“My home was not simply a house or a town but, more importantly, an awakening story,” Chinua Achebe writes in his memoir Home and Exile. For Achebe, this realization was part of what motivated his work: He saw that Africa’s image in the eyes of the world had been shaped …
Read More »Dolphins Player Goes Viral Searching For His ‘Mama’
Dolphins linebacker Jerome Baker Jr. was mic’d up during the team’s game on November 3rd. Video of Baker looking for his mom during the game, a win over the Jets, has gone viral. According to the Sun-Sentinel, Baker left a ticket for his mother, Theodora, at Hard Rock Stadium. But …
Read More »ULTIMATE 2019 GIFT GUIDE FROM BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES: Food and Drink
Brooklyn Tea (Image: brooklyntea.com) Tea is significant in world history, health, culture and spirituality. For billions of people all around the globe, tea is an aspect of daily life. Brooklyn Tea wants to be a part of that. Brooklyn Tea seeks to create an authentic and accessible escape for …
Read More »Nike’s Value Up $26 Billion Since Colin Kaepernick Endorsement
(Twitter/Kaepernick7) Colin Kaepernick is helping Nike rake in big bucks. According to Yahoo, ever since the athlete-turned-activist endorsed the corporate sneaker giant, their company value has skyrocketed. Nike’s stock reportedly rose over 18% since the announcement of the Kaepernick deal, adding a spectacular $26.2 billion to the Nike coffers and …
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Read More »Trump Needs Conspiracy Theories
“There’s no answer for it,” she told me, “which is why it is so seriously disorienting to people. We’ve never seen anything like it. We don’t know how to meet it. It’s an attempt to construct a reality, and when it comes from the president, he has the capacity to …
Read More »WATCH: Kanye West’s ‘Closed On Sunday’ Music Video
Kanye West dropped a new music video on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 28) for his spiritual track “Closed On Sunday,” and it features a very special cameo. “Closed on Sunday, you my Chick-fil-A,” the 42-year-old musician starts the song, referencing the fast-food chain’s choice to cease operations on Sunday for religious …
Read More »ULTIMATE 2019 GIFT GUIDE FROM BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES: Home, Decoration, Baby, and Pets
Playtime Edventures (Image: playedventures.com) With the help of passionate teachers and parents, Kevin Gatlin created Playtime Therapy Bed Sheets. Playtime Therapy Bed Sheets extend the play area of the room and provide kids with a place they can play, learn, sleep and heal on! Playtime Slumber Bags have over …
Read More »Trump’s Impeachment Will Likely Help Him Get Reelected
By now, you are either convinced that impeachment is warranted or view the multiple rounds of Congressional hearings as a waste of political capital that is based on hearsay, which only emboldens Republicans. Either way, it is essential to prudently sift through the political theatrics that arguably is worthy of …
Read More »#ThanksgivingWithBlackFamilies Is BACK & BOOMIN’
Yea Lawd!! #ThanksgivingWeek #ThanksgivingWithBlackFamilies pic.twitter.com/SQnJxYFraN — Lady Tsunade (@wonderwoman_850) November 25, 2019 Hilarious #ThanksgivingWithBlackFamilies Tweets It’s not officially Thanksgiving until #ThanksgivingWithBlackFamilies pops off on Twitter and stirs up a hearty helping of hilarious hysteria across the whole entire gravy-slathered internet. Your white BF leaving thanksgiving after cracking some jokes and …
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