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Connections and Disconnects to a Generation of Communication
Living in America, and especially being a young person in America, means that I am arguably at the very center of the growing culture of excessive communication and interconnectedness that has permeated all aspects of the coming generation. I barely know a anyone who doesn’t have a cell phone and email and facebook and at […]
October is Breast Cancer Awareness and Domestic Violence Awareness: But Are We Truly Aware of Both??
So, I am sitting here trying to understand why during the month of October Breast Cancer Awareness gets more media attention and corporate sponsorship than Domestic Violence Awareness which is also remembered during the month of October. I know that most women have breast irrespective of their size, pigmentation, and function. And, I also know 1 […]
Confession: I Am A Junkie For The Written Word
Yesterday as I sat in the library reading “Go Tell It On The Mountain” by James Baldwin I began to reflect on the role that books have played in my life. Not just any books, but in particular African-American literature. Below is a self-reflective poem that delves into my love,hatred, and passion for the written […]
Three Incredible Women of Color Will Share Nobel Peace Prize
Three Incredible Women of Color Will Share Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Prize was awarded today to three incredible women of color! Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is Africa’s first elected female President, Leymah Gbowee is a Liberian women’s rights activist, and Tawakul Karman is a human rights and pro-democracy activist in her native Yemen. All three […]
R.I.P. Steve Jobs (1955-2011)
R.I.P. Steve Jobs (1955-2011) Steve Jobs – visionary, entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple, Inc – died yesterday at the age of 56. Pancreatic cancer has being reported as the cause of death. Jobs is responsible for world-changing items and programs like Mac computers, iPods, iPads, iTunes and iPhones. Our lives would be very different […]
THE FOOTAGE: 700 OCCUPY WALL STREET Protestors Arrested At Brooklyn Bridge
The news media wants us focused on the back-and-forth, he said-she said, GOP Presidential nomination bullshit, so they’re burying this kind of footage amid other relatively mundane headlines. Go figure. But anybody with a brain, and some level of frustration with corporate greed and political corruption, knows that the biggest and most fascinating story in […]
Coalition of Black Women Pen Open Letter Criticizing "SLUT WALKS"
Coalition of Black Women Pen Open Letter Criticizing “SLUT WALKS” A coalition of African American women – including activists, academics, and organizational leaders – have co-authored an open letter to the organizers of “Slut Walk,” taking to task the movement’s use of the term “slut,” as well as its level of engagement (or lack […]
BYP NEWSFLASH: Herman Cain Thinks Black People Are 'Brainwashed', "Souljah Boy – The Movie", Angela Simmons Poses Nude For PETA and MORE!
BYP MORNING NEWSFLASH September 29, 2011 According to AllHipHop.com, Academy Award-nominated director Peter Spirer will be directing a documentary on the life of Souljah Boy. Yep, you read that right. Souljah Boy. Check out the trailer below. Creatively titled “Souljah Boy – The Movie,” the film will chronicle the young mogul’s rise to prominence; […]
BYP NEWSFLASH: Obama at CBC Week, Wangari Maathai Dies, Racist Bake Sales at UC Berkeley, Sly Stone Is Homeless and MORE!
BYP MORNING NEWSFLASH September 26, 2011 President Obama spoke passionately at the Congressional Black Caucus awards dinner this past Saturday, and he had a few choice words for the leaders of his most important voting bloc. According to BlackVoices: “’Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes,’ he said, his voice rising […]
Hip Hop Needs More Goblins
Seven months ago you couldn’t tell me that Odd Future would achieve mainstream representation; I guessed that they were a group of outlaws that would manage their own channels. And here my predictions have been assassinated: while Earl is under a boarding school in Samoa, Tyler has won MTV’s Best New Artist and Frank Ocean […]
Is Marriage for White People?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVEDpC_6iIE When I was nine years old my stepmother told me blatantly: “don’t you bring no white women home to my house.” The statement, which was racially charged with 4 ounces of abhorrence, 2 cups of historical baggage, and a whole recipe of nuances that could rationalize or reprehend statements similar to my stepmothers. Regardless […]
AN EQUATION FOR DISASTER: Black Youth + Poverty – Jobs = Screwed
AN EQUATION FOR DISASTER: Black Youth + Poverty – Jobs = Screwed By Deven D. Anderson, Black Youth Vote! Deven D. Anderson is surrounded by civil rights leaders Wade Henderson (right) and Jesse Jackson as he represents black youth during a recent press conference in DC Washington, DC – It is a critical time in […]