Michael Vick is facing it. Plaxico Burress is facing it.
Michael Tyson faced it, and countless other Black men have too.
When will Black men in the American spotlight ever be treated like human beings? When will Black men ever be treated justl ...
Posted Tuesday, August 25th 2009 at 10:01AM
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Barack is now President-elect. The world has welcomed his message and his push for change. Blacks, in particular have been waiting for a return to Blackness - the true sense of wholeness, creativity, and love that was very evident in the 1960s and 19 ...
Posted Wednesday, December 24th 2008 at 8:27PM
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We look at Barack Obama as a poweful, graceful, and divine being. He has earned every right to be considered as such. Barack Obama has come from practically nowhere to raise our conscience, elevate our plight for hope, and encourage us to believe in ...
Posted Friday, December 19th 2008 at 3:10PM
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We talk about gangsters when it comes to Chicago's notorious gangs, the Black Stone Rangers or the Gangster Disciples, but we are overlooking Chicago's interesting and shady history when it comes to politics.
Rod Blagojevich, the latest governor t ...
Posted Wednesday, December 10th 2008 at 12:45PM
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I found this information about Earl Stafford, a Black business man that will host an inaugural party for the disadvantaged:
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As Washington gears up for January's presidential inauguration with high-priced tickets to fancy affair ...
Posted Tuesday, December 9th 2008 at 12:39AM
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If you have not heard of, or been to a Soul Vegetarian Restaurant, here are locations across the country. I've been to three of their locations. Find their mission statement at the bottom.
Source of Life Juice Bar & Deli
(Inside Everlasting Lif ...
Posted Thursday, December 4th 2008 at 4:05PM
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I found this information here on the Internet. A lot of Blacks suffer from this disease, which can be fatal. I had a girlfriend who is ailed by this disease.
Get support for sickle cell anemia by focusing on your unique nutritional needs. Accordin ...
Posted Thursday, December 4th 2008 at 3:54PM
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I have not eaten meat in almost ten years now. Just recently, I picked up fish again, but I plan on leaving it alone when I can catch up with myself and remember my best eating habits.
I stopped eating pork in 1993. After then, it was beef, chicke ...
Posted Thursday, December 4th 2008 at 3:39PM
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Barack Obama's inauguration will
be of candid energy.
Millions will be cheering across the globe.
Mountain tops where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's
dreams will explode with might.
The night before, the spirits of Harriet Tubman,
Sojourner ...
Posted Thursday, December 4th 2008 at 11:27AM
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A few days ago, it was announced that a young African American male committed suicide online. Approximately two hundred people watched a young man take pills to kill himself.
For what reason, I am not sure, but this is a sad, sad, sad thing.
It ...
Posted Wednesday, December 3rd 2008 at 8:37PM
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Katherine, the main blogger here, encouraged this post:
It is important that we remain loving and caring in our relationships with one another as times get harder. We should be focusing on remaining supportive and peaceful as we face trying and ch ...
Posted Thursday, November 27th 2008 at 8:46PM
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With the Holiday seasons abound and American Blacks shopping and spending time with family and friends, our minds begin to focus on buying presents and making people happy, even ourselves.
However, do things/material items make us happy? Are mater ...
Posted Thursday, November 27th 2008 at 8:28PM
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Indeed, we are living in very hard economic times. Since I have been living and aware of maintaining economically, I have not seen it this bad. It is even worse than the days of Reagonomics.
We are struggling, starving and stealing like never befo ...
Posted Wednesday, November 26th 2008 at 11:00PM
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I find it amazing - the irresponsibility
too many Black men posses. I am
attempting to address the nature of
Our lack of owning up to real manhood,
How we badly treat Black women, and
How we forget about our children.
There are too many examp ...
Posted Tuesday, November 25th 2008 at 11:42PM
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Concerning my recent post, 10 Reasons Why I Would Marry A Black Woman, I received feedback that spoke to the need to write this one. E Private, many of you know her, spoke to this reality of Black men needing to say I Love You and Thank You to Black ...
Posted Monday, October 20th 2008 at 1:07PM
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1. Black women raise us strong Black men.
2. Black women are as strong as we are.
3. Because Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Rubie Dee, and others,
have fought and died for us.
4. They love us, even when we are at our worst.
5. Black w ...
Posted Sunday, October 19th 2008 at 8:21PM
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Recently,
I have had conversations with at least two Women of Color about the importance of Black men choosing Black women to rise with them in America. This listening, brought an understanding to me of how important it is for Black men to have as ...
Posted Friday, October 17th 2008 at 11:52PM
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People,
I just learned from a blogger and spirit here that voting without a physical address can be done. There are lots of us who have lost our homes and the like to foreclosures do to the fluctuating interest rates we fail victim to. However, th ...
Posted Friday, October 17th 2008 at 11:26PM
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No doubt, that we are returning to pride of ourselves, our culture, our Story - where and who we are these days.
I feel we can thank the presence of Barack and Michelle Obama for this.
Their faces, accomplishments and reasoning in America's sp ...
Posted Thursday, October 16th 2008 at 9:53AM
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People,
I found this article on the Internet. I have learned that in Sacramento, CA, there is graffiti being used as a tool of hate against Obama. Those of you who are in this part of the country can make calls to local law enforcement agencies and ...
Posted Wednesday, October 15th 2008 at 9:40AM
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The people, the dying and starving masses, will riot eventually if there is no balance or more opportunities for increased finances in this country. Not to focus on violence, or say it will happen, but what people will do is seek justice in this coun ...
Posted Tuesday, October 14th 2008 at 4:56PM
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Obama knows that Frederick Douglas, the Ancestor and Abolitionist of the 1800s was looked at as a Presidential figure. We owe Frederick Douglas this understanding and knowledge of the fact that it was he who was first as a Black man to receive this r ...
Posted Sunday, October 12th 2008 at 6:31PM
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My people,
Yes, if you did not know, our own people fought and died for us to have the right to vote. In the 1960s, most of these deaths and beatings occurred. However, the deaths and discrimination go further back.
Look into history and find o ...
Posted Sunday, October 12th 2008 at 6:11PM
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For Black men to see another one of their own shining, designing and prepared for a mission is vital. Vital to our existence and resurgence as a powerful group of thinkers, inventors, creators, and educators.
Seeing Barack Obama, even if subconsci ...
Posted Sunday, October 12th 2008 at 10:19AM
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