Do African Americans Have a Culture?
Anonymous asked: Don’t you just hate when people say that african Americans don’t have a culture???…. They attempted to disconnect us from homeland, erase our native tongue, and shun our native religions. They attempted to beat us physically, emotionally and spiritually into submission. But we held on. We held on to our ways of life, […]
The Top 15 Black TV Shows of All-Time
The rise and fall of Black TV shows have been a tumultuous one. Beginning in the 1950s with situational comedy Amos ‘n’ Andy, black sitcoms have gotten both their fair share of praises and criticisms. The height of black television was arguably the 90s. Many stations featured shows with all African American casts and […]
Halloween is The Purge for White Folk in Blackface and Racism
This Halloween season we were bombarded with horrendous images of white folk dressing up in blackface which forced us as Americans to confront the ugly legacy of racism. Yet, instead of fully awakening to this dark and ugly tradition within white communities, some instead chose to dismiss the anger and pain experienced by many […]
Reaction to Barneys Arrests, Racism and Classism Collide
This week 19 year old Trayon Christian filed a discrimination lawsuit against the retail giant Barneys. Christian, who is Black, claimed undercover cops working inside Barneys followed him into the streets and accused him of credit card fraud after purchasing a $349 Ferragamo belt. Two male NYPD detectives stopped Christian saying his card had […]
The Truth About Slavery and African Resistance
Mary Prince in her narrative declared, “All slaves want to be free” and states, “I can tell by myself what other slaves feel, and by what they have told me. The man that says slaves be quite happy in slavery – that they don’t want to be free – that man is either ignorant or […]
Mens Style I: The Navy Suit and Blazer
We see them. We notice them in the streets, on the subways, in coffee shops. There’s something about them. George C. Wolfe said, “God created black people and black people created style.” These men have over time built a wardrobe that many of us envy. But you don’t have to any more. In this series […]
Drake is Postmodern Rap
Postmodernism is a term to describe the time period following or emerging from the modern era. Postmodernism turned modernity on its head. If modernism believes we can know reality, postmodernism believes that we are confused with illusions, images and images of images. If modernism saw a turn towards stylistic purity, postmodernism made a drastic […]
Chris Brown and Why Its Easy to Ignore Rape of Black Boys
The UK paper The Guardian recently published an interview with Chris Brown in which the superstar reveals his first sexual experienced occurred at the age of 8 with a 14 year old girl. While Brown labeled this sexual act as him “losing his virginity” the reality is less innocent. Brown is a victim of child […]
29 Powerful African American Quotes
We sought to gather a list of African American quotes that inspire and uplift. We hope you enjoy the the quotes and find that it illuminates the strength and beauty that embodies our people. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Martin Luther King Jr “To be a great champion you must believe […]
Announcing the Black Culture Book Club
It was Mary McLeod Bethune who said, “The whole world opened to me when I learned to read”. We vehemently believe that to be true. We are constantly opened to worlds past, present and future through the writings of Frederick Douglass, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, and Octavia Butler. There is a diversity and complexity […]