Sex in the eyes of R. Kelly
R. Kelly’s Black Panties album is the latest drop in the R&B world, and I’m not really quite sure how I feel about it. Besides, sneaking in my older brother’s room during my teenage years, and...
View ArticleAmerica: Afraid of us, we should be afraid of you
Listen Up “Afraid & Armed” Prejudice Men The adjective ‘sick’ is barely enough to describe my emotions as images of wailing mothers, like those of slain youth Trayvon and Jordan, grasp each...
View ArticleWhy domestic abuse can’t be tolerated
Domestically abusive relationships swarm the media like killer bees, and the response from the public all seem to have this one thing in common – the bashing of the women who are normally victims in...
View ArticleDear Dark Skin Black Girls
After looking at my very dark skin daughter, and watching all of the many hidden jokes about a complexion so original and so complete, on social networks – I had to present this challenge to my fellow...
View ArticleLil Boosie the undisputed King of ‘Street Rap’
With the release of 31-year-old Torrence Hatch aka Lil Boosie, one of the South’s most popular and anticipated raw street rapper, a discussion about ‘street rap’ and it’s alleged ‘influence’ on young...
View ArticleHow America blatantly disrespects Black Women #BringBackOurGirls
Dear African American Women: This World No Longer Needs You Hundreds of young, black, and poor African girls, have been kidnapped by dangerous men with ulterior motives, and the country you’ve...
View ArticleIs Hip Hop a thing of the past?
Over forty years of service has been put in, but now lay me to rest. I’m tired. The five things I was based on, have been moved to the wayside as if I was old news, or old furniture even that could...
View ArticleTo The Poor Black Americans
If any of you take the time to read this, it will surprise many of us. Even though I’m quite sure that many of you will not — there are a few things to be said directly to you. After all, many of you...
View ArticleAdvice That I Could Never Give a Black Man
Never thought that in my thirty two years, I’d be witnessing the televised slaying of so many of my brothers – paired with similar excuses from people we’re supposed to learn to trust, respect and...
View ArticleWhat Hip Hop Says To A Young Black Woman
The hip hop world is fairly dominant nowadays, in the entertainment and media places I frequent. Rarely, am I able to turn on my television, and miss the visuals of hip hop and rap artists. It wasn’t...
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