Young, Black, & Educated

Young, Black, & Educated is the Hot Spot for the thinking individual interested in having thoughtful and stimulating conversations. This is the place where all topics ranging from entertainment to politics, to fashion, and art can be talked about. Where fresh new ideas can be explored yet at the same time using historical events to try and bring a better light and understanding to current events. Not just a place for black people, but all people who are interested in empowering themselves and the community. The idea to start this site came from a place in us that wanted to make our world a better place, but not knowing how to do so. Feeling as though our voice would be smothered by the crowd of people who’ve accepted our flawed system, we here at YBE decided to create this site in an attempt to educate and allow us all to evolve together.

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I understand the history and life of Assata Shakur in full. "No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free."- Assata Shakur #AssataMU

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|Excerpt from the article: Reactions to the Voices of the Unheard 5/1/2015| Those slaves had children, and they too had children, and although many years have passed and out of the ashes a few stars have risen, this country has still never sat, listened, and addressed the needs and concerns of its Black/African people. However, America is quick to judge Black/African Americans for their actions of today, with zero regards towards their own actions of yesterday. So, I cannot condone the reactions of the unheard, but I cannot in all good consciousness condemn them either. Using the metaphor of a lion trapped in a cage by a trainer, neglecting it but teasing it with false promises of freedom. Who would dare say shame on the lion for biting the trainer on the day he breaks out of that cage? America you have not only shaped, but created what's in that cage. Even after knowing you continue to do nothing to address my people apologetically, and with compassion. The reactions of the unheard aren't merely reactions to our black brothers and sisters dying throughout this country, but rather reactions to something much larger. I am afraid and unknowing of what is going to happen in this country if those voices continue to be unheard, but I can guarantee that I too will be on the sides of those fighting against injustice.

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"The kind of love that Dr. King was talking about was unconditional love. It’s the kind of love that is so powerful that it will destroy any kind of negativity, hatred, fear, or oppression that might stand in the way. The kind of love that tears down barriers that allow us to connect across race, religion, sexual orientation, age, gender, political views, and any other dividing factors that society tries to throw in our way." -Anthony Ferguson, Jr.

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"We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies." -Martin Luther King

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Our hearts go out to those students at Berkeley who had to wake up to this mess. #BlackLivesMatter #FightIsNeverOver