Bree Newsome: Black Women are Heroes
Being a middle school teacher, I have a tendency to tease my male students. A lot of times, there may be some discrepancy that I…
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Dr. Umar Johnson and The Power of the Punani
I am noticing more and more mentioned indiscretions with men and their “insignificant others”. If these men aren’t caught up with their side pieces, then…
Atlanta Public School Cheating Scandal: Business As Usual
The verdict for the APS (Atlanta Public Schools) Cheating Scandal has come in as guilty (let that sink in for a second while I go…
#SAE – The Important Unimportance of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
SAE and their racist debacle is actually making its rounds. We have been hearing about it all week. Parker Rice, member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon,…
Oklahoma Wants Brainwashing via AP U.S. History
History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. – Maya Angelou History is something that…
5 Things About the Howard University Middle School Fiasco
Absurdity. This is the first word that comes to mind when considering the situation where teachers at a middle school were fired for teaching Black…
Floyd Mayweather’s Reading Problem: Fame, Money & Illiteracy
It all started with Floyd Mayweather being called out by 50 Cent. With 50 Cent being 50 Cent, he challenged Mayweather to a “reading challenge” of a page…
Deanna Jordan: Single Mother of 3 Graduates UCLA With 3 Degrees (VIDEO)
Deanna Jordan, 28, who grew up in Compton, California, has three sons and is a single mother — oh, and Deanna Jordan is also black.…
Rashema Melson: Homeless Valedictorian Earns Scholarship to Georgetown
Rashema Melson, 18, a D.C. high school student who spent the past two years living in a homeless shelter has graduated high school as a…
Mark Cuban, Stephen A. Smith, & the Black Folks Getting “Blacker” Study
In America, it’s hard to imagine that having melanin can be a disadvantage. Thankfully, studies are conducted to confirm the silly claims of the melanin…