Monthly Archives: October 2011

Clip of the Day

October 31, 2011 at 2:54pm

By Dallas

Topics: Black Family, Black Fathers, Black girls, black women, Film, Single Black Women

New Documentary: Dear Daddy

A recently released documentary takes a close look at the impact of fatherless on Black young women.The film is called Dear Daddy; check out the trailer below.

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U.S. Census: ATLANTA Has Widest Income Gap in the Country

According to the U.S. Census, ATLANTA has the widest income gap between rich and poor in the entire country.

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October 31, 2011 at 12:19pm

By jasiri x

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Topics: /nra, occupy wall street, tea party

No, the Government Does Not Want Your Guns

Remember when last month NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre talked about the,”massive Obama conspiracy to deceive voters and hide his true intentions to destroy the Second Amendment in our country”? Yeah, I’m thinking he was a little off. Sadly, paranoid gun talk and fear is how the NRA recruits new members, but his whole [...]

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October 31, 2011 at 8:00am

By Summer M.

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Topics: "Party", Beyonce, black women, Omniracial

On How Beyonce Parties

Happy Halloween. Although it was my initial instinct to write a nice little note to white college students about prudence in choosing Halloween costumes, since most of the parties happened last weekend, it seemed like an irrelevant post. Instead, I will wait for a photo gallery on the HuffPo and pretend to be appalled. So [...]

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BYP WakeUpCall

October 31, 2011 at 7:40am

By Dallas

@radiofreedallas

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Topics: Halloween, hip-hop, Music

VIDEO: Geto Boys’ “Mind Playin’ Tricks On Me”

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Check out the Geto Boy’s undeniably classic and spooky “Mind Playin’ Tricks On Me” at BlackYouthProject.com!

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October 30, 2011 at 9:45pm

By Keantre Malone

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Topics: Case Studies, DuBois, Penn, Philadelphia Negro, stereotypes, the study of humyns, University of Pennsylvania

The Minstrel Case Studies

I’m disturbed by the way case studies, especially those facilitated by the University of Pennsylvania, approach Black men. They screened me last week for an investigation into how Black men make good decisions. Their questions violated my dignity: asking first if I was sexually active (what they determined as the essence of a relationship) and [...]

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Weekly News Roundup

October 30, 2011 at 1:37pm

By BYP

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Weekly News Round-Up Oct 24-30

A Global Youth Rebellion Staff Writer, Workers World News, 10/23/11 NAACP speaker: We must address achievement gap Kevin Barlow, Pantagraph News, 10/24/11 Inner city youth leader to speak Mark Guydish, The Times Leader, 10/24/11 Obama courts young voters Nia-Malika Henderson, Washington Post, 10/26/11 Coalition of African American Leaders Takes Aim at Tobacco Industry Olu Alemoru, [...]

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October 28, 2011 at 1:27pm

By Dallas

@radiofreedallas

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Topics: hip-hop, Music, Rap, Satanism, Violence

The 6(66) CREEPIEST Rap Songs EVER!

Heavy Metal usually gets all the credit for producing music that keeps sane people up at night. But don’t get it twisted; Hip Hop has cursed us with some of the sickest and most sadistic sounds ever committed to tape. Don’t believe me? Keep reading, if you dare …

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BYP WakeUpCall

October 28, 2011 at 9:04am

By Dallas

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Topics: 2012, Black Politics, GOP, Herman Cain, Politics

VIDEO: Herman Cain Singing “Imagine (There’s No Pizza)”

Herman Cain singing “Imagine (There’s No Pizza).” I was going to go to the trouble of researching the particulars surrounding this video, but what’s the point? It is the most surreal and hilarious thing you will see all day. It is absolutely insane. Stop what you are doing, and watch this.

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October 28, 2011 at 12:00am

By Fallon

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Topics: A Girl Like Me, black feminism, Black girls, Black Men, black women, Christianity, Domestic Violence, Empowerment, Fear, for colored girls, Gender, Girls, Violence Against Women, Women

Domestic Violence Awareness Month: My Black Girl Story of Night Terrors and Somebody Named Jesus

And, so we begin as most stories start, Once upon a time not too long ago . . . “Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward.” Soren Kierkegaard For me, this quote speaks of many known and unknown joys and pains. It is a quote that my godmother faithfully recalls [...]

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