by Randall Barnes | Jun 27, 2017 | News
These police abuse stories are starting to get comical. It’s already trivial that you can get arrested for driving while black. Some police officers think a black man driving in a car is suspicious enough to warrant pulling over and even approaching with a gun. But,...
by Randall Barnes | Jun 27, 2017 | News
It’s not often that justice is served on behalf of black people but even a broken clock is right twice a day. According to Fox 32 Chicago, three Chicago police officers were indicted Tuesday on felony charges that they conspired to cover up the actions of a white...
by Randall Barnes | Jun 26, 2017 | HBCU Pulse, News
Normally when college professors are fired, they’re saying racially inflammatory things on social media or the news. Their rhetoric normally is divisive and reprehensible, unbecoming of individuals that claim to be shepherds of higher learning or cultivators of free...
by Randall Barnes | Jun 22, 2017 | Celebrities
The reality of being black in America has become more mainstream over the past five years. Even being rich and famous doesn’t shield you from racism. Over the past few months we’ve seen incidents occur with Kendrick Lamar and LeBron James. Now, The Daily Show host...
by Randall Barnes | Jun 22, 2017 | A List Categories
The BET Awards is always a fun time for Black America. We get a chance to see our culture’s biggest stars in the same place at the same time. It’s one of the only times where parents and children can sit together and appreciate generations of music in 3-4 hours of...
by Randall Barnes | Jun 21, 2017 | HBCU Pulse, History, News
As we all know, rapper prodigy of the legendary group Mobb Deep passed away yesterday morning from his lifelong battle with sickle cell anemia. We immediately took to honor the hip hop king for his contributions to the culture that we love so dearly. However, after...
by Randall Barnes | Jun 20, 2017 | Celebrities, In Memoriam, News
I don’t know why, but we’ve been experiencing an influx of celebrity deaths these past three years. However, this one hits home for all hip-hop fans. It’s being reported that hip-hop legend Prodigy of Mobb Deep has passed away today. He was 42 years old. Prodigy...
by Randall Barnes | Jun 19, 2017 | History, News, Opinion
Sportswriter and Fox Sports 1 analyst Jason Whitlock has been in the news for a lot this past month. First, he berated LeBron James after his house was vandalized and “Nigger” was painted on his gates. Then, he started caping for his FS1 co-worker Kristen Lehey after...
by Randall Barnes | Jun 19, 2017 | News
You know Malcolm X once said, “Stop singing and start swinging.” However, in light of the high profile homicides of black people in the past five years, we’ve done just the opposite. We’ve sang hymns and vowed to forgive those who’ve done transgressions against us....
by Randall Barnes | Jun 14, 2017 | Celebrities, News
Things are about to get interesting! Only a couple of days after the Golden State Warriors took home the NBA Championship, we finally have on paper a scheduled boxing match between undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather and UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor. The deal...
