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The Black Miracle
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Buy Black
Tre “OBEYERAFOO” Millyanz I just heard a great idea for supporting Black businesses I thought I’d share with everyone. Get a few people from your organization, group of friends, church group, fraternity brothers, sorority sisters, etc. together once a month to visit a new Black business. People are always telling us to buy Black, but […]
DON’T VOTE!
by Tre Millyanz Just kidding….maybe. I’ve been reading Malcolm X Speaks edited by George Breitman and I ran across an interesting quote I thought I’d share (actually I found a ton, but I’ll post this one first). My commentary follows the quote We’re neutral. We’re for ourselves. Whatever is good for us, that’s what we’re […]
Paying College Athletes
Dr Boyce Watkins www.BoyceWatkins.net Quick FYI: I will be on the Jesse Jackson Show tomorrow morning from 8 – 10 am. A list of cities is here. Some of you know that I have been in an on-going campaign to challenge the NCAA on the fact that they do not compensate the families of college […]
Green is the New Black
The Black Empowerment Movement is going to require and economic revolution in the Black community. We missed the Industrial Revolution because we were in chains or getting lynched. What was the “Golden Age” for white folks in America (the period after WWII until about 1960) was almost non-existent for a people at the height of […]
Hidden Oil Subsidies: We Need to END Them
by Michael Graham Richard, Gatineau, Canada on 07. 2.08 Econ 101: Subsidies One of the many problems with subsidies is that they are almost impossible to repeal. That’s because they usually give big benefits to a small group of people at a relatively small cost to a huge number of people. For example, corn-ethanol subsidies […]
The Big Payback
by William A. Darity, Jr. and Kirsten Mullen | TheRoot.com Thanks for all the slavery apologies, but where the hell is my mule? July 1, 2008–Legislatures in two more states—Missouri and Nebraska—are contemplating apologies for slavery. Slavery was introduced in what would become Missouri at least as early as 1720 when Philippe Francois Renault brought […]
Against all odds: School offers hope, opportunity for young men
By Maria Dugandzic CNN CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) — The odds were never good for 16-year-old D’Angelo Gardner. His father died of a heroin overdose when he was 9 years old, and by the eighth grade, he was caught up in a gang. “I had a real bad attitude towards … everybody. I didn’t wanna talk, […]
Managing Expectations for the Obama Presidency
Here’s an interesting article (see below) from our fam over at Black Agenda Report regarding some of Obama’s policies/views and the impact (or lack thereof) they might have on the Black community. I think the main takeaway from the article should be that Obama may not be all he’s cracked up to be, and folks […]
dangerousNEGRO Goes to the Motherland
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New Designs: May 2008
Check out our new designs for this month: GOAL Digger & Bamboozled (available with a front and back design) For the trend setters up on their t-shirt game, you know that neon print is what’s hot in the streets (shout out to ATL). We now have neon colors available in the “Create Your Own” store […]
Slavery and the American Economy
by Waldron H. Giles, Ph.D. Slavery raises a host of negative images for Black people; so much so, they fail to realize the tremendous economic contributions they made, albeit forced, to the development of the United States into a world power. This lack of realization stems from the national shame of slavery and the concomitant […]
Smart is the New Gangsta Short Film
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Higher Learning Sighting in Prague
Royce The 5′9, Phonte & Pooh of Little Brother, J-Ro of the Liks, Rasco & Planet Asia of Cali Agents, Kid Vicious (Royce’s brother), Nironic and more freestyle onstage in Prague. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhrI9aIbcZ8&hl=en]
Smart is the New Gangsta Shirt featured in new Bun B video
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Banned Boondocks Episode
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