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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...
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...
