Reported by Liku Zelleke Pharell Williams released “Happy” and, quite literally, made people across the world happy. As of May this year, more than 1,500 videos honoring the song were made in almost every country across the globe. So, when six friends in Iran were seen dancing and goofing around in time to “Happy” in a video that was posted online a couple of weeks ago, people watched it with…
The New Paradigm Tour was a huge success. It wasn’t corporate sponsored. We didn’t get political funding from either the Democrats or the Republicans. We used our own money to go to several cities, gathering a collection of leading black intellectuals who care enough about the black community to give specific steps and information to help people build a better day for themselves and their families. Dr. Cornel West joined…
As speculation continues to grow that Hillary Clinton will run for president a second time, Republicans are searching for a contender of their own. The GOP doesn’t have a deep bench in so far as presidential hopefuls are concerned, so they are looking to newcomers to take the mantle. Among those newcomers is former neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who said during an interview that he is starting to feel pressure to…
A coalition of 100 African-American pastors from Detroit, Michigan, are set to lend their support to the appeal made by the city’s Attorney General, Bill Schuette, in the U.S. Court of Appeals to keep an amendment in their constitution about the definition of marriage. The amendment was ruled unconstitutional by District Court Judge Bernard Friedman in March this year, because it defines marriage as being solely between one man and…
President Obama has received more death threats than any president in American history. So, you would think that maybe the Secret Service would be there to ensure that he is consistently protected. Unfortunately, this is not the case, as was revealed by a recent investigation. This story might seem harmless on the surface, but it only takes one mistake for everything to come crumbling down. It was slack protection…
In this video, Rev. Al Sharpton is going to battle with the teleprompter on this show on MSNBC. People are sharing the video everywhere, wondering how Sharpton got the job. Sharpton is smart enough to be a power broker in civil rights and also smart enough to jump ahead of the line when other journalists tried to get a night time news show. But when you hear him pronounce some…
A mentally ill inmate at Rikers passed away in an overheated cell just one day after officials at the prison had requested repairs for the heating problem. The Associated Press reports that two requests for repairs were made on February 14 but delayed due to a holiday weekend. Since the following Monday was President’s Day, the request for the repairs wasn’t received until the following Tuesday. Former Marine Jerome Murdough,…
In this video, Malcolm X tells some of the hard truths about black economics. According to Malcolm, the black man commits himself to being a “boy” when it comes to getting what he needs economically. His argument is that black men and women spend all of our time begging for whites to give us what we need, only to become upset when the white man tries to control our lives….
You have to watch this video. SNL decided to air a skit that was put together by the black women who are part of the show. Apparently, they thought it was funny, but the black community does not. The skit consists of a woman making jokes about being in slavery and popping out “super babies” for the master on her plantation. You can see that the woman’s attempts at humor…
Yolanda Spivey conducted a personal experiment that got the attention of the world. She says that after being jobless for a long period of time and getting no offers, she chose to pull the wool over her potential employers’ eyes. Yolanda changed her name to Bianca White and pretended to be a white woman. After making this cosmetic change to her name and resume, she found that the companies suddenly…
In this video, Dr Boyce Watkins talks about the debacle of Donald Sterling and the Los Angeles Clippers. Watkins says that black people ask for this kind of treatment because of their unwillingness to challenge racists when they show themselves to be biased in the first place. There is also a pattern shown by Sterling that represents the consistent disrespect received by African Americans in the workplace and outside of…
This video makes you ask a few questions, starting with: What is the NAACP doing giving Lifetime Achievement Awards to Donald Sterling? Sterling is the Los Angeles Clippers owner who is now infamous for telling his girlfriend that he didn’t want black people coming to his games. In the midst of the firestorm are revelations that the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP has given Sterling awards in the past…
In this video, Dr Boyce Watkins speaks with Minister Louis Farrakhan about the film, “Django Unchained.” In the video, Min. Farrakhan says that the film could increase racial tension and possibly cause a race war. He also says that the country is facing the threat of instability, since there are now more guns than people in the United States. This leads to the question: What do you think of Louis…
A very interesting documentary about Black History from the era of the 60’s. Did you know that the first open-heart surgery was performed by a black doctor, Daniel Hale Williams? Not many people did in 1968, the year this eye-opening film, narrated by Bill Cosby, was first released. Many still don’t today. “Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed” reviews the numerous contributions of African-Americans to the development of the United…
By Dr. Sinclair Grey III On Tuesday night, former President Jimmy Carter spoke out against the inequalities faced within the African-American community. Marking the 50th anniversary celebration of the Civil Rights Act in Texas, Carter reiterated ‘too many people are at ease with black unemployment rates that exceed the national average and schools in some places that he described as basically still segregated.’ Carter was the first speaker at the…