by Furious | Sep 24, 2014 | News
The black community has waited to find out what would happen in the case of John Crawford, the young father who was shot down inside of a Walmart Store holding a toy gun. The wait is over, but unfortunately, it isn’t the response we wanted to hear. The Ohio...
by Reneegede | Sep 24, 2014 | Opinion
UI Meme of the Day, a daily series… Imagine a game of chess where someone can simply buy off all of your pawns and trade them out for a Queen, and with no fanfare or pomp and circumstance, the other side of the board rolls over and concedes to the cash buyer. While no...
by Furious | Sep 24, 2014 | Celebrities
With all the negative information floating around, it is great to have a positive story to share with you. Former NBA MVP and three time All-Star, Derrick Rose may not be making a difference on the basketball court, but he is proving his value off the court. Rose...
by Reneegede | Sep 23, 2014 | Opinion
UI Meme of the Day, a daily series… Conspiracy Theory Central says “Vaccines administered to Black children are THE leading cause of mental health conditions and problems, particularly school shots that are supposed to stave off measles, mumps and rubella (MMR),...
by Reneegede | Sep 22, 2014 | Opinion
UI Meme of the Day, a daily series… Never let it be said that some of us haven’t been accused of indulging in too much “Obamapologetics,” but … well … the truth is the truth. The rules that applied to other Presidents should apply to...
by Reneegede | Sep 21, 2014 | Opinion
It’s hard to talk about these things and even harder to point a finger of blame at who did what or why, but every day -even moreso since the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States in 2008- it comes to light that Black people the world over...
by Reneegede | Sep 21, 2014 | Opinion
UI Meme of the Day, a daily series… Sounds kind of iffy, right? I mean, all cops aren’t BAD cops. Some of you have relatives on the police force and sometimes, a cop just can’t catch a break from the controversy, whether he’s shooting unarmed Black...
by Furious | Sep 21, 2014 | Culture, History
The Freudian Slip is an error in speech is interpreted as occurring due to the interference of an unconscious (“dynamically repressed”) subdued wish, conflict, or train of thought guided by the ego and the rules of correct behavior, according to Wikipedia....
by Randall Barnes | Sep 21, 2014 | Celebrities
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by Reneegede | Sep 20, 2014 | Opinion
We don’t do “trifling celebrity news” here at Urban Intellectuals except as a social experiment of sorts from time to time, or if a celebrity does something that has clear and lasting social impact – be it to the good or the bad side of the...
