by Koba | Aug 27, 2016 | Blog
How would you feel if you finally found your dream house, only to discover that the local Homeowners Association wanted you to sign a Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions that banned non-white people from living there? This is what happened to some...
by Forest Parks | Aug 26, 2016 | Blog
Blacks live longer than whites when given the same healthcare. Researchers tracked 3.1million people in the Veterans Affairs system. They identified 547,000 blacks and 2.5 million whites with normal kidney tests. These patients were tracked for 8 years and the...
by James Washington | Aug 25, 2016 | Blog
If you are looking for an online streaming platform that is focused on running shows and programs about the black community, then Colored Content is the place to go. Founded by Victoria Coker and launched last year, Colored Content features several web series with...
by James Washington | Aug 23, 2016 | Blog
In the wake of the July murders of five Dallas police officers whose lives were taken in a sniper attack that made international news, the hometown Dallas Cowboys adorned an “Arm In Arm” decal on their helmets during training camp. While the gesture...
by Forest Parks | Aug 22, 2016 | Blog
If you don’t know what it is you have still probably seen the unique Sankofa bird around. The symbol of a bird taking an egg off it’s back represents so much for the African diaspora that we feel it really is a symbol to show off with pride, to remind us...
by Koba | Aug 18, 2016 | Blog
With all of the police brutality that has taken the lives of innocent black people, we rarely see a silver lining or anything positive that comes from these situations. These situation usually ends with death, riots, then acquittals of any wrongdoing. But it looks...
by James Washington | Aug 18, 2016 | Blog
This specific news item about a veteran New Jersey police chief getting demoted because of racial profiling is clear evidence of the prevalence of this derogatory act among police personnel in the U.S. Conducting a racial profile of any person is essentially an act of...
by Forest Parks | Aug 18, 2016 | Blog
An awesome email just hit my inbox and I had to share! One of hip hop’s greats, De La Soul, are gearing up for an new album release, and today they debuted a track featuring none other than Usher! They said of the track: We were taking a break from recording to...
by Koba | Aug 16, 2016 | Blog
It all comes down to one thing: kill or be killed. That is the mentality of police offers across the United States. No matter what the circumstances are, it always end with “I’m a police officer and I felt threaten. I had no other choice than to kill him...
by Koba | Aug 16, 2016 | Blog
Can someone explain to me why the police are so aggressive when pulling over a car for a traffic violation. How do you go from writing a ticket to pulling your gun out and murdering an unarmed person, then justify it by saying you feared for your life. When incidents...
