• Don't you love it when individuals or events are credited with "opening dialogs" that people have been trying to open for decades? [NW]

• Everybody Haaaaates Clarence. The CW should look into a 30 minute sitcom. [NYT]

• When employers criticized for a lack of diversity defend themselves with the "but there were no qualified black candidates" line, they're usually lying. [BG]

• Prodigy just began his gun trial (he faces 15 years if convicted) after cops discovered him pulling a Nicole Richie on a one way street in NYC with an unlicensed handgun in the glove compartment. [AHH]

• Credit card providers aren't tapping into the African American market. I wonder why. [MP]