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Art Is Bigger Than Entertainment

Art Is Bigger Than Entertainment

Imagine that one of the dumbest people we have to offer – became president of the free world. Imagine that some of the brightest people we have to offer – were called terrorists, conspiracy theorists, communists, and witches. Imagine that the food you eat to live and the liquids you drink to survive – are literally killing you.

  In this world, where entertainment is hitting us from every angle,…

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Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016

Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016

None of the people whose deaths sparked the BLM movement will be included in the Emmett Till Act which President Barack Obama signed in December of 2016. Media outlets such as Huffington Post have praised the act as a recognition by the Senate that Black lives do indeed matter.

(Sec. 2) This bill reauthorizes the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007 (Emmett Till Act) and expands…

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Welcome To The Human Race

Welcome To The Human Race

“Here comes your boy, Trump,” my friend would say with a smirk or a chuckle.

“No, he’s not my boy. I hate both of them,” I would reply with a scowl or a sigh.

This was a common stream of dialogue between myself and my friend (when we weren’t arguing about my “racist and sexist” views) throughout the election process but the laughing has suddenly stopped. The condescending, matter-of-fact…

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The Sinking Ship

A wealthy woman and her husband die together in a tragic accident, leaving their two sons with an inheritance which the brothers split and use to buy yachts for exploration. One of them buys a boat and a life insurance policy; the other buys a boat and spends the rest insuring the boat. It takes the brothers a little bit of time to decorate and learn maintenance, but eventually both men are able…

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Viva la Resistance?

I predict… I predict… hold on, let me get my Ms.Cleo robe and crystal ball.. I predict now that ye see people all over da Facebook and other social network sites puttin French flags all pon the profiles, yeah? But at de same time, they keep ignoring the whole African ting right? I predict they keep highlighting the African as degenerate while they say the European is an undeserving victim, see.…

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We Are Not Black: Nationality, Ethnicity and Your Status in This System

We Are Not Black: Nationality, Ethnicity and Your Status in This System

Break out your tinfoil hats because today’s post is going to address one of America’s biggest conspiracies. Africans in America are trying to ditch the label “African-American” (credited to sell-out Jesse Jackson in the late 70s) in favor of Black. However, Black is a color not an ethnicity; legally, color is a false classification. We are technically not African-Americans either but it’s closer…

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BET doesn't want to show the Justice or Else march because they are afraid of offending White people? Time to boycott some shit. Here's a relevant pictograph:

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Justice or Else 10.10.15

Justice or Else 10.10.15

I took a couple weeks of hiatus from blog posting to travel up and down the East Coast dropping knowledge on folks in person and it has been great. I’ve learned a few things, not just about the Reconstruction Era (which will be the focus of a lot of posts from here on), but also about traveling that I would like to share:

Pack light. Bus companies don’t allow more than one or two bags.

Remember…

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Pharrell Williams: The Coolest N.E.R.D.

Pharrell Williams: The Coolest N.E.R.D.

If there was ever a producer to represent success through tribulation, it would be Pharrell Williams. As a native of Virginia I can relate with many of the Virginia Beach born producer’s struggles. A self-proclaimed nerd, Williams represents one of the most overlooked personalities in entertainment. Nerds are historically shunned for their stereotypical lack of couth- a misunderstood clique full…

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Ahmed Mohammed and The Islamic Clock

Ahmed Mohammed and The Islamic Clock

If you didn’t find it “fishy” that President Obama immediately jumped to publicly support Ahmed, inviting him to the White House and endorsing him on Twitter (while he’s been clearly beating around the bush when it comes to unarmed teens being shot by police), you probably found yourself in one of two camps:

1. “Islamophobic”- you thought the clock was a bomb, or at least could be confused as…

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A New African Superhero on the Block

A New African Superhero on the Block

Sweeping the internet is a small yet effective video promoting a new comic book project from the imagination of Dennis Liu. Instead of relying on established tropes of superheroes, Raising Dionpromises to deliver a new, more realistic experience to African readers. The project focuses on a young African-American boy’s widowed mother…

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A New African Superhero on the Block

A New African Superhero on the Block

Sweeping the internet is a small yet effective video promoting a new comic book project from the imagination of Dennis Liu. Instead of relying on established tropes of superheroes, Raising Dionpromises to deliver a new, more realistic experience to African readers. The project focuses on a young African-American boy’s widowed mother…

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A Timeline Of African Leaders

A Timeline Of African Leaders

In the featured image of this post is a painting of Toussaint L’Ouverture but I encourage you to do independent research on him and the Hatian Revolution. At a later date I may cover his efforts as it connects Marcus Garvey to the leaders I’ll be discussing today. But for now I present to you a small timeline of African leaders. I was tired of African leaders being used on me to advocate…

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Eat This American Cancer Society!

Eat This American Cancer Society!

Sorry for the childish title but if you understood my passion for what is about to be posted, you might understand it. The American Cancer Society is the most profitable non-profit organization in the USA. It also consistently has the lowest efficiency ratings among other charities. The Chronicle of Philanthropy even goes as far as saying that ACS is

more interested in accumulating wealth than in…

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Gerald Lawson Is The Reason Your Xbox Works The Way It Does

Gerald Lawson Is The Reason Your Xbox Works The Way It Does

In 1972, Atari introduced the first commercially successful video game- Pong, which was a smash hit in arcades across America. The entertainment industry was forever changed and with that change came a flood of companies who wanted to cash in on the advent of electronic gaming. Unfortunately, each game was housed on its own system, so if someone wanted a new game, they would have to buy a brand…

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The God of Hip Hop... Hell You Talmbout?!

The God of Hip Hop… Hell You Talmbout?!

“I’m sorry, but J. Cole ain’t got bars like this,” Electronica says. “I’m sorry, whoever your favorite rapper is, they all know that I’m The God.”

Jay Electronica is one of those rappers, like Andre 3k, who resides in the mist of Black excellence. He has pushed the boundaries of stylistic hip-hop time and time again and although he has never released a solo album, is highly regarded among the…

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