Jungle Fever: Halle Berry, Interracial Dating & the Politics of Blackness
The media is running rampant with the custody battle over the daughter of Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry, Nahla. Instead of focusing on the future…
Black Culture
You Know It’s Bad When All You Have is BET
Chrisette Michelle by Eco.Soul.Intellectual Dare I say it? I swear I don’t want to, but I gotta be honest. BET is the only cable network…
Black History Month: I ain’t from Africa, I’m from Crenshaw Mafia!
Here we go again; another February, another Black History Month. Frankly, for the first time in my adult life I’m a bit conflicted on Black…
Paul Mooney: “Black Is The New White”
Since America has been deemed post-racial, there has been a renewed interest in Black America; yes, a renaissance of sorts. Everybody wants to now know…
Guest Blogger: I’m in Brazil, and I’m not Coming Back to the USA! (by Francis L. Holland)
(Editor’s Note: The following post comes from Francis L. Holland. A fellow Afrospear member who blogs over at The Francis L. Holland Blog as well…
Glenn Beck, White Culture, and Knowing When to Play Dumb
Glenn Beck might be an asshole, or play a clown on television. But best believe, he’s not an idiot – he knows where his bread…
Beauty is not only skin deep; it’s expensive. At least that’s what I think about the Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) president.
I usually try and dispel stereotypes of Black people with this blog, and today I’m not going to be any different. With that said, allow…
Is BET’s Black College Tour a good or bad thing? Is this the best way to highlight HBCUs?
See the kid in the picture above? That’s my little bro who’s currently attending North Carolina A&T. I love that young man, and he reminds…
My Apologies to Soledad O’Brien and CNN on behalf of the United Negroes of America
Recently I did a post The Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Watch CNN’s Black in America 2. Today, after watching the first installment or…
They Call Me “Little Man”
A very good friend of mine sent this to me in an email last week:Embedded video from CNN VideoI meant to post this last week,…