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Black or Nah??: Rachel Dolezal’s Transracial Identity pt.2
The Story When the Rachel Dolezal story first broke, I wrote my immediate thoughts in a previous post. However, what I thought was most important to an assmehnt of the situation was hearing from...
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The Prince Goes Platinum
J.Cole’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive has reached platinum status. It will be Cole’s first platinum album. However what’s more noteworthy is that is the only Hip Hop album released in 2014 to go platinum...
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An Irrelevant Kind of Love
The Story One does not have to look far to find some article or statement being made about the state of Black relationships. While many of these statements that regard Black love, marriage and...
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Mikey Wants it Bad
The Story Michael Cole, a 36 year old native of Stuyvesant Town in New York City, is making a name for himself with his ice cream shop, Mikey Likes It Ice Cream, on Avenue A. He has become well-known...
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A Perversion of Virtue (the Charleston shooting)
The Story After the breaking of the story regarding the Charleston church shooting that claimed the lives of nine Black church attendees, the young killer was apprehended. When the families confronted...
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The Meaning of Fourth of July for the Negro (Redux)
The Story Most American holidays amount to no more celebration than a day off from work, store sales, social gatherings with food and drinks, which is certainly a reason to celebrate but I wonder if...
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Is This the Beginning of The End of White Supremacy?
The Story Eric Liu wrote a compelling article in this month’s issue of the Atlantic. Liu’s article addressed the question: is the culture war over? Lou’s answer was that despite the recent public...
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What Movements Are Made Of
The Story Fellow blogger, Joshua Lazard aka the Uppity Negro, published an article recently where titled “Waiting on the Movement.” The article was thorough and Lazard definitely made solid points in...
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Less Cosby, More Advocacy
The Story So by now everyone if familiar with the allegations surrounding Bill Cosby and his alleged drugging and raping of several women throughout his career. Recently about 40 women have come...
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Ignorance Is Not Your Alibi
The Story Kylie Jenner posted a pic on Instagram of herself wearing cornrows with the hastag “whitegirlsdoitbetter” which she immediately removed and reposted her pic without the hastag when Amandla...
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Akon Lighting Africa
The Story There is a story that didn’t get anywhere near the attention that it should have. A Black man endeavors to address the African energy crisis and provide energy to 1 million people this year...
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Wale Reaching Higher
The Story While the media covering Hip Hop is busy obsessing about Meek Mills’ accusations about the authenticity of Drake’s writing and Future’s dousing an audience with Sprite, Wale is lending his...
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Woe is Lee – The Sound and Fury
The Story Lee Daniels recently posted a video ranting about his Emmy snub. Apparently his show Empire, despite its decade breaking ratings, did not receive its due. Daniels was infuriated and posted...
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The Story Everyone probably remembers the big issue about Azealea Banks’ candid comments about Iggy Azalia and the beef that started between her and T.I. in connection to those comments. I came across...
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Now You Know: Meek Mill Vs. Drake
The Story It’s not news about the Drake v Meek Mill battle. Apparently Meek Mill requested a feature verse from Drake for a song and Drake submitted what Meek Mill claims was someone else’s verse. Meek...
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I Will Not Live On My Knees
The Story I recently came across an article on Huffpost online that incensed me. It was entitled 10 Rules to Help Black Boys Survive and it reeked of the perceptions of an era long rendered ignorant of...
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Working Together: Anonymous and Black Lives Matter
The Story The Black Lives Matter organization, who had maintained a presence in the area, had planned a protest for the anniversary of the murder of John Crawford who was gunned down by police inside...
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Remembering Julian Bond
Julian Bond, age 75, died this week from complications of vascular disease. Bond was a Civil Rights leader who helped to found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), which like the...
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To Change A Heart Or Not To Change A Heart
Black Lives Matter has been focusing on the potential presidential candidates in an effort to force them to address the issues plaguing the Black community such as the enduring brutality from police...
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Enter Campaign Zero
For quite some time the Black Lives Matter movement has been criticized for having no leadership, organization or concrete list of demands. Most recently as several members met with presidential...
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