“New” or Nouveau Black People

“New” or Nouveau Black People

Word has come around again that an age-old argument is back on the table. It’s about Blackness, and it’s called “Don’t call me Black.” In the age of these “new Blacks,” they need not think for two seconds that us...
Gentrification and Blacks in Real Estate

Gentrification and Blacks in Real Estate

In a recent article on The Root, a “Black” resident of D.C.-area says there are 11 Signs that your ‘hood is being gentrified. Those signs are, in order: Extreme Urban Makeovers, like condos and coffeehouses where there were none before; City Lighting...
UIMD: The Last Meme of the Day of the Year 2014

UIMD: The Last Meme of the Day of the Year 2014

UI MEME OF THE DAY, A Daily Series… And we are off and running. Counting down to a New Year as of midnight tonight, which happens in approximately 10 hours or so from now, Eastern time, U.S. It has been interesting filtering through all of the social media memes...
UIMD: Run! Ni**er Run!

UIMD: Run! Ni**er Run!

UI MEME OF THE DAY, a Daily Series… Welcome back. We knew it all along … and they picked a New York’s Finest way to show the rest of the world (in ‘quickstep’ time) how insidiously nasty and vicious and childish they can be. In an act of...