by Randall Barnes | Oct 2, 2017 | HBCU Pulse
Friday, 9/29/17, 8:15 AM Boy, ever since I’ve gotten back from Washington DC I’ve been busy. From interviews with guests coming on FVSU’s campus, mid-terms, my web series and planning out a documentary that I will start shooting for at the start of October, I’ve...
by Reneegede | Sep 30, 2017 | Opinion
UFOA—United Families of America: How does that sound? Here’s another one: Afrimerican. “Afrimerican” is a word I came up with in the mid-1980s to describe what had really happened to African families after they were subjected to lifelong servitude...
by Reneegede | Sep 29, 2017 | Opinion
In a social media trend that died just as quickly as it surfaced, it’s time for some of us with some good sense to discuss how something like this could happen and write the score on every stereotype white people have ever made up about Black people. Today, how...
by Randall Barnes | Sep 24, 2017 | HBCU Pulse
I remember my parents would tell me that it would take me going to college to find people, especially young women, that I shared qualities with. Growing up, it was hard to find people that were future focused like me. At the time, street and gang culture reigned...
by Randall Barnes | Sep 20, 2017 | HBCU Pulse
Tuesday, 9/19/17, 7:53 PM This has to be the most interesting writing that I’ve ever done! It’s not for any particular reason. There’s nothing different about the style, flow, voice or word choice. The difference is where I’m writing. I’m currently on my Delta flight...
by Randall Barnes | Sep 18, 2017 | HBCU Pulse
Monday, 9/18/17, 4:30 AM I can’t believe I’m here. I mean, I know I learned that I was an All-Star back in July and we’ve been through a lot to get to DC but it’s just surreal to me. It really hit me when I was sitting at the Invite Only reception for the HBCU...
by Randall Barnes | Sep 14, 2017 | A List Categories, HBCU Pulse
When I first heard about the murder of Kenneka Jenkins, I was heartbroken. Another young soul lost tragically. Her body found lifeless lying in a freezer. The supposed stories surrounding the murder was damning. To know there’s a possibility that her “friends”...
by Reneegede | Sep 12, 2017 | Opinion
It may bring tears to your eyes, but it brings the highest level of PISSED OFF pissitivity to mine; in VIVID hot sparkling red. A Claremont, N.H., boy had to be flown to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center after one or more teens decided to hang him from a tree with a...
by Randall Barnes | Sep 10, 2017 | A List Categories
I hate when people try to dictate what we can and can’t like. It’s almost like people can’t have opinions and preferences anymore. If you like something that someone thinks you shouldn’t like, you “have no taste” (the sophisticated way of saying “I’m smarter...
by Candace | Sep 7, 2017 | Celebrities
We often hear stories about police officers racially profiling black Americans. Far too often the individuals being targeted are blamed by the media for the unjust treatment they received. A famous football player feared for his life during his encounter with Las...
