Jan
22
2012
In my opinion
Strip club’s ‘I Have a dream bash’ hardens the heart
By Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald
By Leonard Pitts Jr.
You might call this a requiem for reverence.
It seems that one Jeffrey Darnell Paul, a graphic artist from Miami Beach, had been tasked with creating a poster for a strip club’s so-called “I Have A Dream Bash” last week in apparent “honor” of the Martin Luther King holiday. So this genius concocts an image of the nation’s greatest human rights leader holding up a fan of $100 dollar bills like some low rent “playa” while a scantily-clad woman looks on. Paul, let the record show as African Americans duck their heads in mortification, is black.
But, though he’s the one whose transgression made national news and the one who has been fielding angry phone calls from sea to shining sea, let the record further show that he is not the only individual to use King’s image that way. A Go …
See the full article from “MiamiHerald.com”
Jan
18
2012
There has been a change in Coral Gables and it involves potential recruits and current student-athletes.
According to a compliance letter that has been issued to students and student athletes, “Miami boosters may no longer provide occasional meals for the university’s athletes or host them at their homes, even though those acts are typically allowed by the NCAA.”
This all stems from the Nevin Shapiro incident, in which Shapiro alleged that he provided money to both former and current players, as well as dinners, hotel rooms and strip club escapades.
Shapiro is a convicted ponzi schemer charged with stealing $930 million from his investors and is currently in the midst of serving a 20-year prison sentence.
Shapiro is not listed in the recent letter.
According to the newsletter, “Boosters should not provide any type of food, drink, transportation, or other extra benefits to current student-athletes.”
See the full article from “Bleacher Report”
Jan
18
2012
Miami Beach graphic designer Jeffrey Darnell Paul must have been asleep in class during the lesson about “there’s a time and place for everything.” While most people were honoring Martin Luther King Jr. for his historical impact on equal rights and his eloquent “I Have a Dream” speech, Paul was busy creating a flyer for a Miami strip club depicting Martin Luther King Jr. holding a wad of cash, apparently ready to “make it rain” on strippers.
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Here’s a news flash Paul: Martin Luther King Jr. and strippers don’t exactly belong on the same flyer. This is not a slight towards strippers or anyone else who engages in similar activities, but the message that Martin Luther King Jr. devoted the majority of his life to should never be clouded by images of half-naked ladies. The “I Have a Dream” message symbolizes unmatched faith and belief in equal rights and justice, not a message that should be haphazardly associated with “balling”, “making it rain”, “baby got back”, or “I’m in love with a stripper.”
See the full article from “Examiner.com”
Jan
18
2012
A flier promoting a Miami strip club’s “I Have a Dream Bash” featuring MLK holding wads of cash next to scantily clad women has its creator taking plenty of flak.
Miami Beach graphic designer Jeffrey Darnell Paul says he didn’t realize the flier, made for The Office strip club at 250 Northeast 183rd Street, would generate the controversy it has.
“I wasn’t trying to disrespect anybody … it wasn’t on my mind that it would escalate to something like this,” Paul told NBC Miami Monday. “It was just supposed to be a promotional thing, it wasn’t about disgracing Martin Luther King, it wasn’t about that.”
Paul, who owns and runs South Side Graphix, said he makes fliers for the club every Sunday and that he made the King flier about a week ago for the club’s promoters.
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The strip club’s management sought to distance themselves from the promotional effort on Monday, however.
See the full article from “msnbc.com”
Jan
17
2012
Jeffrey Darnell Paul had a dream. A very, very poorly thought out dream. He dreamed that it would be totally OK to put Martin Luther King Jr.’s image on a flyer promoting a party at a Miami strip club. Turns out he was a bit surprised when most people with some common sense thought it was more of a nightmare.
Paul, a flyer designer and owner of South Side Grafix and a DJ known as Big Boy, makes flyers for The Office, a strip club at 250 Northeast 183rd Street. He was trusted to put together a graphic promoting the club’s party on Sunday night that was scheduled to end at 6 a.m. on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This is what he came up with:
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The club’s owners say that they had not seen the flyer, but don’t appear to have answers as to why they were holding an MLK party at a strip club in the first place.
See the full article from “Miami New Times (blog)”