by Reneegede | Feb 3, 2016 | Opinion
Here lately, the Black History month initiatives have been dissipating across the nation. As a clue of how racist the United States of America really is, all we have to do is tune in to the conversations that have been taking place about President Obama since he was...
by Reneegede | Feb 2, 2016 | Opinion
There was never a “white jesus,” and we, as a People who have yet to discover we are a People, have been aware of that for quite awhile. White Jesus is so over for us, and I think we (Black folk) are all pretty much schooled about the truth by now. Those...
by Reneegede | Jan 31, 2016 | Opinion
Remember Tony Brown? Maybe only if you’re as old as I am. Brown had a very popular television show amongst Black Americans, and quite a few whites, back in the mid-1970s. Here is the way he is officially described online: William Anthony “Tony” Brown...
by Reneegede | Jan 23, 2016 | Opinion
Here lately, and time and time again, there has been a big squabble over Black actors and the “lack of diversity” in the Academy Awards, also known as “The Oscars.” Actor Jada Pinkett Smith called for a boycott of the Oscars; some say,...
by Reneegede | Jan 19, 2016 | Opinion
Appearing on ABC’s “This Week”, Trump said blacks would fare well under a Trump administration. Trump says he agrees with those who say King’s dream hasn’t been realized. “I agree with them, especially under President Obama. We have an African American president and...
by Reneegede | Jan 19, 2016 | Opinion
This month, President Obama gave his last State of the Union address on live TV, radio, and social media. Though we ultimately saw a more aggressive Barack Obama than the humble timid man who first entered the White House on the third week of January 2009, seven years...
by Reneegede | Jan 18, 2016 | Opinion
The peculiar institution of modern day slavery. In this video, Damon Wayans illustrates -in comedic fashion- just how easily bought and sold Black people are in today’s America. But we weren’t supposed to just sit at white people’s counters and on...
by Reneegede | Jan 16, 2016 | Opinion
It’s Boot-Licking Lackey Time Again Every year around this time, around the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration time and just before Black History Month, we have a long-running Soul Patrol Train of “new” Blacks who break out of their regular ol’...
by Reneegede | Jan 11, 2016 | Opinion
Yeah, he was a British white guy who loved TOTALLY LOVED Black women. He may have even been the one who started the popular Facebook meme “Black women are for grown-ass men, not for little boys.” Never let it be said that we Black Journos didn’t pay...
by Reneegede | Jan 11, 2016 | Opinion
In 1879, The California Owl (later The California Eagle), the nation’s longest running Black newspaper, began a crusade against the injustices of racism and intolerance of Black people in America. Sadly, it is 2016 and that remains, to this very day, the missive...
