by Forest Parks | Feb 4, 2016 | Culture
“The Most Potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” – Bantu Stepeh Biko From Wikipedia: Stephen Bantu Biko (18 December 1946 – 12 September 1977) was an anti-apartheid activist in South Africa in the 1960s and 1970s. A student...
by Forest Parks | Feb 4, 2016 | Business
Bevel was created by young Silicon Valley entrepreneur Tristan Walker to address grooming problems specifically to black hair, he found a market niche and took it over head on. Now Bevel is the number one (and maybe only) major company aimed at the black shaving and...
by Forest Parks | Feb 3, 2016 | News
The University of Connecticut is doing something quite bold and controversial in what it says is an effort to fight the low graduation rates of blacks from the university. They are inviting applications (and promoting a scholarship) for a program starting this fall...
by Forest Parks | Feb 2, 2016 | Culture, Opinion
Damon Dash didn’t hold back when he said that “it isn’t the best thing to hear Dash associated with Coonin'” while talking to Boyce Watkins. Basically he thinks his cousin Stacey was paid by Fox to make some controversy. He says he knows Fox...
by Forest Parks | Feb 2, 2016 | News, Positivity
An amazing act of people doing things where the authorities should have happened this past weekend as hundreds of plumbers went door-to-door in Flint to make sure residents had a water filter installed. Where the filter couldn’t fit their old faucets they even...
by Forest Parks | Feb 2, 2016 | News
Recently 19-year-old Flora Coquerel was crowned as Miss France. Her mother is from Benin and her win was a good representation of the mixed France that you can see. However, her win also seemed to bring out a nasty side to the country. One where many racists lash out...
by Forest Parks | Feb 2, 2016 | News, Politics News
The Federal Communications Commission and Charter Communications are being sued for $10 billion in federal court by Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios and the National Association of African-American Owned Media. They have filed for for “racial discrimination in...
by Forest Parks | Feb 2, 2016 | Culture
Have you heard of the Maasai Cricket Warriors? Well, me either until recently! These guys picked up cricket in 2007 and have now managed to become a semi-professional team! They took to cricket quickly finding many of the movements natural to them, they became good...
by Forest Parks | Feb 1, 2016 | News
16-year-old Gynnya McMillen was taken into custody in January for assaulting her mother. After refusing to remove her hoodie for a mugshot she was subjected to a martial arts stress position. That night she died in her cell. Despite being checked on 3 times, her...
by Forest Parks | Feb 1, 2016 | Celebrities, News
Cam Newton’s dancing and perceived ego is often citied as a reason why his critics don’t say the nicest things about him but lets face it, Cam’s claims lately that the fact he is black is also a big reason for people being against him were bold but...
