Barack H. Obama Jr.: The Last Black American President

Barack H. Obama Jr.: The Last Black American President

From the years January 20, 2009 through January 20, 2017, we have laughed, talked, joked, screamed in anger and rage, loved, imagined, dreamed, sang, petitioned, marched, walked, flew, pushed, pulled, dragged kicking and screaming, and cried … most definitely...
Growing A Pair in The Black Communities Across America

Growing A Pair in The Black Communities Across America

If you take the time out sometimes to talk to the older people in your neighborhood, you may discover that they are often a wealth of walking talking living breathing history books and resourceful information. This isn’t about the past, or about Black people in...
UIMD: Is “Buy Black” Racist?

UIMD: Is “Buy Black” Racist?

UI MEME OF THE DAY, A DAILY SERIES… Tell me … why is it not racist to “buy white” at Wal-Mart, but it is racist to “buy Black” at Boxcar Grocer? We cannot, as a people, afford to lose another Black business, so when I heard that...
Does The NAACP Reflect Our Mirror Image?

Does The NAACP Reflect Our Mirror Image?

“Alea iacta est”, in English: “the die is cast” … Sterling, the 21st century vintage plantation owner, was caught acting as a white male born during the hayday of our oppression. Nurtured, educated and formed in that good ol’ white tradition. I wont go over the...
Why Aren’t We Moving

Why Aren’t We Moving

I wasn’t even going to write this but in light of the recent events surrounding Florida I feel that it is necessary for us to critically look at some of the intricacies of the black civil rights movement in America.  Something has been lost in this fight, we continue...