“New” or Nouveau Black People
Word has come around again that an age-old argument is back on the table. It's about Blackness, and it's called "Don't call me Black." In the age of these "new Blacks," they need not think for two seconds that us grandma's haven't seen and heard this same old sort of...
Video Games and the Black Family
Some thirty-years ago my brother and I fought over who would take 1st Player or 2nd Player on our Atari 2600. I couldn't tell you what the fascination was for my mother about the gaming system but she always felt the need to keep her kids in the technological loop, so...
First Black U.S. Senator and Co-sponsor of Fair Housing Act Enters into Ancestry
Edward W. Brooke, who had a distinguished career in the U.S. Army during World War II and as the Massachusetts Attorney General, and who also authored the books "The Challenge of Change: Crisis in Our Two-Party System" (1966), and "Bridging the Divide" in 2006,...
Gentrification and Blacks in Real Estate
In a recent article on The Root, a "Black" resident of D.C.-area says there are 11 Signs that your 'hood is being gentrified. Those signs are, in order: Extreme Urban Makeovers, like condos and coffeehouses where there were none before; City Lighting where there was...
Girlfriend of John Crawford, Man Killed by Police in Walmart, Dies In Car Crash
Remember the man shot and killed inside of the Walmart in Ohio while resting on a toy gun, John Crawford? His girlfriend was killed in a fatal car crash on new year’s day. Tasha Thomas, age 26, and Frederick Baily of Dayton, age 30, both died in the crash. It happened...
Positive Propaganda: 20-Year Old Makes 3 Million Dollars Off Of YouTube Videos
The internet has made it easier to become an entrepreneur. Just this time last year I was reeling off of the fact that I one more step closer to signing a lucrative publishing contract due to my social media knowhow on Facebook and Wattpad.com. A year later my eShort...
Mo’ne Davis Named 2014 Female Athlete of the Year by Associated Press
Little league sensation Mo'ne Davis was crowned as the best female athlete of the year on Monday by the Associated Press. She became the youngest athlete in history to earn this honor. Davis rose to national and international fame when she became the first girl to...
Minimum Wage Raised in 21 States This Week
Raising the minimum wage has been a raging debate over the past few years. With the ratio of CEO income to minimum wage income at the highest point ever, many people feel the time has long passed to curb this statistic. As of January 1st, 2015, the minimum wage has...
10 Rough and Tough Ideas for Outlining a Contract of Marriage as a Business Alliance
Tag: RELATIONSHIPS & MARRIAGE, USA Engaged? Thinking about proposing? Think you're gonna get proposed to? Marriage is, after all the fluff and stuff is gone, a business alliance or partnership. Bottom line; no ifs, ands, or buts about it. Greco-Roman romanticism...
The Afrocentric American Woman’s 12-Month Guide to Abundant Riches in 2015
January *Take care of yourself first. If you don't, then nothing else you ever do or even think about matters. Watch what you eat, drink plenty of water, exercise as much as possible, invest in a Black Organic Farmers Union, like SAAFON. February *Every month of every...
Target Will Not Apologize To Quvenzhane Wallis for Removing Her From In-Store Ads
Quvenzhane Wallis starred as Annie in the release of the hit movie 'Annie' for the modern generation to enjoy. However, the decision to use a little black girl, seemed to have set off white America. They could not and would not accept that Annie could be black in the...
UIMD: The Last Meme of the Day of the Year 2014
UI MEME OF THE DAY, A Daily Series... And we are off and running. Counting down to a New Year as of midnight tonight, which happens in approximately 10 hours or so from now, Eastern time, U.S. It has been interesting filtering through all of the social media memes...
Could Mothers Who Deny Fathers Access To Their Kids Be Jailed or Fined?
For decades, we have heard stories of the dead beat dad who has abandoned their family and won't do right by their kids. Has anyone ever wondered about dead beat moms who won't allow the fathers to see their children? An old law is being revisited by a politicians in...
White Man Arrested After Shooting BB Gun At Police, What If He Were Black?
With all the police killings and beatings of unarmed, black people, one can't help but wonder what would have happened if this 22 year old, Concord, New Hampshire man were black? September 5th, 2014, Jesse Deflorio saw police officers pull over a car in a routine...
UIMD: Run! Ni**er Run!
UI MEME OF THE DAY, a Daily Series... Welcome back. We knew it all along ... and they picked a New York's Finest way to show the rest of the world (in 'quickstep' time) how insidiously nasty and vicious and childish they can be. In an act of outright defiance, the New...
Nike Earns $80 Million on Sales of Air Jordan 11 “Legend Blue” Release in 3 Hours
The giant known as Nike continues to profit off the people who are infatuated with Michael Jordan and his iconic shoe, the Air Jordan. More evidence of this comes from their recent, limited release of the Air Jordan 11 "Legend Blue" this past Saturday. Nike boasted...
UIMD: Remember that Backlash Against White People for Cop Killings? …
UI MEME OF THE DAY, A Daily Series... And the backlash against white people when that white couple murdered a BLACK police officer at a Waffle House in Georgia? ...Yeah. THOUGHT not... KERNER COMMISSION ON CIVIL DISORDER Two Societies, Two Separate Justice Systems -...
When Did The African-American Community Die?
As I travel through the plantation I reside on, I am continually struck by how the African American community has been destroyed. The community is left with one economic group of people, POOR PEOPLE. Poor people have the additional burden of receiving poor services...
UIMD: Since When Did Animals Become More Important Than People?
UI MEME OF THE DAY, A Daily Series... Never at any time should a man's life and life's work or livelihood be taken away from him over any animal. There was never a man born or created who was "lesser" than an animal. Ever.
UIMD: Never Forget – Black Americans Do Not Have Anything They Did Not Earn
UI MEME OF THE DAY, A Daily Series... Never forget that. Black America worked for everything white people have, and everything that they don't think Black people should be "entitled" to, even if it belonged to Black people from the 'get-go'.
