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When I was a kid, after every Thanksgiving dinner my dad would go around the table and have each kid say what we were thankful for. It was an excruciating process–and nothing like the scene from The Cosby Show. Since my siblings were younger and cuter they came off a lot less abrasive than a […]

Chris Brown has thrown yet ANOTHER twitter tantrum over Rihanna. Is Breezy out of line, or should the public/media let him live down his past? Check out his full rant after the jump…

Dr. Boyce Watkins wonders if a majority of these young boys were African American, and if that played some role in the University’s response to Jerry Sandusky’s behavior. Does it matter if most of the victims were African American? Did race play a factor in Sandusky’s ability to get away with his alleged crimes for this long? Sound off below!

This past Wednesday I attended a discussion entitled, “What is problematic about the project of African-American Education?” The Keynote speaker, Adam Green (Associate Professor of American History at the University of Chicago), raised important points surrounding how we discuss, practice, and envision African-American education. The talk was effective in illuminating the fact that we still […]

Last week, this site featured a trailer for the documentary, Dear Daddy, about young black women who grew up without fathers. In these last few months, it seems to me that documentaries about black women and their relationships to men and their relationship to the standards and mores of larger society have been of interest […]

We hear it everyday, “Somebody should do something about…” or “this generation needs a good leader”. I have found that in my generation there is hope for such remarks. Many of my peers are not only in agreement but actively pursuing leadership in different ways from leading marches for a trauma center on the south side […]

A recently released documentary takes a close look at the impact of fatherless on Black young women.The film is called Dear Daddy; check out the trailer below.

Herman Cain singing “Imagine (There’s No Pizza).” I was going to go to the trouble of researching the particulars surrounding this video, but what’s the point? It is the most surreal and hilarious thing you will see all day. It is absolutely insane. Stop what you are doing, and watch this.

  And, so we begin as most stories start, Once upon a time not too long ago . . . “Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward.” Soren Kierkegaard For me, this quote speaks of many known and unknown joys and pains. It is a quote that my godmother faithfully […]

Eleven years into the 21st century and we find young black youth more disengaged, more disenfranchised, and have in many ways disappeared more now than ever before. The politically active scene of the 1960’s and 70’s (when organizations like SNCC and the Black Panthers were at their peak) is all but gone 40 years later. […]

Now this is just amazing. 22 year-old Keenia Williams is a hero, ladies and gentlemen. While driving on a busy highway at 5am with her young daughter, Williams witnessed a big rig burst into flames. Noticing the driver of the truck lying unconscious mere feet from the burning truck, Williams sprang into action. In an […]

Hands smacking the table, “Paranormal Activity” is the scariest movie since “The Exorcist “(1973); it’s the classic of the millennium, a renaissance of horror at the movie theater. My roommates and I believe PA to be the avatar (of fear) so much so, that we have made a tradition around Halloween and PA. We spend […]