Always Be a Lady
''I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.'' - Maya Angelou (b. 1928), U.S. author. originally published in Girl About Town (Oct. 13, 1986). Kicking Ass (interview), Conversations with Maya...
Femininity Is Dead
“One thing that Momma taught me when I was little is that outer beauty is important but it isn’t everything. ‘A woman should have more to offer than how good she looks,’ she’d always tell me, ‘The true value of a young black woman is her mind.’” -Aaliyah Anderson,...
The First Church of Sasha Fierce
Quote from Blacknews.com "The National Church of Bey, an organization that recently formed the new religion Beyism (based on pop star Beyoncé Knowles), is a real organization based in Atlanta, Georgia. Although Beyoncé herself is not believed to be a part of it, she...
“In Our Defense” Responsibility in Black America
Responsibility… Seems like a basic concept. The definition of the word according to the English dictionary it is “The quality or state of being responsible: as a moral, legal, or mental accountability “This is one of the most basic functions of human beings. We are...
Are You “Peacemaker-Dressed” and Ready for Success? (Not A Sermon)
Yesterday, the news came out into the social media airwaves about the fast-growing and spreading "Atheist Mega-Church." What began as a British joke turned into a full-scale worship center for non-believers. As a Believer-in-Action and not a Christian-in-Name-Only, I...
The Issue is US
I don't dress like today's youth and luckily my era had a different dress code. I, however, am afraid that we are telling our young boys that how you look makes a difference in whether or not you'll be successful in this country. We all have a problem with the "thug"...
The Foundation of The Black Union
Man and Woman are scientifically, spiritually, and biologically eternally interconnected. This has been known since before we can even begin to talk about time, since Ausar and Auset in Ancient Kemet. We know that all of the human species comes from the womb of the...
The Talk and the hypocrisy behind it
Y'all know me, at least those who allow me to speak into their brains with my usual brand of know-it-all bullshit. My opinion is no better than anyone else's but a helluva lot better than many. I like to think that what I say is from my heart because its real with no...
SUCCESS; THE EVOLUTION OF GHETTO
Evolution of the ghetto; see our "ghetto" didn't start at the end of slavery it started at the beginning when they threw us under the boats. becoming the first mobile ghettos. Then being forced to settle in the fields and shacks they gave us. being before the coining...
Political Dynasties Good or Bad?
In 2016 we will move beyond the Obama era to a new chapter in Presidential politics. The current political landscape seems to point to a likely showdown between the two most famous families of our current era of politics. The contest possibly may come down to Hilary...
Causation or Correlation You Be the Judge Part I
"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 there have been...
Why Black Folk are “Liquid Money” – Black Gold…Texas Tea
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...
Stop Emasculating Our Children Hip Hop: Where do we go from HERE!!
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 first...
Top 5 Reasons The Black Community Should Be Outraged Over Hip Hop/Rap Lyrics
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...
Its Time for a Black Family Sit Down
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...
Tech Program for Prison Inmates Gives Them A Second Chance At Life
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...
“We Need To Talk” Confession Against Popular Black Opinion
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...
As White People Tell the Story of Their Ancestors, When Do Black People Tell Our Own?
"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 the family of...
Being A Black Woman In A Man’s World
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...
Niggaz Puh-lease – Abortion? You don’t take care of the kids who are here now…
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 in sight at...
