by Candace | Jun 21, 2017 | Opinion
The unfortunate effect of ignorance is rapper Tory Lanez who thought he was doing something noble. Lanez went shopping for some new digs and in his words they tried to “play” him like he “was broke.” Some of us would call that discrimination. A store employee assumed...
by Candace | Jun 21, 2017 | Politics News
In an interview with Yahoo! Eric Holder said some things that would lead you to believe he could be on the 2020 ballet for President of the United States. Some may say well he has no political experience, working for the President doesn’t necessarily qualify you to be...
by Candace | Jun 21, 2017 | News
The officer that killed Philando Castile got off and Trevor Noah didn’t hold back about his feelings on the verdict. He expressed his disappointment and disgust with America’s dismissal of black lives. The lack of care and respect for black lives in this country is...
by Candace | Jun 20, 2017 | Politics News
Akeem Browder, Kalief Browder’s brother is running for mayor of New York City. Most of us became more familiar with Kalief following the documentary Jay-Z created after Kalief took his own life, Time: The Kalief Browder Story. Akeem has tragically lost both his...
by Candace | Jun 19, 2017 | Opinion
I came across this headline in my timeline just days after the Philando Castile verdict, “Jury Awards $1.26 Million For Dog Shot, Killed By Police Officer.” My honest and immediate reaction was WTF! Then I go on to read this: “The verdict sends a strong message to the...
by Candace | Jun 19, 2017 | Opinion
This fall students at Monta Vista High School located in Cupertino, California posted a “n*gger kill list” to social media naming 6 to 7 African American students that would be killed at the school. Some Vista High students also made a post about lynching n*ggers to...
by Candace | Jun 17, 2017 | Positivity
Each year we become more informed about the injustices black people face on a daily basis. The movie 13th taught us that although slavery was abolished many black Americans still have to face modern day slavery and that is the INjustice system. The American “justice”...
by Candace | Jun 16, 2017 | Opinion
Some people are all in their feelings because Hannibal of Carthage is being portrayed as a Black African in the History Channel‘s newest documentary series, Barbarians Rising. This series addresses the fall of Rome over the course of 700 years of invasions. It’s an...
by Candace | Jun 16, 2017 | Positivity
The shooting that took place at the congressional baseball game practice would have been a massacre if it were not for Crystal Griner and David Bailey. Despite being injured they subdued the gunman to ensure more people would not be injured or killed. They may think...
by Candace | Jun 15, 2017 | News
Susalyn Bailey is thankful that her unexpected encounter with a man attempting to rob her ended safely. A man armed with a gun forced his way into her car and demanded she give him all of her money. Bailey quickly grabbed her wallet and told the man she didn’t have...
