Three Things Black People Need to Know About Mysticism
We are entering a time when information is coming at us lightning quick through all forms of media from movies, to music, to social media. Spiritual resources had not been readily accessible to most of us outside of the bible, given to us through rituals of the...
Black Only: Twitter Pics Reveal Baltimore’s Curfew Did Not Apply To White People
You have to love social media because Governmental hypocrisy cannot live in the age of information if people are willing to shine a light on what the "powers that be" are trying to hide. A light is exactly what Twitter uses to expose the black only curfew enforced in...
White People Need To Be ‘Race Traitors’, Trading in White Privileged, Says Marc Lamont Hill (Video)
Marc Lemont Hill isn't your typical black correspondent to white media. This guy actually tells it like it is and isn't afraid to speak truth to white people...or in this case Don Lemon, who seems to be an advocate of white privilege. In this clip, Lemon ask Hill a...
Baltimore Mayor Calls For DOJ Review of the Entire Police Department & Mandatory Body Cameras
The #BaltimoreUprising continues as Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake ask the heavy hitters to investigate the city. The Department of Justice has been called by the Mayor to conduct and independent investigation into the city's police force following the death of...
KKK Endorses Dr. Ben Carson Campaign for President? No, It’s a FAKE!
Voters Beware! There is a fake endorsement by the KKK (Ku Klux Klan) making it's way around the internet and social media for Dr. Ben Carson's campaign for the President of the United States of America. The hoax seems to be rooted in a "news post" by the National...
Floyd Mayweather: Why Should I donate Money To Africa What Has Africa Done For Me? (Video)
Just when you think Floyd "Money" Mayweather has gotten all the foolishness and ignorance out of his system, he displays that it runs deep in him like his boxing skill. The pound for pound and self proclaimed best fighter ever sat down with radio personality Kelly Mac...
If My Wife Tried To Leave The House Dressed Like Beyonce, I Wouldn’t Let Her
I know this is going to get me in a lot of trouble with some women, but I don't care. Hopefully, the one that matters, my wife, won't be too upset over my OPINION, but it is what it is. First of all, let me say that i'm not a controlling kind of man that feels like...
ATL: Black Woman Shot & Killed By Police After Being Handcuffed In Back Of Squad Car
Late last week, another person was shot and killed by the police. This time it happened in Atlanta, GA with some sketchy circumstances surrounding the cas. Authorities have released the name of the deceased. 25 year old Alexia Christian was killed by the police in the...
Unbelievable: Baltimore FOP Tweet Distraction of Police Brutality By Asking About Video Bloggers & 9/11
The audacity of police officers and their supporters to attempt to cover up or distract from police brutality across the country when it comes to black people is unbelievable. Just when you think their disrespect, lack of empathy and care couldn't get any less, new...
Can You Believe Baltimore’s Big Brother Big Sister Program Participation Spikes 3,000%?
Great news can come from tragedy. Many in the black community have learned how to turn tragedy in to triumph and use these things for help benefit and grow our communities. This seems to be the case after the police killing of Freddie Gray in Baltimore recently. The...
OUTRAGEOUS: 50 Years Later, A Mother Discovers Her Daughter Didn’t Die At Birth But Was SOLD by Hospital!
As a parent, I can't imagine having a child die at birth or any other time in their life. It has to be one of the hardest things anyone would ever have to go through. But to go through that, then learn your child didn't die, but was sold has to be something different...
Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Talks About Why He Left The United States of America, But It’s Not Why You Think He Did
One of my favorite hip hop artist on the planet is Yasiin Bey, aka Mos Def. His raw delivery, word play and conscious lyrics are just want i'm looking for in my hip hop. Something that makes me feel the music, but raises my consciousness in the process. Many rumors...
Breaking News: Six Officers Charged In Homicide of Freddie Gray
Great news coming out of Baltimore this morning. The six officers involved in the arrest, beating and killing of Freddie Gray have been charged in the homicide. Gray was injured while taken into custody by six of Baltimore police officers. During the arrest, Gray was...
Morgan Freeman Says “F*ck The (Mainstream) Media” & Their Baltimore Coverage
This story rings like music to my ears because it is something i've been saying since joining the Urban Intellectuals platform. The media is doing what it always has, build their ratings, sensationalize the story, ignore the main issues and insert propaganda where it...
#BaltimoreDistraction: Mom Praised for Smacking Her Son Allowed Herself To Be Exploited
By now you have seen the videos, memes, interviews and news shows promoting the Baltimore mother for whooping her child on video. Toya Graham was in Baltimore the day civil unrest broke out. She noticed one of the young people to be her son. Instinctively she reacted,...
Leaked Document: A Witness Heard Freddie Gray “Trying To Injure” Himself From the Van
As the civil unrest in the city of Baltimore dies down a bit, people are pivoting back to the case of Freddie Gray and the brutality of the police department. And what do you know? A document is leaked giving testimony of a witness who said they over heard Gray...
Kidnapped On Live TV: CNN Shows Protestor Getting Quietly Snatched By Cops
A video is making it's way around Twitter and other social media outlets that have many asking questions. It appears to show a man being quietly snatched by the police. It happened while the CNN cameras were rolling. People are asking what happened to the young man...
Hypocrisy: Americans Applaud Other Countries for Uprising, But Not Black People
Apparently, part of my job writing for Urban Intellectuals has become pointing out the rampant hypocrisy in America and from her people. There seems to be no shortage in this country, that's for sure. Today, I want to quickly point out how the American people and news...
Baltimore Activist Destroys Wolf Blitzer: ‘Remember, The People Who Have Been Violent Have Been The Police.’
We are excited to hear there are black people in front of cameras and national television not falling for media tricks. In this example, Wolf Blitzer attempts to control the discussion with Baltimore activist, Deray McKesson forcing him to denounce and discuss the...
Media Lies: Baltimore Gangs Did Not Unite To Attack The Police
The latest media cycle is full of more distraction and attention grabbing headlines trying to get you to lose focus. Focus on police brutality around the country, in Baltimore and definitely in the case of Freddie Gray. Frustrations are erupting throughout the city of...
