Lets Get to the Meat of It
This report came out a while back and since then people everywhere both black and white have come out of the wood-works proclaiming the evilness of meat despite it being a staple in human diet for. . . ever. So I decided to look over that report that can be seen by...
Prevent the Discontinuation of the ONLY Functioning HBCU Swimming Program
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were founded for the purpose of giving African-Americans the opportunity to get a higher education. Today, there are 105 HBCUs in the United States and of that group, only TWO institutions have swimming teams. North...
Rapper T.I. Says Atlantic Records Hates His New Positive Image
The Atlanta based rapper who built his career as a hard core, drug pushing southern king has now adopted a family-friendly image that hasn’t scored him too much attention or money in recent years. T.I., Born Clifford Harris, went from writing rhymes about his...
If You Are Black, Must You Support And Agree With President Obama?
Today is the 50 year anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" Speech. It was and is an amazing speech that will be talked about throughout history for the groundbreaking journey black people and many others lead to crash the doors of segregation. This...
Fake Outrage Over African American Poverty Rates Linked To Chicken
Give me a break with all this fake outrage over the supposed racist comments by a Republican State Senator out of Colorado. Some of you people amaze me with the garbage you will drag into the spotlight as if this is worthy of our time, consideration, and energy. In...
5 Reasons The Black Community Is Politically Retarded (Part 2)
2. Political Ignorance The fact that we don't understand politics could easily be the number one reason we are politically retarded. No other point has ever been made more clear to me than when Barack Obama was named President of the United States and I had to watch...
5 Reasons The Black Community Is Politically Retarded (Part 1)
The 50 year anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr on August 28th, 1963 is coming soon. It was and is an incredible speech, but sometimes I wonder if the dream has turned into a nightmare for the Black community. It seems to me over...
The Elites recipe for Big profits But No Solutions
The elites ruling families have procedure they use called Problem-Reaction-Solution! They cause the problem & get the public to react out of fear wanting something to be done about the problem. They patch up problems to make it seem like they r concern about...
US school shooting suspect talked down by bookkeeper
AP - A MAN armed with an assault rifle and 500 rounds of ammunition entered a primary school in the US state of Georgia, held employees hostage and fired on police. Dramatic overhead television footage captured young students racing out of the building. The situation...
Top 5 Disappointments in the Black Community Over the Past 50 years
On the eve of the 50 year anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's March on Washington, I thought it would be a great time to highlight 5 disappointments in the Black Community over the past 50 years. Unless you have been living under a rock, you will have noticed many...
Africa’s Super Hero Bring’s Happiness… And Also Anger
Finally! There is hope for fans of the Marvel comics series, The Black Panther. Stan Lee at a wizard comic book convention in New York, spilled the beans about the hero’s emergence as one of the newest projects for Disney under the Marvel moniker set for 2016 or 2017....
No Weave In My Church Says One Pastor. Is He Going Too Far?
"Pat yo weave, ladies. Pat, yo weave, ladies", said Beyonce in one of her smash hits, but someone better tell her not in this Pastor's church. Pastor A. J. Aamir founded the Resurrecting Faith church in Waco, Texas with a different aim. He actually wants his...
Free Enterprise… Our Beloved Cancer
Hello UI. To keep in the tradition of the last post, Let’ talk about the one thing that regardless of your moral compass, feelings of equality, and other touchy feely BS….Money. Yes, the thing that gives us food, shelter, and protects our loved ones, is money. Truth...
What’s Better Than Money: Leveraging your Value
Our basic needs of food, clothing and shelter all require 1 major prerequisite – MONEY. But too few of us (by “us” I mean the 90% on the bottom of the economic totem pole) actually know what money truly is. In addition to our unfamiliarity with money’s true essence,...
UI Discussion Party #03: Rebuilding Black Wall Street
UI Discussion Party is a panel styled podcast produced by Urban Intellectuals. The discussion is meant to move the African Diaspora's discourse in a positive, self healing direction. The panel guest are members of the Urban Intellectual community. UI is dedicated to...
UI Saturday Facebook Review #01
Urban Intellectuals is obsessed with creating meaningful, engaging, and relevant discussions among the African diaspora. Bringing diverse lines of thought together to combine their knowledge and insight for the future, prosperity and well being of the community is the...
6 Must See 2013 African American Films
I wanted to bring you Urban Intellectual readers something light today, some inspiration for your viewing pleasures. Their are about 12 must see films this year being released by and about...
UI Discussion Party #02: Defining Black Culture
UI Discussion Party is a panel styled podcast produced by Urban Intellectuals. The discussion is meant to move the African Diaspora's discourse in a positive, self healing direction. The panel guest are members of the Urban Intellectual community. UI is dedicated to...
Are the dice in the education game loaded?
I have been waiting on this one for quite some time UI family. The topic at hand is education and getting into college. At this point in the game I feel and have seen that as minorities, we don’t stand a chance in getting into major universities the way that other do....
Why is “Elite” a 4 letter word?
Hello UI. I hear this term elitist being tossed around as if it was like saying bigot, or hypocrite. I often wonder is it truly something that we should so quickly dismiss as bad character. I for one have certain views on the subject that may not mirror those of...
