SELF EMPOWERED NOT SEPARATIST
I am neither the anointed nor self-appointed Voice of African Americans. My opinions are varied and constantly evolving, because lif...
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WISH A N**** WOULD
For most of my teenage and young adult life I lived in a perpetual state of “I wish a N**** would” The angry Black man who’s very st...
Lil Wayne’s Complete Thoughts On #BlackLivesMatter
If you’re on social media, you’ve seen the uproar that clips of Lil’ Waye’s appearance on Nightline caused....
#RIP Deborah Danner: NYPD Kills 66-Year-Old Schizophrenic Woman
An NYPD police officer shot and killed an “emotionally disturbed” 66-year-old woman, opting for his gun despite having a Taser. The...
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE
I have to amend my bucket list… http://diaryofamadmind.com/index.php/2016/08/17/my-bucket-list/ I have put a visit to the new...
PEOPLE OF COLOR UNITE
My mother is Latina, my father African American. I identify with both cultures, yet by most accounts my poor Spanish speaking...
Little Girl Eloquently Breaks Down #BlackLivesMatter
Too often, the voices of young people are talked over by adults. A lot of the time, children have valid thoughts and concerns that s...
Stay Woke: Facebook, Instagram & Twitter Gave Surveillance Company Access To Monitor Protestors
The ACLU of California has obtained records showing that Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram provided user data access to Geofeedia, a...
POLICE TRAINING
You want to expedite the police and their respective unions ensuring that their officers get better police training as a means of si...
Eye For An Eye In The Chi: Police Shook After Gangs Allegedly Plan Revenge For Paul O’Neal
In what has been yet another hot summer for Black folks in America, as far as interactions with police are concerned, a number of Bl...
Law Professor Epically Shuts Down Students Bitching About His/Her #BlackLivesMatter T-Shirt
We never got any substantiation for this, but felt that there are some truths shared here. Apparently, this anonymous law professor...
#RIP Alton Sterling & Philando Castile (NSFW)
It seems like there are few answers left for Black folks, as far as police are concerned. Police brutality is the reason the Black P...
Mistrial Declared In the First Cop Case For The Killing Of Freddie Gray
After Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old Baltimore man who died in the back of a police van, was laid to rest, protests-turned-riots erup...
PTSD Epidemic In The Hood Comparable To Iraq & Afghanistan Wars
When people cry out “Black lives matter,” in reaction to police brutality and excessive force, you will always get some...
#AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh: The Bigger Picture
Black people across the nation have been screaming, “Black Lives Matter” for a over a year now, but the message seems to...