by Spirit of Thoth | Apr 11, 2014 | Blog, Business, Culture
Hello UI faithful. The following is a top 10 list of misconceptions made by the Black community, or whit I like to refer to as… CONFESSIONS AGAINST POPULAR OPINION. “You don’t need to depend on anyone but yourself to make it in this world. ” -The...
by Spirit of Thoth | Apr 8, 2014 | Blog, Positivity
Hello UI. Again we find ourselves on another heated topic of discussion. In recent years we have seen a certain bias towards athletes. Years ago athletes could do no wrong and were forgiven no matter what the offense. However, the trend now is to expose them for all...
by Spirit of Thoth | Apr 1, 2014 | Blog
Hello UI peeps. This is one that will probably vilify me in the eyes of many men in the UI community. Basically I’m calling out all the punk ass dudes and weak ass brothas in the UI community and in the world. We see it all the time, people whining about how “Women...
by Spirit of Thoth | Feb 7, 2014 | Blog, Celebrities, Culture
Hello again UI. I am an avid television watcher, that loves all kinds of programming. I have seen good shows and bad. I am getting into the gritter shows that are on channels like HBO, FX, AMC, (the list goes on). Also I have interest in many comedies that are on the...
by Spirit of Thoth | Jan 27, 2014 | Blog
Urban Intellectuals, I come to you today with an issue that affects our community more than you really know. Yes we have gone beyond the days of being hung from trees and given death sentences for looking at white women. We have also let the world know that you...
by Spirit of Thoth | Jan 22, 2014 | Culture
Hello again UI. It’s funny how a passing thought can become a deep lament that questions you opinions on life and current events. What I mean is this. I was looking at the life of the great Fredrick Douglas, and decided to look at him as a man and not for his...
by Spirit of Thoth | Jan 21, 2014 | Blog
Hello Urban Intellectuals. I have missed you… Have you missed me? Anyways, I have another thought provoking blog for your digestion… Literally. In the past few months I have heard a lot about this whole “Urban Gardening” thing. It is a simple enough idea. “Grow your...
by Spirit of Thoth | Oct 29, 2013 | Blog
Breaking new from the UI News team: I’d like to take a break from the norm of social awareness and reports of racial misdoings to report a rather funny story. Earlier this week in the state of Louisiana, thousands of fans paid an upwards of $150.00 to see R&B...
by Spirit of Thoth | Oct 24, 2013 | News
Breaking News… Law suits are finally underway in the cases of 21 year-old Kayla Phillips and 19 year-old Trayon Christian. If you haven’t heard these two young adults were racially profiled by Barney’s New York and the NYPD earlier in the year. They were both targeted...
by Spirit of Thoth | Oct 15, 2013 | Blog
Hello Everyone. Welcome to another Leonisim in the UI blogging world. Our brothers and sisters made quite the spectacle of themselves in the state of Louisiana earlier this week when the government shutdown caused a miss reading of EBT cards throughout the state....