Last week, blogger Necole Bitchie posted rapper Common’s new song “Ghetto Dreams” that was quite a deviation from the image he’s purveyed in the past. It’s also, lyrically, repugnant especially for a rapper that people have deemed “conscious”. At one point, I deemed Common “conscious” but I was younger then. It’s been a long time […]
So I’m hearing that upon release, Casey Anthony will be whisked away to a secret location and a new identity. Oh the lenghts “certain people” will go to protect a baby killing white woman – sucks to be you O.J. Simpson. Speaking of baby killers, let’s meet a little know “baby killer” who just so […]
Isn’t it always the case the book is better than the film? The book’s success withstanding, it seems the controversy surrounding Kathryn Stockett’s “The Help” has taken on a life of its own. It appears the line between fiction versus non-fiction has been blurred and no one can tell which is which anymore. Despite the […]
Before we meet this weeks award recipient, allow me to highlight a court ruling in Michigan yesterday that I’m sure in months to come will be heavily debated. The following story involves Affirmative Action and college admissions; which is tied to this weeks slave catcher award honoree: Michigan’s ban on considering race and gender in […]
by Eco.Soul.Intellectual I know Fantasia is a gifted singer when she isn’t screaming all the time and kicking off her shoes. I defended Fantasia when she received harsh criticism for messing with a married man, and others such as Alicia Keys and Lauryn Hill get slightly-tempered responses, and still have a career. I even cheered […]
Sometimes racism chasing can be tricky. Sometimes when I read stories such as the following, I develop an instand screw face, and I’m left wondering was this racism? A professional racism chaser has to be careful throwing out race cards in this post-racial society. I mean, since things are different in America now, nobody wants […]
I used to made it a habit to poke fun at Michael Steele whom I affectionately called “Captian Coontastic” for his many well publicized gaffes as RNC Chairman. But you know what? Now that he no longer fills this role, Steele looks amazingly smarter than perceived now that he’s cashing MSNBC checks. Of course I […]
This was too funny, and I had to share… Maybe one day Black people will be able to shed the monolithic stereotype, and the false assumption of voting for Barack Obama because of his skin color. Maybe one day we can prove it once and for all that we as Black people are more concerned […]
[Editor's Note: I'm off and running to a few doctor appointments today. In the mean time, check out the following guest post from my man "Carey Carey" of the blog Carry Me Home. So show him some love.] Shout out to all the hypocritical Negroes who complain about BET being an embarrassment to Black America, but […]
I don’t know if it’s just me, but Kanye West’s song brings up memories of me dating black men who never stopped dating their mothers, and really never removed themselves off of the tit. I think I’m going to throw up as these flashes of men who had these bizarre pseudo-sexual, intimate relationships. This song […]
Last week, buzz surrouding a white female rapper named Kreayshawn and her signing by Sony was all over the blogosphere. Some people were all for her, and others were underestandably displeased. The Crunk Feminist Collective dissected Kreayshawn in a very well-written piece that resonated with me on so many levels: The White Girl Mob media […]
Recession? What recession? This nigga has to cut a check for $15 million to cover that whole feeling on your booty thing with those cats from his church. And look at how the faithful women of the Lord and his church are dropping stacks on this fool. What, did the sister put a down payment […]
I gotta admit, this year, the NBA playoffs and finals have completely rejuvenated my love for professional basketball. I can’t remember when or how that love left me, but suffice it to say, it’s back. As you know, the Dallas Mavericks beat the Miami Heat last night to win this years, and it’s first ever […]
When it comes to stop-and-frisk, Don Lemon wants us to consider, that sacrificing the constitutional rights of minorities in the interest of safety is a good idea. I guess he’s been hanging out with Geraldo Riviera who recently said on Fox & Friends that stop-and-frisks protects minorities. If Don Lemon had to wear and cape […]
Okay, so here we go again with another one of these, folks. Hopefully this doesn’t become a trend, but this is the second such shooting in recent months. Many of us here at TIOMAR were horrified by the story of Jonathan Ferrell being shot and killed by a police officer in Charlotte, North Carolina. Pryor, […]
So a mother in Virginia dressed her 7-year-old son like a Klansman for Halloween, and says it’s no big deal. Why? Well, aside from the fact that the KKK has reformed its reputation, according to Jessica Black, it’s no big deal because the Klan raises money for St. Jude’s Children Hospital. Now we’ve discussed this […]
This past spring, I had the pleasure of attending a screening of the feature-length documentary Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights, directed by up-and-coming filmmaker Nev Nnaji at Smith College. Via interviews and compelling archival footage, the film chronicles the marginalization of Black women within the Black Nationalist and predominantly white middle-class feminist movements during the […]
Lest you read the title and conclude that this author has lost her mind completely take comfort in knowing that I didn’t know what a golliwog was either until recently. Doing my due diligence of reading various articles on various places on the web, I came across an article talking about a situation where eBay […]
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