by Ghostndamachine | Apr 13, 2014 | Blog
“Sure, this country has a black president, but when you look at a black president, President Obama is left with his foot stuck in the mud from all of the Republicans with the way he’s treated,” . . . “We have moved in the right direction, and...
by Reneegede | Apr 13, 2014 | Opinion
Why? The reason the world calls Black people, especially Black Americans, “liquid money” is because we are, corporately and indeed, cash-rich and asset-poor. Now, the fact is that the whole world would literally starve to death if it weren’t for Africa and its...
by Keith Green II | Apr 12, 2014 | A List Categories, Blog
I came across a recent article about a young African American rapper named Young Thug. The first thing I noticed is a picture of the rapper in a skirt. Apparently, blacks tend to think this is ok and not question the moral image he is displaying. This isn’t the...
by Reneegede | Apr 12, 2014 | Opinion
This is a hard one to talk about, simply because words, alone -all by themselves- are innocent. They don’t do anything to us, it is what we do to them that makes them either a weapon of release and healing, or a weapon of death and mass destruction and verbal...
by Patrick Irvine | Apr 12, 2014 | Culture, News
Alright Black America sit down and let’s have a chit chat. I want to address a few issues between the men and the women. This isn’t going to be your typical “why don’t you to come together” speech, this isn’t going to be that regular “we are the world” jazz, and...
by Furious | Apr 11, 2014 | News
Going to prison is an unfortunate reality for too many black men and women in this country. The reality of the school to prison pipeline is something we don’t need anyone to tell us about in a book, we can look to our friends, family and community for solid...
by Spirit of Thoth | Apr 11, 2014 | Blog, Business, Culture
Hello UI faithful. The following is a top 10 list of misconceptions made by the Black community, or whit I like to refer to as… CONFESSIONS AGAINST POPULAR OPINION. “You don’t need to depend on anyone but yourself to make it in this world. ” -The...
by Reneegede | Apr 11, 2014 | Opinion
“Walking with Cavemen,” a BBC-originated Netflix documentary on the story of the origins of white people, is very interesting. In their own dramatic story-telling manner, they talk about the origins of themselves, their European ancestors, that is, from...
by Ordonia Baker | Apr 11, 2014 | Blog
Sisters’ are doin’ it for themselves, you remember that catchy little tune sung by Aretha Franklin and the Eurythmics? In the song, Aretha stated, “We got doctors, lawyers, politicians too”, but if we did the remake for 2014, the song would have to add to the lyrics...
by Reneegede | Apr 11, 2014 | Opinion
Speaking of the Gates of Hell, let’s count on our thumbs, if we have them, how many Black women are going to hell for having an abortion, or for using birth control. Zero. That’s how many. Ahma tell you why and keep the sixth commandment of The Ten clearly...
