Black History Month 2016 Closing Remarks
Greetings all. This was an interesting February, wasn’t it? A few things happened over the weekend that I didn’t have a chance to talk about, …
Black History Month
Black History Month 2016: Opening Remarks
Today is February 1st, and that means in the United States and Canada it’s Black History Month. This is an interesting time. We have an…
Malcolm X as Magneto, King as Prof. X and Blacks as X-Statix?
For the past couple of years (or so), the original inspirations of Professor X and Magnetohas made their internet rounds. The likenesses between Martin Luther…
FOX News Celebrates Black History Month (Sorta)
Fox News is known as a racist-friendly source of news and information. That said, it’s good to know that they’ve taken time to celebrate Black…
Black (Sister) History Month: Lifetime’s “Betty and Coretta”
It’s time to gear up for Black History Month — and so, in addition to preparing for one of the few times that BET delivers…
Black History Month Can Learn a Moral Lesson from Talib Kweli
by Eco.Soul.Intellectual Tonight in Lawrence, Kansas, hip hop artist Talib Kweli Greene is performing sucker free. Last week the New York lyricist announced that he…
The Real Housewives of Civil Rights [VIDEO]
Lil Wayne Tubman: Freeing the Mentally Enslaved I’m pretty sure someone’s gonna be mad after watching the following video. I mean, how dare they desecrate…
No Justice for Recy Taylor & Other Black Women Savagely Raped by White Men
Last week the PR people for a new show on one of my favorite channels, Discovery ID (Investigative Discovery, sent me an email. They wanted…
Recovered Black History: Arturo Schomburg
As a young boy, I encountered an issue I’m sure many other Latin@s, other people of color, and marginalized groups encounter. One day I asked…
The Wall: Do You Know What Made Wall St?
Fact: Some beds at juvenile detention centers cost as much as $100,000-150,000 annually. Fact: Public officials resist increases in education spending. A fraction of what…