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The “Top 3” Must See of Black Films
Big budget, low budget, dollar movie or 30 bucks spent on 1 ticket and a popcorn combo; it doesn't matter how you receive the experience but you have to see these three films as representation of black culture. First I want to answer the obvious questions. "Did any...
Bill Elliot Who?
Today NASCAR, the largest sanctioning body of stock car racing honored African-American race car driver Wendell Scott by inducting him into the 2015 class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. According to, http://www.nascar.com, Wendell Scott wasn't the first African-American...
When the Bough Breaks: Damon Dash Shows Us What NOT To Do with Money
For the record, let's set the record straight. When the bough breaks, the whole danged crib falls - not just the cradle. Celebrity news is not news unless it has some applicable reference to the rest of us who are reading about it. Celebrity news just for the sake of...
Pics Expose More Than First Reported
As quickly as it appeared it was gone. A black and white image depicting two individuals casually laying around, him with no shirt on, her staring into the camera looking comfortable in her surroundings. Controversy just around the corner waiting to jump on the next...
Hip Hop Cares: Nas Creates Minority Web Development Scholarship
The media loves to dump on the hip hop, and black, community in general for not wanting to give back. Most recently, one could point to Donald Sterlings ignorant comments on black people not wanting to help their people and trying to point out Magic Johnson. However,...
7 Ways to Get Involved with Your Local Politicians
One of the things Black folk are often accused of is not staying on top of their local government political processes. Non-involvement wreaks havoc on the way our governments and democratic processes work. It's not enough that people actually put their lives on the...
Privacy, does it even matter?
I know Patrick Irvine posted this yesterday but my expounding on it became a bit too long so I decided to flesh it out a bit. Let me throw another angle at you guys. I personally could care less if Donald Sterling is fined or if he pays it. It will not benefit us....
Blame it on the Bougie
The Negro race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men. The problem of education, then, among Negroes must first of all deal with the Talented Tenth; it is the problem of developing the Best of this race that they may guide the Mass away from the...
Who Speaks For The Black Community?
The Short Story on "The Black Community" is that it is spiritually, morally and mentally deceased, as well as physically inactive. I buried it a few weeks back for lack of righteous standing in America for going on 50 years now. If we had a "black community" any more,...
It Ain’t What They Call You …
It's what you answer to. [Which may explain why the Good Lord doesn't answer most people's prayers when they address Him as "Jesus," but I digress.] Let's face it. Black folks, especially American Black folk, are suffering from quite a few mental health issues and...
Why Black America Calls SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas “Uncle Tom”-ish
Okay, most Black folk 'hate' Clarence Thomas is a strong thing to imply. But he isn't an "Uncle Tom." Uncle Tom was a hero who sacrificed his life so some other slaves could escape the plantation. Too old to run himself, they killed him for refusing to tell where they...
Oprah’s Network, Michael Sam Documentary Follows First Gay NFL Player’s Quest To Make The Rams
History will be made as the Oprah Winfrey Network follows the NFL's first openly gay players quest to make an NFL team, according to the Associated Press. The St. Louis Rams selected Michael Sam in the seventh round of the NFL Draft. Sam was the SEC Defensive Player...
