by Reneegede | Dec 21, 2014 | Opinion
Actually … A Word from Tim Wise: The killing of the two officers in NYC is a terrible, horrible crime. AND, here’s the thing: If you treat communities like you are an occupying army don’t be surprised when folks assume you have declared war on them....
by Reneegede | Dec 21, 2014 | Opinion
UI MEME OF THE DAY, a Daily Series… People who are pro-life are typically some religious evangelical types who claim that abortion is murder in the eyes of God. Others just feel that the use of abortion as a method of birth control is just plain wrong. buy...
by Reneegede | Dec 20, 2014 | Opinion
UI MEME OF THE DAY, a Daily Series… Back in paralegal school, our professor -a practicing lawyer- walked into the classroom without taking one single glance at his overly-anxious raring to go student body. He took a casual stroll to the chalkboard at the front...
by Reneegede | Dec 20, 2014 | Opinion
There’s good news and bad news, as usual. The good news about Georgia being on this list is that Atlanta, “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Country”, is considered to be the Black Mecca of the state and the south, and the USA for that matter. It takes...
by Reneegede | Dec 19, 2014 | Opinion
The battle cry has gone out all over the land, far and wide, for us to INGATHER and support Black business and BUY BLACK!. That’s the cry, but will we heed The Call? We have a few people in the nation who are committed to “live, breathe, and own”...
by Reneegede | Dec 19, 2014 | Opinion
UI MEME OF THE DAY, A DAILY SERIES… Today’s Meme is actually a Report from WRAL News – Capitol Broadcasting Yes, you can and you SHOULD. Stop blaming President Obama for something that is no one’s fault except your own. You know who you are,...
by Reneegede | Dec 18, 2014 | Opinion
UI MEME OF THE DAY, A DAILY SERIES… Ahma just sit this right here and let it marinate: BRIEF NOTE Whatever Black people do, we tend to excel at. One of the reasons why racist whites come at us the way they do is because they fear and dread, and they have...
by Reneegede | Dec 17, 2014 | Opinion
UI MEME OF THE DAY, A DAILY SERIES… When we talk about the senseless killings and murders of unarmed Black men and women, even by other Black people, it often gets treated the same way that white people use to ridicule fat Black women — by comparing fat...
by Reneegede | Dec 17, 2014 | Opinion
Urban Intellectuals would like to say congratulations to Jahvaris Fulton, the brother of slain Sanford, Florida teenager Trayvon Martin — an up and coming college graduate who never got to fulfill his dreams because of the sacrilegious deed of a vile and hateful...
by Reneegede | Dec 17, 2014 | Opinion
We’ve known for a long time now that the village idiot’s only response to the truth is to mock those who tell it. When they can’t come up with an appropriate and just response, they try taking your own words and knowledge and using a cheap shot of a...