I get down a lot on current hip hop because I really feel that the artists have slipped a lot. What used to be revolutionary, political, fun, and interesting has degraded to one song after another glorifying gangsters and degrading women. This song ...
Posted Monday, April 18th 2011 at 5:43PM
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Just posted a quiz in the AfroBlog about corporate slavery. There are several posts in The Black Man Survival Guide about this topic because people need to know about this condition, but to quickly explain: a corporate slave is someone owned by the ...
Posted Thursday, April 14th 2011 at 5:12PM
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This was originally posted a few months ago but I thought I would share it with you in light of our terrible economy and our (almost) government shutdown. The post is kind of long so I will post the first part here and you can find the rest at this ...
Posted Monday, April 11th 2011 at 1:48PM
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Education is the key to our future. With all of the budget cuts taking direct aim at education it is becoming more difficult for our youth to get the basic tools they need for college. If they do make it through the struggling public school system, ...
Posted Friday, April 8th 2011 at 12:56PM
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Sharing some positive quotes from African Americans that may touch move and inspire you.
“Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.”
Malcolm X
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Posted Monday, April 4th 2011 at 11:57AM
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"We are more alike than unalike" - Maya Angelou
Although there are many real external obstacles that keep black men from living the lives that we want, often times the biggest barriers are internal and start with our way of thinking. In many case ...
Posted Friday, April 1st 2011 at 2:48PM
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Sharing the latest blog post from The AfroBlog on http://afrodaddy.com
Most people living in America who are even mildly socially aware know that many young Americans smoke weed. Recent studies by the National Institute on Drug Abuse show that ne ...
Posted Monday, March 28th 2011 at 11:57AM
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Too many young black men are dying prematurely of heart disease, diabetes, prostate cancer and worst of all homicide. We need to help educate our young men on the real risks and the real statistics. Please share this with others and one love. ...
Posted Tuesday, March 22nd 2011 at 4:33PM
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Originally posted at http://afrodaddy.com
Let’s face it there aren’t too many way legitimate ways to get rich in America. In an earlier Survival Guide article I cited 4 primary ways to get rich: own a business, own property, be an investor, o ...
Posted Monday, March 21st 2011 at 7:50PM
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Did you know there was a “Black Wall Street” in Tulsa Oklahoma in the 1920s? It was arguably the most financially successful black community in America until in 1921 it was burned down by KKK racists, killing over 300 black people and destroying ...
Posted Friday, March 18th 2011 at 11:21AM
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An article honoring black female entertainers from our past. Thought I would share this with Black History.com ...
Posted Thursday, March 17th 2011 at 11:38AM
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Before we can talk about what the tea party is scared of we must first define who the tea party is. Contrary to misconceptions perpetrated by the media, the tea party is not a group dominated by backwoods, racist rubes from Bumblestraw, Arkansas. Su ...
Posted Thursday, March 17th 2011 at 11:31AM
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