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New Video Game Allows Children To Experience The Dangers Of Living In Chicago | Will This Raise Awareness?
A new video game offers gamers the chance to experience life in some Chicago neighborhoods that have been plagued by violence and poverty. The Chicago-based company that created "We are Chicago" hopes it leads to some long-term solutions to those problems. Michael...
This Jamaican Patois-Speaking Doll Is In High Demand Around The World
A United Kingdom-based teacher is making the doll industry even more inclusive with the world’s first Jamaican Patois-speaking doll line. Saffron Jackson told the Jamaica Star that she was inspired to create Zuree Dolls when she tried looking for black dolls that...
This Video Begs The Question: When Is It Ok To Fight Back & Protect Ourselves From The Police?
I'm starting to believe that deep down inside, white men are terrified of black men. How did I come to this conclusion? Because they only hit, punch, kick, or shoot us when we are unarmed or handcuffed. If you are such a bada** police officer, square up and fight...
Video: King Tut’s Body Is Finally Revealed | Can You Guess What Ethnicity He Is?
I know this is interesting but why disturb the dead, like leave him in his coffin which has been preserving him for how long now? This is actually a disrespectful act and considered desecration. This is how you know the people occupying Egypt now know d*mn well that...
Blue Lives Matter: Police Caught Taking Selfies In Front Of A Burning House
Two Long Island police officers were caught taking a selfie together in front of a burning house. What part of policing training is this? I guess it is funny that someone is losing their house or possibly losing their life. But you want me to believe that the police...
High Schoolers Protest To Make Black History A Full-Year Course
Students at a Jacksonville, Florida high school protested on Monday demanding that their African American history course be taught year-round. Police were called to Terry Parker High School, according to First Coast News though they don’t report by who, when a group...
Shake Shack Founder: Tipping Was Invented So Black People Could Not Legally Prove They Were Being Enslaved
Danny Meyer, the founder of burger chain Shake Shack and an outspoken critic of tipping, recently called the practice “one of the biggest hoaxes pulled on an entire culture.” Meyer appeared on The Sporkful podcast and explained that tipping emerged as a way to skirt...
Cuba Sends Doctors To Black Communities Of Chicago To Improve Childcare, Cancer Detection & Prevention
Let this sink in for a minute. This "Evil Communist" Country is sending help to the poor of the "Good & Free Democratic" country who's "Democratically Elected" leaders will not help them, but are at this moment crafting legislation to kick MORE people off of Health...
Video: Maine Gov. Paul LePage Says John Lewis Should Be Thankful That Abraham Lincoln Freed The Slaves
I figured when Trump got elected that some white people would lose their entire mind and feel reinvented, empowered, and privileged again. That is to be expected, some of them are just plain ole stupid. But here it is a governor saying that black people should be...
Nas Launches Black History Month Collection In Support Children’s Development
After the success of his ugly Christmas sweaters in support of prison reform, Nas is back for another good cause. In honor of Black History Month, Nas is launching an exclusive collection featuring inspirational dashikis with “Black Don’t Crack” writing and “I’m Black...
Did You Know A Black Woman Invented The Home Security System You Use Today?
In 1966, Marie Van Brittan Brown invented the closed circuit television security system which has come to be known as the “home security system.” Brown was born on October 30th, 1922 in Queens New York. Her system allowed homeowners and business owners to view a...
Bishop Wayne Jackson Said Jesus Told Him To Do Benediction At Trump Inauguration | Is He Crazy?
One thing that pisses me off is when somebody uses "Jesus" to defend their position. Bishop Wayne Jackson saying Jesus told him to do something is complete bullsh*t. No demi-god came down from the heavens to place on Bishop Wayne Jackson heart to do a benediction for...
