by Furious | Oct 24, 2013 | Business, Celebrities
I love TLC, but clearly they haven’t made some of the best business choices during their career. The legendary hip hop, r&b, pop trio of Left Eye, T-Boz, and Chili recently had a biopic movie released on VH1 about the rise and trying times of their all girl...
by Dominique Thompson | Oct 19, 2013 | Celebrities
She’s the sassy, overweight, mammy archetype without an ounce of sex appeal. She bakes cakes, fries chicken and will not hesitate to slap you upside the head if you step out of line. While she was sometimes married the husband was a couch dwelling imbecile that...
by Furious | Oct 17, 2013 | Blog, News
When you think your life is tough and the deck is stacked against you, think about 15 year old orphan, Davion Navar Henry. He has spent his entire life in the foster care system, from birth to today. Can you imagine something like this? I know I can’t, but this...
by Furious | Oct 16, 2013 | News
On the Urban Intellectual Facebook page the other day, someone mentioned there is an idiot in every village. Well, to that gentleman, I apologize because we just found him. His name is Bishop Wellington Boone. The African American pastor did something I thought I...
by Furious | Oct 16, 2013 | Blog
In case you didn’t know, yesterday (October 15th) was the founding anniversary of the Black Panther Party. This is a black political organization that could have changed the face of black American and the world had it not been sabotaged and destroyed by the US...
by Spirit of Thoth | Oct 15, 2013 | Blog
Hello Everyone. Welcome to another Leonisim in the UI blogging world. Our brothers and sisters made quite the spectacle of themselves in the state of Louisiana earlier this week when the government shutdown caused a miss reading of EBT cards throughout the state....
by Furious | Oct 15, 2013 | News
You remember the little 8 year old black child who was shot in the face in his front yard last month, right? Well, there is a new development in the case that is bound to seriously upset you to say the least. Brian Cloninger is the 46 year old man who shot 8 year old...
by Furious | Oct 15, 2013 | Business
We have been discussing black owned banks lately here at Urban Intellectuals and look what I discovered in the process. Apparently, we are not the only ones concerned with black owned banks and the economical future of the black community. To your, and my, surprise,...
by Furious | Oct 14, 2013 | Culture
Columbus Day is bogus! Built on a lie! And many in the black community are fed up with it. However, America isn’t ready to wake to the horrors this man represents to the African Diaspora and repent for their injustices, but that doesn’t mean have to...
by Furious | Oct 14, 2013 | Business, Celebrities
Unless you have been under a rock recently, you have heard about the enormous sales success of Grand Theft Auto V, a violent video game that has the world enamored with its story line and opportunity to play the bad guy. The video game giants Take Two Interactive and...