Beyonce is one of the 25 most influential people of 2007? What kind of influence are they talking about?This is Essence Magazine's (a formally great magazine) 25 most influential people of 2007. I really don't understand several of their choices. But I'm very happy to see a fellow blogger Gina McCauley of What About Our Daughters? on the list.
25 Most Influential List
- Senator Barack Obama
- Tyler Perry - Writer, Producer, Director
- Majora Carter - Environmentalist, Founder, Executive Director, Sustainable South Bronx
- Victoria Lanier- Former Youth Director, NAACP, Northeast Region
- Reverend Jesse L. Jackson - Civil Rights Activist, Minister
- Reverend Al Sharpton - Civil Rights Activist and President, NationalAction Network
- The JENA Six
- Beyonce Knowles - Singer, Songwriter, Actress
- Oprah Winfrey - Media Mogul, School Founder
- Timbaland - Music Producer, Recording Artist
- Cory A. Booker - Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
- Lovie Smith - Head Coach, NFC Champions, Chicago Bears
- Tony Dungy - Head Coach, Super Bowl Champions, Indianapolis Colts
- Deval Patrick - Governor, Massachusetts
- Don Cheadle - Actor, Activist
- Shonda Rhimes - Creator, Executive Producer, Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice
- Venus Williams - Tennis Champion
- Charles Rangel - Chairman, House Committee on Ways and Means
- Barry Bonds - "Home Run King"
- Cynthia Tucker - Syndicated Columnist, Editorial Page Editor, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- The Scarlet Knights - Rutgers University Women's Basketball Team, NCAA Finalists
- Kiri Davis - Filmmaker, Youth Activist
- Bishop T.D. Jakes - Founder, Senior Pastor, The Potter's House of Dallas
- Steve Harvey - Radio Personality, Comedian, Actor
Steve Harvey? And Barry Bonds may be going to jail, so how influential is he? Timbaland? Is he on the list so that they can say they didn't leave hip hop out? Has Venus Williams won anything lately? Beyonce is influential? The Jena 6 are a bunch of thugs!
Thank goodness no one from Viacom/ BET is on the list.
There are some glaring omissions,such as Tavis Smiley, (love her or hate her) Condi Rice, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, American Express CEO Ken Chenault, Tom Joyner, Cathy Hughes of Radio One/ TV One.
Can you think of people that should have been on this list? What do you think of those on the list, agree or disagree?
Thank goodness no one from Viacom/ BET is on the list.
There are some glaring omissions,such as Tavis Smiley, (love her or hate her) Condi Rice, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, American Express CEO Ken Chenault, Tom Joyner, Cathy Hughes of Radio One/ TV One.
Can you think of people that should have been on this list? What do you think of those on the list, agree or disagree?
