by Furious | Apr 2, 2014 | Culture, News
If you haven’t heard of Kwasi Enin by now, then you should should be ashamed of yourself. This is the young, black teenager who was accepted into all 8 Ivy League universities. According to many sources, this is a very rare feat because of each schools vastly...
by Furious | Apr 2, 2014 | Culture
It is time to turn the pressure up on you. You the successful African American who has moved from the ghettos of the black community for the suburbs. You who have parlayed your atheletic achievement into college scholarships, built relationships and landing...
by Randall Barnes | Apr 2, 2014 | Business, Celebrities, Culture, Positivity
“Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.” -Jim Morrison The world was left in shock when it was announced that The Boondocks would return for its fourth season without creator Aaron McGruder. Users of social media were taken aback by the news. Many took to...
by Greg Bradshaw | Mar 31, 2014 | Blog, News
March Madness is well upon us as I write this. Filling out a bracket based on a field of 68 teams vying to become the NCAA champion of college basketball in an effort to win money (or bragging rights for correctly choosing a champion) is a rush that many never thought...
by Reneegede | Mar 31, 2014 | Opinion
Okay, we don’t like calling our children “kids” any more. If it ain’t one nit-picky thing with Black folk, it’s another. BUT … As a grandmother of seven (last count), I am no less than amazed at all of the thought, talk, and...
by Randall Barnes | Mar 31, 2014 | Celebrities, Culture
“It just isn’t fair how girls get treated differently than guys when it comes to sex. A guy can sleep with every girl in the school and get called a player. A girl can sleep with only a few boys and get called a “hoe”. That’s why girls should keep their sexual lives...
by David Holmes | Mar 30, 2014 | Culture
No matter your location, your school district, your pitfalls, setbacks, or mountains ahead to climb you are the next life changing influence in a room full of desirable minds who need your best that you can give on your worst day at work and vice versa. If you are...
by Claudius West | Mar 29, 2014 | Blog, Celebrities, Culture
Television personality and comedian Nick Cannon debuted his white faced alter-ego “Connor Smallnut” this week on Instagram. The backlash on both sides was immediate, predictable and, as usual, completely overblown. From one side, cries of “reverse...
by Reneegede | Mar 29, 2014 | Opinion
When I was growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, “came of age,” so to speak, we were taught in American civics and citizenship classes that the ultimate redemption in all of life, and the quality of living, is based on attitudes, values, and beliefs....
by Reneegede | Mar 29, 2014 | Opinion
Says Heather Mac Donald, from The National Review Online: “Actually, what Ms. Smith-Evans should be trying to fathom is the black crime rate, which explains the school-suspension rate. Black males between the ages of 14 and 17 commit homicide at ten times the...
