Some people are in love with the ice bucket challenge, which is to raise awareness for ALS, a disease which affects mostly white men. There is a whole conversation to be had about why black people are doing the ice bucket challenge and not contributing to diseases that affect black people, but that’ll be part of another BLM conversation. This one involves a grandfather who some say should be charged…
by Dr. Boyce Watkins Former police officer Ken Williams gives direct and specific information about the police death of Eric Garner, who died in the hands of the NYPD. According to Williams, the officers involved in the incident, along with the medical personnel in involved in the case, were blatantly negligent in not administering CPR to Garner when he was on the ground. Williams also says that there was a fraud…
There’s this thing called “white privilege” that they speak about at universities, but no one believes that it exists. They don’t discuss it in mainstream media very much, since the media is owned by white people. So, maybe a big part of white privilege means not having to discuss white privilege. This article from Yvette Carnell discusses a white woman who committed a terrible crime, but was given one of…
Reported by Liku Zelleke When five young students at Winfield Scott Elementary School in Elizabeth, New Jersey, talked too much, their unidentified teacher punished them using a rather bizarre method: she taped their mouths shut. The parents of the children are now asking that the teacher get fired. What is known so far is that she will not be allowed to fill in again at an elementary school. According to…
Reported By Liku Zelleke Carolina Panthers’ defensive end, Greg Hardy has been released from jail on a $17,000 bond. Hardy has been charged with assault on a female and communicating threats. According to his arrest warrant, Hardy is accused of grabbing the victim, throwing her to the floor, throwing her into a bathtub, slamming her against a futon and strangling her. In court, his attorney said that it was the…
This might be one of the most bizarre media revelations in quite some time. But according to TMZ, Apollo Nida is going to be serving as a spy for the government. The husband of Real Housewives star Phaedra Parks has, according to the outlet, struck a deal that will help him to avoid 30 years in prison after he was found to have stolen $2.3 million dollars in a massive…
Reported BY Liku Zelleke If anything, you should admire the tenacity of the NYPD; Karen Jordan knows it firsthand. So far, the police officers have barged into her house, at least 12 times, looking for her husband. So far, it’s all been in vain. Because, what they don’t seem to accept or understand is that the poor guy has been dead for over 8 years. James Jordan Sr. passed away…
Na’eem Wilkins is an honor student and a man who knows how to work hard for what he wants. So, you can imagine the surprise when he ended up in handcuffs. According to WRAL.com, the Shaw University student was arrested for refusing to leave the library after it closed. The 21-year old is also a drum major for the school band, meaning that he keeps a full schedule. He is…
A campus is supposed to keep its students safe. Parents who send their children off to college are worried that something can happen to their kids, and many such incidents tend to occur off campus, rather than on it. But the media is jumping all over Temple University for taking a full three days to let students know about an incident in which a girl was hit in the face…
The story of Mary Turner is one for the ages and it’s also a reminder of the kinds of struggles that people of color have endured since this nation was founded. Mary was born in 1899 and died on May 19, 1918, exactly seven years before the birthday of the great Malcolm X. What happened to Mary in Georgia is a powerful reflection of the environment in which Malcolm…
How do you feel about white supremacy? Well, if you think that it’s a bad thing, you might find yourself offended by hearing that a singer believes that whiter skin is better, prettier and more attractive. Singer Dencia went onto British television to defend her heavily criticized skin-whitening cream, Whitenicious. The video is below and the host is hammering her pretty hard. Even before the activist she invited gets a…
by Barry Burch Jr. It would turn out to be a violent recess at Thomas Claggett Elementary School in District Heights, Md, Tuesday morning. No one could have ever imagined that one of the school’s seven-year-old female students would be beaten unconscious, let alone by male students. The fight took place inside of the school’s gymnasium during recess. According to the girl’s parents, their daughter was diagnosed with a mild concussion…
by Angela Copel Porsha Stewart recently embarrassed herself, her family and the entire public school system when she admitted that she thought that the Underground Railroad was an actual train. During a classic episode of Real Housewives, Porsha did a tour of a black history museum and asked a series of questions that made the other cast members realize that she actually thought that the Underground Railroad and it’s “conductors”…
A girl who gained Internet fame for a disgusting and violent act may end up going to jail. Sharkeisha is her name, Sharkiesha Tyeshia Thompson to be exact. She became instantly famous after confronting another girl over a dispute, sneaking up on her and punching her in the face as hard as she could. Even worse, the girl followed the punch with a severe kick to the face that could…
If you never thought that today’s biggest rappers are ignorant, disrespectful neanderthals, this article might make you change your mind. Waka Flocka Flame is finding that his old words are coming back to hurt him after a video recently surfaced showing him being less than respectful to Oprah Winfrey. Waka was caught on video saying that Oprah was an “ugly b*tch” that he would never f*ck. The video was given…