Do We Need To Stop Talking About Black Statistics?
In 1995 UK Police Commissioner Paul Condon made a statement saying “the majority of robberies in London were committed by black people.”. Although a true statement based on police statistics it obviously caused outrage. Fast-forward to 2000 and the...
Activist Teacher Calculates $59.624 Trillion in Reparations OWED to African Americans | $1.5 Million Each
Reparations towards the descendents of slaves has been a hot topic for a long long time now but despite all the talk no government has made any serious steps to address the issue. Reparations are a serious issue so it really seems ridiculous that it hasn’t been...
Patti Labelle’s Sweet Potato Pies Selling $2.3 Million Underscores the Power of Black Dollars
There is a hilarious review of Patti LaBelle’s sweet potato pies called Patti Pies being sold in Walmart stores around the country. However, if you followed only this story, then you missed a VERY IMPORTANT point and lesson for the community. In one weekend, Patti...
France? Really, France?
Okay, I’m not one to belittle or downplay the loss of human life. ALL senseless acts of violence are wrong and cannot be condoned. To harm innocents is atrocious. That being said, we as Afrikans need to understand one thing before we go back to your usual...
Just in Time for the Holiday Season
First it was the spooked out “ghost sheets with the pointy heads,” now it’s “brass bathing suits and tin pan foil hats with big goat-butting horns sticking out of them.”
Black Boy “He Learned to Hide From the Cops Before He Knew How to Read”
“Cuz He’s black.” is a spoken word poem written and originally performed by Javon Johnson at the 2013 National Poetry Slam in Boston. The poem and it’s themes, which are extremely relevent in 2015, were born out of a conversation with his four...
White Christian Scholar Insists Churches Should Talk About Reparations For Descendants Of Slaves
White scholar touring churches across the nation is trying to convince Christians that racial reconciliation is not enough — it’s time to start talking about reparations for descendants of slaves. And among mostly white, mainline Protestants this controversial — some...![Black Power | Kids Choose Malcolm X Over Jesus [Video]](https://urbanintellectuals.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/malcolmjesus.jpg)
Black Power | Kids Choose Malcolm X Over Jesus [Video]
We all know that Jesus has been a pivotal person in the black community since slavery. Black women in our community have put Jesus before their husbands. Our community has struggle with the image of Jesus being a white man or a black man. Dr. John Henrick Clarke said...
