by Randall Barnes | Dec 10, 2015 | A List Categories, Black 365, Culture, History, News, Positivity
(Audio) In my podcast, I discuss the resurgence of African-American centric toys in the toy market place. The Ava Duvernay limited edition Barbie Doll sold out this week after a strong show of support from Black Twitter. Meanwhile “Queens of Africa”, a...
by Forest Parks | Dec 10, 2015 | Celebrities, Culture, News
Andre Johnson spent 12 years at the Houstoon Texans and even though he now can be seen playing Wide Receiver for the Idianapolis Colts. However he showed his love for Houston this year with another shopping spree in conjunction. This spree was for Harris County’s...
by Forest Parks | Dec 10, 2015 | Culture
On the release earlier in the week of espnW’s 25 most influential sports women we got a special treat. The partnership with marvel saw some of these women reimagined as comic book heroines. Two of these women happen to be African America sports stars Misty...
by Forest Parks | Dec 10, 2015 | Culture, Opinion
We all heard that he TSA was under fire for the many reported incidents of it’s agents targeting black women, particularly with natural hair, and patting them down in a humiliating way. The justification has usually been that the large hair styles could contain...
by Randall Barnes | Dec 9, 2015 | A List Categories, Celebrities, Culture, History, Modern History, News, Opinion
After letting the talk die down for a week, I look back at the rumors and reports that Tom Joyner is being forced into retirement by Radio One and present the real facts. Was he wrong to sell the shares of Reach Media off of the word of his alleged best friend David...
by Forest Parks | Dec 9, 2015 | Culture, Positivity
Wendell Pierce is more than an actor. While he is damn good at his craft his role as an outspoken voice of the black community and his help in the community are no lesser roles. The man blossomed in the New Orleans neighborhood of Gentilly Heights. Like much of the...
by Forest Parks | Dec 9, 2015 | Culture, Positivity
Women need to be shown positivity and in a world where all to often they are demeaned it’s important to have stronger voices to lay down the law! In this found video a college Police Officer lays it down to a group of girls and tells them they are the prize and...
by Forest Parks | Dec 8, 2015 | Celebrities, Culture, Positivity
#AvaBarbie was created by Mattel for their Shero project. The doll made in the likeness of Ava DuVernay who directed “Selma” was never destined for large scale production until the masses demanded it. So, Mattel put it into production and the sleek braided...
by Forest Parks | Dec 8, 2015 | Culture, Positivity
A super cool video was posted on Facebook by Jenabu Williams showing his 6-year-old’s new daily pledge to help him stay focused and to to hold him accountable for his actions during the school day! In the Video little Joshua talks of how he is going to school to...
by Forest Parks | Dec 7, 2015 | Culture
I’ll be honest, the fact that Patti made a commercial factory pie and blew up the internet lining the pockets of greedy corp Walmart isn’t actually great news for the black community! It’s great news for Patti and great news for Walmart! We are not...
