by Patrick Irvine | Oct 1, 2014 | News
In a strange story coming out of Ohio, it would seem that a lesbian mother is suing an Illinois based Sperm Bank for sending her sperm from a black man. In 2011 after planning with her partner for a child, Jennifer Cramblett called in an order for a donor from Midwest...
by Patrick Irvine | Sep 17, 2014 | News
The video for the Walmart shooting of John Crawford while not being released to the public has been viewed by attorneys and the family. According to those that saw the video, John Crawford was shot on sight by the police as they came into the vicinity. buy cipro...
by Patrick Irvine | Aug 21, 2014 | News
The second murder in St. Louis just like the first murder has taken an interesting twist. We have heard on several occasions that Kajieme Powell challenged the officers to kill him with a knife held up in stabbing position and got as close as 3 feet from the officers....
by Ghostndamachine | Aug 14, 2014 | Blog, News
Time for a rant. Ever since Mike Brown was murdered in Ferguson, Missouri I have read post after post, blog after blog and comment after comment about what we should or shouldn’t do in response. I have heard from those that suggest we march, that we pray, that...
by Ghostndamachine | Aug 12, 2014 | News
I originally wrote this post after the Trayvon Martin verdict. In many ways, the concept holds the same. We are understandably heartbroken about the latest tragedy to befall our community. We have had three in the last month, killed by police officers doing...
by Ghostndamachine | Jun 30, 2014 | Blog, Culture
Even though we have switched gears and other issues are currently at the forefront, there are still way too many stories in the media today about our epidemic of bullying going on both inside school as well as outside school. I have wanted to share my thoughts...
by Ghostndamachine | May 28, 2014 | Culture
I read good article in Slate today (url below) about young people’s attitudes about race and racism. The authors outlined various studies that had been conducted as well as poll results showing that young people are just as fucked up about race as we are. There...
by Ghostndamachine | May 26, 2014 | Culture, History
Social media, is new. It is also everywhere, it is this generation’s light bulb. It is at once liberating, as well as pernicious. We have become so addicted to social media that we don’t realize that just ten years ago, we were all into MySpace, Black...
by Ghostndamachine | May 26, 2014 | Culture
An article was written a few weeks back concerning the difference between “affluenza” and “hood disease.” Since many had never heard the term hood disease everyone thought it was something disrespectful that white people had simply made up. Ironically, both are...
by Mo Gamble | May 23, 2014 | Blog, Culture
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....
