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Reebok Drops Rick Ross After Rape Lyrics Protest

Posted April 11, 2013 by Victor Purcell

Well there you have it folks. Do you think Reebok made the right decision by dropping Rick Ross from the team? Let us know your thoughts.

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Open Letter to Rick Ross

Posted March 28, 2013 by Ray Baker

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 [...]

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How Death Gave Way to Life

Posted March 14, 2013 by Ray Baker

Babies were so foreign to me that prior to visiting my friends I HAD NEVER HELD A BABY IN MY LIFE! Some people wanted to know how I went (Age Redacted) years without even holding a baby.

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What Dorner Teaches Us? [FEATURE]

Posted February 14, 2013 by Ray Baker

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 [...]

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Word-for-Word: W.E.B. Du Bois “The Talented Tenth” [AUDIO]

Posted February 13, 2013 by Austin Weatherington

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 [...]

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The Pot Calling the Kettle Black [FEATURE]

Posted January 31, 2013 by Ray Baker

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 [...]

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