Tag Archives: Empowerment

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January 29, 2011 at 7:06pm

By Keantre Malone

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Topics: Aesthetics, Black Exoticism, Black Identity, Community, Empowerment, Existentialism, Exoticism, Jody Weis, Jody Weiss, Police, President Barack Obama, race, racism, Rent A Dread, Steroetypes, The Post-colonial world, Token Black, Token Blacks

T.G.I.T.T.B. (Thank God It’s The Token Blacky)

What’s scarier than a racist that calls out “nigger” or “coon” viciously? The racist who’s night you save by being the “token blacky”. I pose two disappointments for the eager audience at a non-black party: no weed and no freestyle. Still I manage to be the life of the party, dougieing on every song, judging [...]

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January 20, 2011 at 11:37am

By Keantre Malone

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Topics: Aesthetics, African American Studies, Anti-Gay, Anti-homosexuality, Anti-semitism, Black autobiographies, Boondocks, Empowerment, Existentialism, Homophobia, Langston Hughes, nihilism, Nina Simone, Politics, racism, Sexism, Sexuality, The Post-colonial world

Like A Gena 6 (Is the world on the same page with Black folks?)

Oh no! The folks back home will never stop smacking their lips over this one. As African American Studies grows across the nation, its scholarly diversity does not fall behind. Could white professors be added to the “things keeping Black people down” list? Possibly, but the fall of Black academia shouldn’t be instantly expected. Many [...]

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December 30, 2010 at 7:57pm

By Keantre Malone

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Topics: Black Culture, Black Family, Black Identity, Empowerment, Habari gani, kwanzaa, Kwanzaa Greetings, Maulana Karenga, Nguzu Saba

What’s Up With Kwanzaa? Part 2

Greetings Black people, if you have been celebrating Kwanzaa for the first time I hope that it has been a good experience. If not and you are still considering, there are three days left. I left you earlier in the week with some ways to observe the Nguzu Saba, the seven principles of Kwanzaa. This [...]

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December 26, 2010 at 4:28pm

By Keantre Malone

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Topics: Black Family, Black Identity, Empowerment, kwanzaa, Nguzu Saba

What’s Up With Kwanzaa?

Hope everyone’s Christmas was complete with family and happiness. If you thought that such a spirit lives for a few moments in December, you are indeed wrong and perhaps exhausted. There follows more family time and appreciation for any Black souls that share, also, a need for little historical significance in their life. Today is [...]

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December 20, 2010 at 4:18pm

By jasiri x

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Topics: Black Politics, Blogging, Empowerment, Media

Georgia Prison Strike & Why We Need Our Own Media

Did you know one of the largest prison protests in US history took place last week? If you said no that’s not surprising considering it was not covered by corporate funded mainstream media. The word got out through conscious bloggers like Davey D, effective uses of social media like Twitter and Facebook and by the hard work and efforts of some a the few independent and unafraid media outlets we have left.

According to the Final Call Newspaper (the last standing black owned weekly international newspaper),

“Fed up with bad food, unjust treatment, poor education and inadequate health care, thousands of inmates in Georgia’s prison system staged “Lockdown for Liberty,” a peaceful protest on Dec. 9, according to activists”

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December 3, 2010 at 12:40am

By Keantre Malone

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Topics: American Values, anti-black america, black autobiography, black body, Black Politics, double consciousness, education, Empowerment, Existentialism, Hate Crime, Neighborhood, nihilism, racial profiling, racism, spirit of seriousness, Youth

Puck the anti-black Folice

You know. We always talk about education saying it as the answer to everything, yet we never talk about actual lessons. Talking about learning something, everyone knows about our culture: chicken induced diabetes, large rolling stone penises, the list goes on. The feeling “I’m f@cked up” extends to us as a whole when we too [...]

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October 14, 2010 at 1:00pm

By Keantre Malone

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Topics: American Values, black activism, Black Hipsters, capitalism, consumption, education, Empowerment, Pop Culture, social fashionism, Youth

The Cotton-Deep Rebel Era

The black hipster: a sneaker pimp wearing nothing other than Levi skinnies below the waist and a vintage Public Enemy snap back above the forehead, selects weapons of change from an arsenal of flannels and graphic tees. In the local boutique shelves, such as Leaders 1354 in Chicago, lie images of Huey P. Newton, Rosa [...]

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October 8, 2010 at 12:00pm

By Dallas

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Topics: capitalism, Empowerment, Fame, hip-hop, Hollywood, Imperialism, Media, Money, Music, Pop Culture

Art, Greed & Unpronounceable Symbols: Thoughts on Nas’ Scathing Letter to the Industry….

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again; record labels are dinosaurs. They’re big, clumsy and growing more and more obsolete by the hour. Philosophically, I am 100% down with Nas on this issue. And besides, Lost Tapes Vol. 1 was the shit….

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September 17, 2010 at 12:00pm

By Dallas

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Topics: American Values, Chris Matthews, Community, education, Empowerment, Homophobia, Hope, Immigration Reform, Media, Politics

America’s “News” Media War, and how to not be a casualty…

I’ll say it again; the only war going on in America right now is one fabricated and perpetuated by a biased, divisive news media. Don’t be a casualty.

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September 9, 2010 at 1:00pm

By Keantre Malone

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Topics: American Values, Black Politics, Dating, Empowerment, Existentialism, Post-Race, Relationship

Love Where the Black Woman Is Not White

At a first glance from the average black female, I’m dateable, if the thought comes across her mind. However, if my fingers should ever cross the knuckles of a white hand, I am dead to her; I am no longer a “brotha.” In this case, you are witnessing a type of black on black hatred [...]

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