by Candace | Feb 22, 2016 | Politics News
Former U.S President Bill Clinton admitted to contributing to the problem of mass incarceration following a law he signed in 1994 as president. The law, Violent Crime and Law Enforcement Act more famously known as the Crime Bill, saw a sharp increase in convictions...
by Krystal | Feb 22, 2016 | Black 365, Modern History, News, Positivity
A huge congratulations to Yona Roshen Knight-Wisdom! At the mere age of 20, the one and only Jamaican Commeonwealth Diver, Yona Roshen Knight-Wisdom, came in 17th place in the men’s 3m springboard preliminary during the 2016 FINA Diving World Cup at Maria Lenk...
by Candace | Feb 22, 2016 | Blog
MAC posted a beautiful picture on their Twitter to market a new lipstick color. The picture featured the immaculate, plump, full lips of a black woman and boy did white Twitter go crazy. The comments were so disgusting and racist to say the least. I read everything...
![[Racism in Action] New Reports Discover Blatant Discrimination at Temp Agency in the South Against Black Applicants](https://urbanintellectuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/discrimination-at-temp-agency.jpg)
by Anthony Thomas | Feb 22, 2016 | News
Discrimination at workplace is an offence but companies are doing it blatantly under the cover of temp agencies. Reports have surfaced about Automation Personnel Services Inc. an agency which provides workers for hire to companies in South, discriminating among...
by Anthony Thomas | Feb 22, 2016 | Positivity
This time last year, Delores Bailey, a Chicago native and mother of four boys, said goodbye to her twin sons, Demario and Demacio, not knowing that this would be the last time she saw both of them alive. Demario Bailey, 15, was walking his brother to basketball...
by Forest Parks | Feb 22, 2016 | News, Politics News
The White House had quite a big press opportunity on Thursday when it invited young Black Lives Matters protesters into it’s doors to meet with The President, senior staff members and older members of the civil rights movement. It was said the meeting was to...
by Forest Parks | Feb 22, 2016 | Culture, History, Modern History
On September 11th 2011 Marcy Borders became an photographic icon as he emerged from the bottom of New York’s World Trade Center after the first plane hit the building. Covered in dust, squinting and clearly shaken, her haunting image was seem all over the world....
by Forest Parks | Feb 22, 2016 | News, Politics News
Flint Michigan and it’s officials inaction has been big news and has started to highlight neglect and failing infrastructure the country over. Recently social media became the only voice for the world to find out about another town that has black toxic liquid...
![[VIDEO] Excited 106 Year Old Visits White House, Exclaims “A Black President, A Black Wife” And Dances With The Obamas](https://urbanintellectuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/106yearoldwhitehouse.jpg)
by Forest Parks | Feb 22, 2016 | News, Politics News
Can you just imagine for even one second being 106 (nearly 107!) year old Virginia McLaurin standing in the White House, being greeted by a black man and his black wife. Apparently it was Virginia’s dream to visit the White House and you can be sure she probably...
by Forest Parks | Feb 22, 2016 | Culture, Opinion
Let’s face it, even those white folks who mean well say some dumb ass things, really really stupid things. We’d like to put 5 out there and then gather yours, maybe we can make a mega list! So, let’s start! 1. What do you put in your hair to make it...
