After much clamor and many entreaties, finally President Obama has decided to come to Chicago to address the rampant gun violence plaguing communities of color. Perhaps in a newfound fervor stemming from the security of a second term, Obama seems to have become more intentional and aggressive about addressing the issues that have a greater […]
Epic Records has announced they will be going to “great efforts” to pull a leaked song that features a Lil Wayne lyric that references Emmett Till. Are you satisfied with Epic’s response? Should Lil Wayne address the outcry over these lyrics?
As this blog’s resident skeptic, it’s difficult not to conjecture aloud about what decisions were made after the FLOTUS and company attended Hadiya Pendleton’s funeral. Who knows if any of them came back with a “Barack, it’s bad. You can’t keep ignoring them” so compelling that the POTUS actually stopped reading this month’s Ebony and paid attention. […]
The search for Christopher Dorner, a former LAPD office and member of the US Armed Forces who had allegedly killed three people, continues. Dorner feels that he was wrongfully terminated from the LAPD in 2008 for reporting another officer’s brutality against a disabled suspect.
“Anger is a grief of distortions between peers, and its object is change…I cannot hide my anger to spare your guilt, nor hurt feelings, nor answering anger; for to do so insults and trivializes all our efforts. Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own action or lack of […]
A new article in the New York Daily News delves deeper into the Black Youth Project’s petition to President Obama, asking that President Obama make a speech addressing gun violence in the Windy City. Sign the petition at http://Change.org/BarackComeHome
3 year-old Temorej Smith fatally shot himself after playing with a pink gun he thought was a toy. What a tragic, totally preventable situation. Our thoughts and prayers are with Temorej’s family at his incredibly difficult time. Rest in Peace, Temorej.
We are compelled to wonder if Hadiya’s death might have been prevented if she and her fellow classmates had been allowed to stay inside the school after the final bell. How can we help school’s protect students?
Jasiri X and David Banner at the One Hood Media Academy Opening Ceremony (Photo by Imran X) Grammy award winning Rapper/Producer David Banner was the keynote speaker at our One Hood Media Academy Opening Ceremony in Pittsburgh last week. During Q and A Amil Cook, educator and founding member of #HipHopEd (a twitter conversation that takes place every Tuesday […]
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5ELJl7Dy8g&feature=player_embedded This isn’t the first time. This will not be the last. When people of color Speak out, stand up, fight back, Their uproar is often. Repressed. By police and the institution Who use their authority to silence Voices. Which are screaming for a justification. Screaming for Justice.
7 year-old Wilson Reyes was accused of stealing $5 from a classmate, and a scuffle ensued. Instead of being sent to the principal’s office, the NYPD took him to a police station, handcuffed Reyes to a wall, and interrogated him for hours.
Breezy allegedly punched someone after getting in an altercation over a parking space in front of a recording studio. Frank Ocean later tweeted “got jumped by chris and couple of guys.” We can’t even shake our heads at Breezy anymore. Just…*sigh*
