If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our daily newsletter. Thanks for visiting!Health in the Black community is a topic that many people avoid, but needs to be addressed. Black people are historically and genetically most prone to strokes, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, etc. You name it……we got it. That [...]
“We are one, our cause is one, and we must help each other; if we are to succeed.” — Fredrick Douglass, North Star, December 3, 1847
Fredrick Douglass wrote these words during a time in which supporting one another was not simply appreciated but expected. The achievements of some were celebrated by all. Those accomplishments sparked [...]
So lately I’ve been watching “American Gangster” (the BET series, not the movie), and I have to say that most of the episodes literally enrage me.
Get this, in the last episode that I watched, the guy who was being interviewed was a well known drug dealer in his day. He made $200,000 a week [...]
In case, you didn’t know, BET has begun airing a new season of Keyshia Cole’s Reality Show: “Just Like You.” The show is great, and I try to catch it whenever I can. It’s sad to say, but the most fascinating part of the show is watching the sheer ignorance and “ghettoness” her family.
Keyshia [...]
Yesterday, CNN reported that President-Elect Obama has chosen Eric Holder to be his Attorney General. This selection makes Eric Holder the first African-American Attorney General. He served as deputy attorney general in the Clinton Administration.
Thus, the “trickle-down effect” begins. It’s our time to shine…… And when I say “our,” I don’t mean Black politicians, [...]
Last weekend, I went a high school football game, featuring my high school and our arch nemesis. First off, I know what many you may be thinking……what in the world is a grown man doing at a high school football game?! My answer……high school football is king in Texas. So back to the topic at [...]
With the new season of television getting started, I was beginning to reminisce about some of the shows that I used to enjoy “back in the day”. Like most of those that grew up in the 80’s and 90’s, some of my favorite shows were The Cosby Show, A Different World, Fresh Prince of Bellaire, [...]
