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The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is yet again requesting that the President end the rather silly Thanksgiving tradition of turkey pardoning. In the letter, PETA president Ingrid Newkirk said the act trivializes the mass slaughter of a gentle animal. But that’s not all. Newkirk went on to liken turkeys to people […]

In this election the GOP has gone from ignoring Black folks, to launching a full scale operation to stop us from being able to cast a vote. Add that to Mitt Romney’s race baiting Birth Certificate joke, and this whole theme that President Obama wants people to be lazy, unemployed and rely on the government, and you have […]

Dedicated to Lakeesha Malone and Kim Jackson This past Sunday Dr. Dre and Snoop Doog achieved an impossible: they brought Tupac Shakur back to life! Using hologram technology, the musicians have awakened a level of consciousness that many would argue died with Tupac. However, the performance at Coachella 2012 is not merely an extension of […]

THE WEEKLY ROUND-UP: Black Youth in the News, April 9-14 – “Why Black America is Screaming ‘I Am 
Trayvon Martin,” and other stories collected at BlackYouthProject.com!

20 year-old gay man Brandon White has finally spoken out after a viral video of him being brutally gay-bashed by three men spread like wildfire across the internet this week. Check out his press conference at BlackYouthProject.com!

httpv://youtu.be/yF3p2FLArhY Dear Sister (i.e. Komen Organization), Like many of your supporters, I was utterly disheartened by your hasty decision to severe ties with Planned Parenthood because of the unfounded legal witch hunt of Pro-life Congressman Cliff Stearns launched. As one of the few national health organizations that support women and girl’s health, it deeply saddens me […]

Over the holidays I was introduced to the youtube video and spin off series that is Shi Things Girls Say that has been viral for a while. I have to admit I found some of them hilarious like Things Black Girls Say and Things White Girls Say to Black Girls was satirically on point. However, once I got toThings Natural Girls Say I’d had […]

Good morning! Ur BYP WakeUpCall – FUGEES perfoming “How Many Mics” at the Apollo in 1996! There’s a jaw-dropping L-Boogie freestyle, an incredibly ugly suit worn by Steve Harvey, and (potentially) a young Ashanti in the crowd. Check it out at www.wp.blackyouthproject.com!

A fascinating new documentary called Woke Up Black will be screened at the University of Chicago on November 2nd, and the Black Youth Project wants you to be there! Read more at BlackYouthProject.com!

Much has changed for the presence of female emcees since the days of Sha-Rock (I know I’m taking it way back), but the struggle for respect remains nearly impossible. None of my reflections can pin-point the reason why no female emcee has managed to have the world-wide success of Kanye West, for example. These thoughts […]

MUSICNEWS: Ice-T Doesn’t Like Hip-POP, Record Execs Trafficking COCAINE, and Rihanna’s New Album Coming Soon…

Over the past couple of months I have been working for an Organization called Equal Education, more commonly known as the movement of and for learners, parents, teachers and community members working for quality and equality in education, through analysis and activism. I humbly declare that the activism and community leadership that I’ve seen over […]