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]
![NY State Senator Seeks To Ban Saggy Pants In School [VIDEO]](http://blacklikemoi.com/wp-content/themes/city-desk/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fblacklikemoi.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F03%2Feric-adams-300.jpg&q=90&w=160&h=106&zc=1 "NY State Senator Seeks To Ban Saggy Pants In School [VIDEO]")
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 [...]
Mississippi And Alabama GOP Voters Think Interracial Marriage Should Be Illegal
A recent survey by Public Policy Polling showed that almost half of likely GOP voters in Mississippi and Alabama think the president is Muslim. They also largely don’t believe in evolution in either state. The topic, however, upon which these states seem to be most out of touch with the rest of the country [...]
Haitian Prime Minister Abruptly Resigns
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille abruptly resigned Friday after less than five months on the job in a political setback for President Michel Martelly, whose struggle to fill the top government post has hampered earthquake reconstruction and other development efforts. Conille handed in a two-sentence letter of resignation, according to a government official who spoke on condition of anonymity because [...]
5 Students Arrested Per Day in NYC Schools: 90% Black or Latino
During the last three months of the New York school year, an average five school kids were arrested per day. Of the students who were arrested, 90 percent were African American or Latino. According to an NYPD report, from October 1 to December 31 of 2011, 279 students were arrested and another 532 students were issued summonses. Click to [...]
Gov. Christie Defends Decision To Half-Staff Flags In Honor Of Whitney
Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday strongly defended his decision to have flags lowered to half-staff on Saturday for Whitney Houston, saying he rejects criticism that she “forfeited the good things that she did” because of her struggles with substance abuse. “What I would say to everybody is there but for the grace of God [...]
First Lady Michelle Obama Leads 14,000 In Dance Celebrating The Let’s Move Campaign!
It’s official: Michelle Obama can move. She’s danced to promote iCarly, relishes grooving in public at any given opportunity – much to the chagrin of her daughters who, Mrs Obama told CBS, are embarrassed by their mother’s moves – and is no stranger to the stage. The First Lady today once again proved she [...]
Man Pleads Guilty To Plan To Kill President Obama
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A man from Uzbekistan pleaded guilty Friday to plotting with an Islamic terror organization in his home country to kill President Barack Obama with an automatic rifle he bought from an undercover federal agent in Alabama. Ulugbek Kodirov entered the plea during a hearing in Birmingham before U.S. District Judge Abdul [...]
The President Grandma In Car Accident
President Obama’s grandmother, Sarah Obama, is recovering at her home in western Kenya after surviving a car accident. “God is with me, because if you could have seen the wreckage that we came out of safe, one would wonder,” Sarah Obama said Monday, according to ABC News. Police in the town of Kisumu say [...]
Dr. Boyce: Roland Martin, GLAAD and How Weve Learned to Become Oppressors
Roland Martin of CNN and TV One fame was thrust into the middle of boiling hot sauce after the Super Bowl for some remarks he made on Twitter. Finding himself offended by an ad featuring a nearly nude David Beckham, Martin decided to make a “lil jokey-joke” out of the situation:“If a dude at your [...]
Former White House Intern Says JFK Took Her Virginity
A retired church worker has revealed how John F Kennedy took her virginity during a debauched 18-month affair while she was a teenage White House intern. Mimi Alford says she felt powerless to resist the late U.S. president as he pulled her into ‘Mrs Kennedy’s room’ and seduced her on his wife’s bed. Other claims [...]
Barack Obama’s Record: Three Years In Three Minutes [Video]
![Barack Obama’s Record: Three Years In Three Minutes [Video]](http://blacklikemoi.com/wp-content/themes/city-desk/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fblacklikemoi.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F02%2Fbarack-obama2_1.jpe&q=90&w=160&h=106&zc=1 "Barack Obama’s Record: Three Years In Three Minutes [Video]")
This video, “Change Happened,” is about to go viral, and it’s being highlighted by everyone from Dan Savage to Andrew Sullivan. It’s amazing, inspirational, and true. Frankly, there’s so much more that could have been put into it, but I commend video’s creator, “Digitocalypse.” Source