Sil Lai Abrams, a domestic violence activist and founder of Truth in Reality joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to discuss the impact reality TV is having on how women of color are being treated and the movement to change how women of color are being represented in the media. Abrams told Martin that Black […]
VH1 premiered their new reality TV series, “Sorority Sisters,” which has drawn the ire of many, including Roland Martin, host of “NewsOne Now” and a White member of Delta Sigma Theta. They shared their impressions on the show. The show features women from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Sigma Gamma Rho […]
Just in time for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Sil Lai Abrams (pictured above), renowned domestic violence activist and founder and CEO of Truth In Reality, Inc., has launched Redefining HERstory, a “national campus social action program” conceptualized to “reshape the existing violent and hyper-sexualized stereotypes of women of color in the media while simultaneously reducing the cultural acceptance of gender-based violence in […]
The NFL’s most recent move to quiet its critics has led to another controversy. The league announced it had hired four women to head up their social responsibility team. The selection of the team, currently comprised of four white women, has caused many in the African-American community to become even more outraged at how the NFL is handling the […]
Roland Martin and domestic violence activists, Joan Jackson and Sil Lai Abrams discuss why some women return to their abusers on “NewsOne Now.” Listen to their entire conversation about domestic violence below. Be sure to listen to “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin, weekdays at 7 a.m. EST and watch at 9 a.m. EST on TV One.
Podcast: Download On the 13th anniversary of 9/11, Roland Martin and “NewsOne Now” remember those who lost their lives at the World Trade Center and at the Pentagon. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is in the hot seat as a result of the Ray Rice knock-out scandal. The Associated Press has reported that an NFL official received a copy […]
ESPN suspended Stephen A. Smith for his comments on domestic violence. “The View’s” Whoopi Goldberg and “Morning Joe’s” Mika Brzezinski expressed similar views on their respective shows and were not suspended. What do you think of Smith’s weeklong suspension? Did ESPN miss an opportunity to start a discussion, bring awareness to domestic violence and help curb violence against […]
Podcast: Download ESPN suspended Stephen A. Smith for his comments on domestic violence. “The View’s” Whoopi Goldberg and “Morning Joe’s” Mika Brzezinski expressed similar views on their respective shows and were not suspended. What do you think of Smith’s weeklong suspension? Did ESPN miss an opportunity to start a discussion, bring awareness to domestic violence and help curb violence against women? Roland Martin, […]
Writer, inspirational speaker, anti-domestic violence activist and woman on a mission, Sil Lai Abrams (pictured below) has had enough of the fleeting, microwave outrage that sputters around pseudo-reality television and is fighting fire with facts. Determined to move beyond hastily crafted petitions and boycotts, Abrams created “Truth in Reality,” a grassroots media advocacy organization committed to changing […]
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