Lesson from TLC Movie – Black Community Must Own Their Intellectual Property
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 group....
Black Women in the Media: From Mammy to Olivia Pope and Everything in Between
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 she...
Orphan Teen Goes To Church And Pleads For Someone To Adopt Him
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...
Village Idiot – African American Pastor Blames Civil Rights Movement for State of the Black Family
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...
Ten Point Program – What If The Black Panther Party Was Never Destroyed?
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...
EBT Disaster!!! Or Lucky Break? Fraud Or Honest Mistake? Wal-Mart Woes In Louisiana
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....
Man Who Shot 8-year-old Child In the Face Gets Bail REDUCED
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...
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation invests 5 million in black-owned banks
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,...
The New Black Community – 5 Things You Should Do Every Christopher Columbus Day
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 continue to be...
Grand Theft Auto V Stole Rapper Daz Dillinger Music, But Will He Sued For Intellectual Property Theft?
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...
Changing The World – Teenage Girls From Africa Invent A Urine Powered Generator
Since the dawn of time, our people have brought the world advancements from every phase of science you can imagine. Just about everything you know and are aware of have been created, discovered or influenced by our people. This is because we have a long and storied...
Ancient Confession Found – We Invented Jesus Christ
The invention of Jesus Christ is something that has been long accepted by many scholars, former Christians, and others for a long time now. There have been many scholars in the black community and other who have come out with these claim showing historical theft in...
Chris Brown Raped At 8 Years Old – Male Right of Passage or Rape?
Jasha Price is the author of this contribution and member of our Facebook Community. If you would like to contribute to the UI website, please reach out to us to find out how. Recently, world-wide known entertainer, Chris Brown, confessed in an interview to the...
Well Deserved – 28 Years In Prison For Kwame Kilpatrick
Before I launch into my rant on why I feel the 28 years was justified and think he might have gotten off a bit light, let's get you caught up to speed on Kwame Kilpatrick and the ills he highlights in the city of Detroit and the political spectrum. This past Thursdays...
Two Year Old Son Of Adrian Peterson Died Due To Child Abuse
Joseph Robert Patterson was charged. He is the boyfriend to the mother of Adrian Peterson's son. The mother and son had recently moved in with Patterson. Our hearts and prayers go out to the Peterson family. Can't imagine what Adrian Peterson and family is thinking...
The Tennessee Waitress Profits From Her Ordeal… But Is It Right?
UI… Ui… UI. What has the world come to? I cannot believe that this has happened. Okay… The last time I saw you , I blogged about the Tennessee waitress with the receipt that has the phrase “None Nigger” on the tip line. I got a few responses from it that were very...
Helping Our Children To Be Debonair – Interview with the DeKevious Wilson
1) What's the mission of The DeKevious Wilson Debonair Project? “The Mission of “The DeKevious Wilson Debonair Project” is to uplift and encourage young high school and college men to become their “highest potential” by providing them with the essential...
Bogus Gym Mat Death – Were Kendrick Johnson Organs Harvested And Sold On The Black Market?
17 year old Kendrick Johnson was found dead in a gym mat at his school. The death was ruled an accidental suffocation by investigators and initial autopsy. Blood found at the scene of death. Second autopsy ran with different findings, but the Johnson's organs were...
The Motherland – Africa Has 55 Billionaires in 2013
Ventures Africa, a Pan African publication, released a list of 55 African billionaires. Their fortunes total $143.88 billion. 3 indigenous Africans are in the top 20, including a woman with more money than Oprah Winfrey. The list of 55 African billionaires catches...
“Horror Unchained” The True Story Of Madame Lalaurie
There are quite a few stories about Madame Lalaurie and her horrors. The publications of the time have told the awful story in gruesome detail. However, some have tried to downplay these atrocities. It is truly a horror story that I feel simply because it involved...
