Brother Ross,
You have to know that black women and hip-hop have had a very tenuous relationship when it comes to mainstream hip-hop music. This is nothing new. In the last decade or so we’ve seen the women of Spelman keep the rapper Nelly off of their campus for his depiction of women in one of [...]
Most estimates have former LAPD officer Chris Dorner deceased. The prevailing theory is that he died in the fire in that cabin up in Big Bear, California. While there is still probable suspicion that Dorner may be alive, most news outlets are running with the assumption that he is indeed deceased. While we wait on [...]
Earlier this week I wrote a status about being proud of your culture/ethnicity and using that pride as a bridge and not a wall. This thought was spawned from much of my reading, and observations of the way people react not only to Black History Month; but black history in general. It is my belief [...]
Earlier this week, President Obama rolled out an aggressive package aimed at initiating immigration reform. After seeing how poorly they performed among Asian and Hispanic voters (the fastest growing minority voting blocs) in the 2012 election, GOP Congressional members are finally ready to sit down with the President and negotiate a new immigration package. The [...]