Did the Million Man March Make a Difference in the Black Community?
Exactly 17 years ago yesterday, a million black men gathered in Washington DC, swearing to be better than they were before. Pledges were made to uplift the black community and to strengthen black families. Since that day, times have been tough for African Americans: The prison population has skyrocketed, economic despair has increased, and gangster [...]
Trenton New Jersey Mayor Arrested by FBI on Corruption Charges
The mayor of Trenton, New Jersey, Tony Mack, was arrested today in a corruption scandal that involves Mack allegedly receiving $119,000 in bribes. The money is linked to a city parking garage project, according to police. Another arrest was also made in connection with the probe. Mack supporter Joseph Giorgianni, owner of JoJo’s Steakhouse, was [...]
Former President Bill Clinton Allegedly Slams President Obama In Racist Remarks
Reports are claiming that former President Bill Clinton made insensitive remarks about then-Senator Barack Obama during the 2008 Presidential Campaign. Clinton allegedly made the insensitive remark to Senator Ted Kennedy in 2008, while trying to convince him to endorse Hillary for the Democratic nomination, according to the New Yorker. Allegedly he said: “A few years ago, [...]
President Obama Clowns Clint Eastwood on Twitter
During the Republican National Convention, Clint Eastwood gave a strange 10 minute speech that consisted of a lot of rambling. The headlines generated by Eastwood almost took the show away from Mitt Romney, who happened to be announcing his acceptance of the Republican nomination that night. One interesting part of the speech is when Eastwood [...]
First Lady Michelle Obama Talks about Private Life as the First Family
First Lady Michelle Obama has been all over the place. She’s the prized presidential proxy in this election and her popularity is being used extensively to help her husband keep the family in the White House. This week, the first lady sat with iVillage to talk about life as the first family and how she [...]
Survey: 90 Million People Don’t Plan to Vote in the Next Election: Why Aren’t They Showing Up?
A USA Today/Suffolk University poll shows that more than 2/3 of the people who don’t plan to vote support President Barack Obama over Mitt Romney. Even more significantly, 80% of these people feel that government plays an important role in their lives. In spite of this, many of these people don’t plan to vote. Many [...]
Black Women Make a Huge Mark on the Olympics
by Dr. Boyce Watkins, BlackLikeMoi.com Some have speculated on whether this has been the Olympics for women. Women are competing in record numbers, and they’ve also hogged up as many headlines as the men. But if this has been the Olympics for women, black women have been driving the bus and dominating, much more so [...]
Black folks! Don’t use the Bible to condemn gay marriage
In this video, I talk about how it is wrong to use a book that was utilized to justify the enslavement of Africans and African Americans as a reason not to support gay marriage. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJfv6iDV8BA&w=420&h=315]
Should Obama Stop Kony?
The viral Kony 2012 video has propelled the Lord’s Resistance Army and its leader, Joseph Kony, into the world’s spotlight and conscience. On YouTube alone, more than 56 million people viewed it in its first four days. As the video created by Invisible Children shows, the LRA has created an enormous human rights [...]
Zimmerman should turn himself into the police
In this video, I talk about why Zimmerman should turn himself into the police. With the way Zimmerman has been painted as a racist who hunted and slaughtered Trayvon Martin, he should help clear his name by turning himself in. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAcMWP2vls0&w=420&h=315]
We must do more to protect the gay community
In this video, I discuss the recent rise in attacks on members of the gay community in Washington, DC and how it is truly troubling. You can believe that gays are going straight to h**l, but let the God you claim to believe in deal with that. All human life is equal and no one [...]
For our daughters’ sake, let’s end misogyny in America
In this video, I discuss how Rush Limbaugh is just the latest example of the disdain this country has for women. It has to end if we really care about future generations of women. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGXnm7umKI&w=420&h=315]
A challenge to those who blame blacks
In this video, I discuss the many commenters to my prior post who are quick to mention the fact (as if it’s a revelation) that black people kill more black people in our neighborhoods than any other group. They say it as if we have no right to speak on the Trayvon Martin killing. My [...]
Trayvon Martin dead. Am I next?
Video: Trayvon Martin dead. Am I next? In this video I discuss how the Trayvon Martin killing highlights a real issue that black people and especially black men face on a daily basis: being killed for just doing what we’re supposed to do. In 2012, some people still believe that we don’t belong in certain neighborhoods, [...]
NY State Senator Seeks To Ban Saggy Pants In School [VIDEO]
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New York State Senator Eric Adams is fed up with seeing male youths walking around with low slung or sagging pants that exposes their underwear. Consequently, Adams is currently lobbying for a resolution to adopt a ban against wearing droopy pants in New York City public school classrooms, reports the New York Post. Senator Adams, who says his Brooklyn [...]