Dear Ramarley supporters,

I am sending this email as a reminder about the memorial that I will be having for my son Ramarley Graham. Saturday February 2nd will be one year since NYPD cop Richard haste kicked off my locked apartment door and murdered my then 18 year old son in front of my mother and my then six year old son. As I am writing this email, I am cringed to be reminded of the day I received a call at work to come home quickly because something terrible went wrong an experience I would never wished for any parent. I also am reminded of the outpouring of support I received from people near and far but the anger I bear will never go away. The death of my son by a police officer will bring a lot of changes to the way police conduct their job and Richard Haste will constantly be reminded of the vibrant, bright and loving young man he ripped from my arms.

I am asking again for your support this Saturday as we gather at 2:00pm in front of the house where Ramarley once lived. We will have a candle light vigil at 3:00pm which will then be followed by a march to the 47th prescient where the Richard Haste worked. We will then marched to the church where Ramarley was given his final send off and conduct a prayer service.

Please spread the word because people are still in the dark about what happened and they can come hear it from a mothers mouth.

Thank you ever so kindly for your continuous support.

Constance Malcolm

Are this year’s Super Bowl ads pushing the limits of political correctness, or do people need to lighten up? A Volkswagen ad featuring a white office worker from Minnesota with a Jamaican accent had some crying racism. Now, a new ad from Coca-Cola is getting a similar reaction. Is the outrage justified?
The VW ad has been much discussed. And while some have called it offensive (New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow said the ad was like “blackface with voices), many in Jamaica are embracing the commercial. In fact, the island’s government has endorsed the ad.
But what of the Coke commercial? The minute-long spot opens on a thirsty Arab man and his stubborn camel in the desert. He sees an enormous bottle of Coke in the distance and begins to walk toward it. Unfortunately for the man, he’s not alone. A group of cowboys also want the Coke. Same with a bus full of glittery Vegas showgirls and a gang of motorcycle riders.
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, or ADC, has called the Coke ad racist. “Why is it that Arabs are always shown as either oil-rich sheiks, terrorists, or belly dancers?” said Warren David, president of the ADC, to Reuters.
Imam Ali Siddiqui, president of the Muslim Institute for Interfaith Studies, said, “The Coke commercial for the Super Bowl is racist, portraying Arabs as backward and foolish Camel Jockeys, and they have no chance to win in the world.”
He’s got a point. At the end of the ad, viewers are invited to vote online for who they think should win the race to get the bottle of Coke. Oddly, the man with the camel isn’t among the choices. He literally can’t win.
Others who have viewed the Coke spot on YouTube and other social networks have chimed in. One user wrote, “Not racist but plays upon stereotypes very heavily.” Another posted, “I don’t see this ad as being racist at all and certainly I do not believe Coke intended to slight Arab people. Women and cowboys could just as easily complain about this ad too, I only wish I could have voted for the men on the camels. I really think all the people complaining that this is racist should lighten up a bit.”
We spoke with Ann-Christine Diaz, an editor from AdAge.com, about the controversy surrounding the spot. When asked if she thought some companies deliberately push the boundaries during the Super Bowl, she said, “Yes, I believe that some do, but that’s not to say that VW and Coke were intentionally being controversial. … That said, the point of the Super Bowl is to entertain and draw eyeballs, so it’s kind of a wasted opportunity if you don’t do something surprising, and controversy often goes hand in hand with that.”
Diaz says a lot of companies test “the hell out of things to help them identify what audiences will approve of or get excited about. Yet I don’t believe that necessarily pays off in the end.”
So is all this coverage surprising? Not really, according to Diaz. When it comes to the Super Bowl, so many people have so many outlets to express their opinions. “That’s a recipe for media coverage.”

Couple killed by bus while having S3X along a busy highway (PICTURED)

Two love birds died while playing the ‘Adam and Eve’ game after the vehicle they had turned into a bedroom was sideswiped by a bus near Kwekwe.

Police confirmed the accident but could not say whether the two were having Sêx or not. However, a source who called our news crew, said it was suspected that the two were having Sêx when the Lord decided to take their souls to heaven!

“Have you heard about two people who died while in the act? I can tell you everything if you call me later,” said the seemingly well informed source who spoke on condition of anonymity.

On Friday last week, at around 4am, the 20-year-old man, only identified as Tatenda and his girlfriend whose name could not be published before the next of kin was notified of the death, were driving towards Kwekwe from Harare.

The two, according to the source, pulled over and parked their vehicle, a Nissan Vanette, at a curve at the 185km peg and decided to rehearse the baby-making game. While enjoying ‘sausage gymnastics’, the source said, a Zupco bus which was going the opposite direction sideswiped the vehicle leaving the right side of the Nissan ripped off.

The two were thrown out of the car, landed on the tarmac and died on the spot. The driverof the bus, Bonface Ncube (35) sustained minor injuries.