by Koba | Jun 25, 2015 | Culture
Black people quick to say that Bill Clinton was the first black president. They were so proud of how he helped the black community. I’m assuming they are referring to him inventing the subprime mortgage market that was created so that everyone could afford a...
by Koba | Jun 25, 2015 | Culture
This goes to show you how much some white people don’t give a f*ck about black people. In the face of a horrific tragedy where 9 people lost their lives, they still find a way to blame the black people for their own deaths. And this isn’t some hill-billie...
by Koba | Jun 25, 2015 | Culture
Ethiopian Jews in Israel have been taking to the streets for months now to protest police brutality. The international community has largely ignored the Israeli citizens of Ethiopian dissent, in part because Jewishness is largely looked at as a “white” phenomenon in...
by Koba | Jun 25, 2015 | Culture
The Houston chapter of Open Carry Texas, a gun rights advocacy group, postponed an event that was scheduled for this past Sunday where their members were going to walk through the streets of the Fifth Ward in Houston openly carrying assault rifles. The event, which...
by Freddie Ra | Jun 25, 2015 | Celebrities, Culture
The internet is a buzz over KeKe Palmer and her comments on the Breakfast Club radio show. Speaking about being single and why it is fun, Palmer lays out about this being the time to get to know yourself. Knowing what makes you happy allows you to give and give is...
by Koba | Jun 23, 2015 | Culture
Havana performance artist, Susana Delahante held a black hair competition in Cuba this past weekend. Black and mixed-race women were invited to compete in three hair categories – natural, braided and dreadlocked. The two hour competition which had over 70 contestants...
by Koba | Jun 23, 2015 | Culture
A split among African American leaders on the issue of government-required vaccination has roiled the Capitol as lawmakers consider whether to eliminate most exemptions to state immunization laws. A leader of the Nation of Islam has warned African American lawmakers...
by Koba | Jun 23, 2015 | Culture
South Carolina’s governor said racist shooter Dylann Roof, who fatally shot nine Emanuel AME church members, deserves the death penalty. Roof’s uncle, Carson Cowles, agreed with that sentiment and said he’d be happy to pull the plug himself. Remarkably, however, the...
by Koba | Jun 23, 2015 | Culture
Last week Black America suffered yet another massacre, this time in a place of worship. Dylann Roof’s vicious slaying of nine people as they peacefully gathered wasn’t unthinkable. There have been over a dozen attacks on black churches in the last 25 years alone. Just...
by Koba | Jun 22, 2015 | Culture
By now most people know about the Tuskegee syphilis experiments, but what many don’t know is that this was just one in a long line of experiments conducted on African-Americans. The experiments actually began during slavery, when African-Americans were treated no...
