by gamma | Feb 4, 2020 | News
The internet is having a fit of fury right now after the new Rosa Parks Barbie has a glint in its eye, different to other Barbie’s, that looks strikingly similar to a typical racist Sambo face, the kind of face depicted by Black and White minstrels and used...
by gamma | Feb 4, 2020 | History, Profiles in Black History
Today Google’s Doodle honored a hero many in the USA have never heard of. South African activist Nkosi Johnson was the longest-surviving child born with HIV when he passed away at age 12 in 2001. Nkosi was born to Nonthlanthla Daphne Nkosi in a village near...
by gamma | Jan 26, 2020 | Celebrities, News
First of before we start, RIP Kobe, this is a sad loss of so much more than just a basketball player. This legend did more off the field than he did on and his death is a huge loss, especially for our youth who looked up to him so much. “He was just the kind of...
by gamma | Jan 24, 2020 | News
The trials and tribulations of doing just about anything whilst Black! Imagine, you win a race discrimination lawsuit, you get the check from your “alleged” racist-ass employers and then the darn bank goes and throws more racism back in your face. This...
by gamma | Jan 23, 2020 | Celebrities, News
We shouldn’t be having this tussle, not in 2020 where institutions should not be discriminating over what is part of our culture. Locks are part of our culture and asking them to be taken away is discrimination plain and simple. Houston Texans’ star DeAndre...
by gamma | Jan 22, 2020 | News
It’s almost becoming routine, if you get pulled over whilst Black, trouble is coming, even if you have done nothing wrong. We all know if you are White the likelihood of at least asking why a cop wants to see your ID without having your ass kicked, or having a...
by gamma | Jan 21, 2020 | Did You Know, History
We need to question the things we take as fact, this is an ongoing process. Today, on our Raising Proud Black Children Facebook group, a member shared something that is important for us all to know. It concerned Uncle Tom! Uncle Tom was originally a character from...
by gamma | Jan 20, 2020 | Positivity
Khalil Payne is the 16-year-old prodigy is an amazingly talented and inspiring young man who has fought through tragedy and is going to be heading back to Carnegie Hall for a second time! “You could say it’s almost like another world. When I start playing, I actually...
by gamma | Jan 20, 2020 | News, Opinion
The audacity of some people, the audacity of some institutions!!!!! I just can’t, not today! Today is supposed to be a day of reflection, part mourning but part celebration and part planning for how the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. must be pushed on. BUT...
by gamma | Jan 20, 2020 | Did You Know, History
It’s Martin Luther King Day today, the official holiday put in place to recognize the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As Wikipedia says Martin Luther King Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., and sometimes referred to as MLK Day) is an...
