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by Jackson Ra | Jun 27, 2014 | Culture
Historically, one of my favor rappers, hip hop stars have always been KRS One. As his acronym states, Knowledge Reigns Supreme and so does his insight when it comes to the music industry and life. Here is a quick video of KRS-ONE talking about how artist have to make...
by Greg Bradshaw | Jun 27, 2014 | Culture
Black empowerment is an issue that isn’t readily discussed in 2014. Many black people seem to be content with buying the latest in footwear, while obtaining the necessities for survival like decent housing, food, and water become secondary. If our people aren’t...
by Phyllis Banks Cook | Jun 26, 2014 | Blog, Culture
After a hard week of being me and doing what I do , I just wanted to escape. I wanted to escape from abysmal test scores in urban schools. I wanted to escape from watching our people talk crazy. I wanted to escape from white folks killing us slowly. I wanted to escape...
by Randall Barnes | Jun 25, 2014 | A List Categories, Culture, News
“You will face your greatest opposition when you are closest to your biggest miracle.” – Shannon L. Alder In my seventeen years of living, my marvelous parents have taught me lessons that aid in preparing me for the battle field that we call the adult world....
by Greg Bradshaw | Jun 23, 2014 | Culture
There’s no argument that current media is practically devoid of the black experience. Making matters worse, the few representations of the black experience that are allowed to surface focus on ratchetness and buffoonery. Shows like “The Real Housewives of (insert...
by Phyllis Banks Cook | Jun 23, 2014 | Culture
Gil Scott-Heron was a poet, some people consider him the father of rap, a title he did not like according to one source. Whatever you know about Gil Scott- Heron, know that he was a genius. Heron died in May of 2011 after returning to New York from a trip to Europe....
by Phyllis Banks Cook | Jun 22, 2014 | Blog, Culture
It appears that one of the most studied populations on this topic is African Americans. This is just me but, I was thinking they are trying to find out just hard they can f*** us before we capitulate and sign off. This is how I envision their thinking. They have...
by Phyllis Banks Cook | Jun 17, 2014 | Blog, Culture
Today interracial dating seems to be more popular than at any time in my recent memory. A couple of my siblings married white women, my sons have dated white women I have mixed relatives, which is not uncommon. My nephew married a white woman. I have dated white men....
by Furious | Jun 17, 2014 | Culture
A quiet Sunday morning, June 1st in the Englewood neighborhood in Chicago, IL, men and women ran the streets. Not in the fashion you might expect in this Southside neighborhood. They ran for Peace. The brainchild of Christopher Posey, a Chicago native, Run For Peace...
by Samayoch | Jun 12, 2014 | Blog, Culture, History
The truth is stranger then fiction. Maybe one reason why most of us only keep an illusion of truth as not to be jolted out of sleep. For those who linger in the shadows and feel too comfortable in their state of half-awareness, let me be your alarm. Here are a few...
