:00PM.  More details and updates on the Children’s Art Carnival can be found on the official Instagram account: LINK

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EmblemHealth Brings Diabetes And Kidney Disease Awareness Education To NYkers

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One in three adults from Harlem to Hollywood with diabetes could have kidney disease. To further educate the public on preventing and managing complications related to diabetes and kidney disease, as well as advise New Yorkers on ways to advocate for themselves and their loved ones, EmblemHealth, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health insurers, partnered…

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