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“Where Have All Our Starlets Gone?” Death Of The African America Starlet In Hollywood
Hello UI. There are things in this world that are in your face, and direct. We see these things as threats, and tackle them head on with vigor, and strong emotional feelings. However there are many small wars that rage on, yet are so subtle that we tend to forget that...
Family Turns Canceled Wedding Into Dinner For Homeless
There has been so much negativity in the world lately, we are relieved to have a heart warming story to share with you. This is a wonderful story we felt compelled to share with you. Carol and Willie Fowler are wonderful people. they had planned a swanky, upscale...
God Wanted Us to Be Rich – Reality Show to Feature Millionaire Gospel Musicians Lavish Lifestyle
Not sure what you think about the so called "Prosperity Gospel", but be prepared to have it flaunted in your faces via a new reality show set to hit the air waves in November of 2013. The show will feature a Gospel musician and his blended family. It is their claim...
WTF? School Admins Calls All Black Students the N Word on District Issued Cell Phones
How in the world are our children to get a quality education in this country when the school administrators and their officials have no respect for our children. In another effort for us to get the point that we must do for self, two school administrators from...
Harvard FREE? Low Income Students Do Not Pay a Dime at Harvard I Called To Verify
You read that title correctly. Students of low income households can attend Harvard without paying a dime in cost. I'm sure this sounds unbelievable to you, but trust me, I called their financial aid department to verify this personally. And guess what, IT IS TRUE!...
Harvard FREE? Low Income Students Do Not Pay a Dime at Harvard I Called To Verify Part 2
How many openings are available for this opportunity? There is no limit to the number of people that can attend Harvard using the initiative. The only limitation to the program is the student is able to be accepted to the University. This means you have to be in the...
White Dallas man shoots 8-year-old black boy in the face as he plays tag
File this under unbelievable, but a 46 year old white man in Texas shot an 8 year old African American boy in the state of Texas. The boy is still in the fight of his life as you can imagine and at this moment there is no motive on why the shooting occurred. Everyone...
Harvard University Is Now FREE for Students of Low Income Families
Article Update: Be sure to check out the update to this story at the bottom of the article. We CALLED HARVARD Financial Aid Office. Sounds like a crude joke, but it isn't funny because it is true. The University of Harvard, one of the most prestigious universities on...
Florida Man Literally Arrested for Walking While Black
Many people outside of our community will be shocked by the title of this article, but we are not. Violating the law while "Walking or Driving While Black" is something we come to expect in this country, unfortunately. And those that say we will be respected when we...
Reflections on Women of Color and Feminism: Part 1
Woman. A term that not all women of color have often, and arguably until this day, have been excluded from. Since the inception of this country, it was white women who were the quintessential “women.” They were its ideal standard of beauty, chastity, and purity. This...
What is Africana Womanism???
"Dr. Clenora Hudson-Weems: "Africana Womanism is a term I coined and defined in 1987 after nearly two years of publicly debating the importance of self-naming for Africana women. Why the term ‘Africana Womanism’?.... The first part of the coinage, Africana,...
Applebees Calls 911 on Family and Throws them Out Over Noisy Kids
Everyone has been to a restaurant with some rowdy, loud children in it. However, bet you haven't been to one when the police were called on the parents of these children, have you? This is exactly what happened to Eli Gau and his wife Lillian Maliti when visiting an...
