by Forest Parks | Mar 12, 2017 | Celebrities, News
Samuel J. Jackson drew some side eyes last week when he appeared to try and create a rift between Black British and Black American actors by complaining that Black Brits often snag roles playing Black Americans. He had said that he wonders what “Get Out”...
by Forest Parks | Mar 12, 2017 | Culture
“I stopped because that brother was scared and I was scared when I saw the look on his face from far away.” Desmond Cole describes a recent encounter with Toronto police, where he stopped to try and help (and film) the police harassing another black man...
by Forest Parks | Mar 12, 2017 | Quiz
How well do you know your black history, watch and answer in the facebook comments below!
by Forest Parks | Mar 12, 2017 | Positivity
Bryan Smith met Shakeel Williams at Chick-Fil-A and immediately he was knocked back by the young man’s kindness and care. As you may know Chick-Fil-A isn’t our favorite company here at UI (read: It’s Boycott Time: Chick-fil-A Just Dropped A...
by Forest Parks | Mar 12, 2017 | News
President Trump seems to be some kind of money-pit President, just costing the USA millions and millions of dollars so he can cruise around doing what the hell he wants, all at the dime of the taxpayer. The NYPD have spent an astronomical amount of money on the...
by Forest Parks | Mar 12, 2017 | News
A few weeks ago Muhammad Ali’s son, a born and raised American citizen, was detained by border guards at a Florida airport and harassed over his religion, according to his lawyers. This incident seems to have spurred him into action and along with his mother he is...
by Krystal | Mar 11, 2017 | Africa, Culture, News
On Thursday, a team of archaeologists discovered a 8 meter, 3,000-year-old statue thought to depict Ramses II from Matariya, greater Cairo. Matariya was once known as Heliopolis and was the cult center for the sun god. The dig began in 2012 with a German-Egyptian team...
by Randall Barnes | Mar 10, 2017 | A List Categories, HBCU Pulse
So it’s official. 2017 is the year of HBCU’s. Just think about it. HBCU life has recieved so much good free publicity over these past few months. First BET released The Quad, causing outrage among several notable HBCU officials and praise among HBCU students. Then,...
by Forest Parks | Mar 10, 2017 | News
There are some real kooks out there, seriously messed up people saying messed up things…. Just so happens, many of them also think they are working for Jesus! Take Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson who thinks that Jesus is “working through President Trump to get it...
by Forest Parks | Mar 10, 2017 | Culture, Opinion
There is no doubt that black people growing up in Britain have a different experience to black people from the United States. I am not for one second saying that black Brits did not and do not suffer racism and bias on a daily basis BUT it is different and the toll...
