by Freddie Ra | Jul 15, 2015 | News
A black man holding a gun as the image on a gun range’s target practice began circulating the internet this week. The black community is obviously offended and upset over the use of a black man for target practice. A Facebook post by Javell Woods sparked the...
by Freddie Ra | Jul 14, 2015 | News
Tuesday morning in Central West End, Saint Louis, there was a shooting involving a police officer on Maryland Ave, between Kingshighway and N. Euclid. Authorities are saying the officer was ambushed. According to reports, four men pulled up in a car and one exited the...
by LT Davison | Jul 13, 2015 | Blog, Culture, History
So much info, so little space Fam. This may require a part III to get all of this in, because I want us to KNOW. We discussed how symbols generate frequencies, how they provoke a response psychologically and physically, how they are a language of themselves, and...
by Freddie Ra | Jul 13, 2015 | Celebrities
We can’t get enough of Serena Williams this week, so let’s keep the party going and continue to irritate the racism attempting to body shame the voluptuous athlete. In a video for Vogue a few months back, Serena Williams performed her rendition of...
by LT Davison | Jul 13, 2015 | Culture, History
https://store.urbanintellectuals.com/black-history-flashcards-vol-1-pre-order/aff/latonyad34/ “You know, the Confederate flag represented slavery in a way – that’s my abstract take on what I know about it,” he said, according to People. “So I made the song...
by Koba | Jul 13, 2015 | Culture
Curtis James Jackson III, the rapper better known as 50 Cent, filed for bankruptcy on Monday. Now we all know that 50 cent is a savvy investor, so how in the world could the man be bankrupt? Documents filed in Connecticut Bankruptcy Court showed Jackson’s total...
by Freddie Ra | Jul 13, 2015 | Culture
It’s true. Paula and Petter Imafidon were just 8 years old when they broke the world’s mathematics record previously held by their old sister who was 9 at the time. In 2009, the twin 8 year olds passed the University of Cambridge Advance Maths A level...
by Freddie Ra | Jul 13, 2015 | Celebrities
Serena Williams is the best female tennis player to ever grace the courts, maybe the best period. However, there is no doubt when this amazing black woman wins, there is always an uproar from other communities in the form of body shaming. Many spewed their racial...
by Koba | Jul 12, 2015 | Blog
Police are furious about a new art exhibit that is all about the murder of Michael Brown by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. The display in Chicago, Illinois includes a life-size portrayal of Michael Brown as he lay face down, right after he was killed last...
by Reneegede | Jul 11, 2015 | Opinion
This is dedicated to the sistahs living in “fight mode” on a near-daily basis. Yeah, you know the ones. They look at you and call you “ignorant,” and you just think you’re being diligent — holding it in the road when someone else is...
