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October 14, 2011 at 10:07am

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness and Domestic Violence Awareness: But Are We Truly Aware of Both??

So, I am sitting here trying to understand why during the month of October Breast Cancer Awareness gets more media attention and corporate sponsorship than Domestic Violence Awareness which is also remembered during the month of October. I know that most women have breast irrespective of their size, pigmentation, and function. And, I also know 1 [...]

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September 23, 2011 at 8:50am

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Topics: Black Boys, Black Family, black feminism, Black girls, Black Men, Girls, Men, Patriarchy, Self-Production, Self-Reflection, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Game, Violence, Violence Against Women, Women, Working Class

I Know Why Black Men act the Way they Act: Peter Pan Syndrome!!

As I walked home yesterday from the market with my several bags of groceries and my godson in toe being harassed by young black men who probably could be my nephews, I finally understood why many Black men act the way they do. Why they are completely impervious to emotions. Why they can sleep with [...]

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September 9, 2011 at 8:45am

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Topics: Abortion, Black Boys, black feminism, Black girls, capitalism, Patriarchy, Toni Cade Bambara, Urban Education, Violence, Violence Against Women, Welfare, Women, Working Class

Follow Up to Chapter’s EBT Video: Why Single Black Women Have Babies

As a follow-up to The Viral Video, EBT: We Have Failed You Chapter…An Open Letter, I want to talk about a comment that I received frequently about Chapter’s character in the EBT video. Many people have emailed me saying that they agree with my blog, but that they also know black women who do those [...]

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September 8, 2011 at 11:42am

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How Racism Is Destroying America’s Political Discourse

Racism grows classier and more refined every day, but it never goes away. How else can we explain the American people tolerating the unprecedented disrespect, racism, obstruction and outright legislative terrorism being perpetrated by the GOP?

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July 22, 2011 at 12:00pm

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Topics: American Identity, American Values, BET, Beyonce, Black Boys, Black Identity, Black Politics, capitalism, Community, education, Fame, hip-hop, Media, Men, Money, Music, Politics, Pop Culture, Working Class

Jay-Z and Kanye’s Out-Of-Touch, Wealth-Obsessed, Culturally-Irrelevant “Otis”

“Otis” is shallow, materialistic, wealth-worshiping nonsense. And if this “luxury rap” style is going to define Watch The Throne, Yeezy and Jigga might reemerge from their luxurious, million-dollar mansions in the sky to find themselves irrelevant to a culture founded on its ability to resonate with the common man.

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July 5, 2011 at 3:11pm

By Justin L. Hill

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Topics: Abortion, American Values, Anti-Black Racist Structures, Black Identity, Black Politics, Class Privilege, Daughter, Family, Gender, Girls, Patriarchy, Poverty, race, racism, Sexism, Single Black Women, Working Class

Black Women: Baby Makers or Baby Killers?

According to Clenard Childress, “the most dangerous place for an African American to be is in the womb of their African American mother.” From claims of being the least attractive women in the world (Satoshi Kanazawa’s study), to schizophrenically being viewed as both “irresponsible baby makers” and unrepentant “baby killers,” Black women find their roles [...]

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April 22, 2011 at 8:36am

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Topics: White Privilege, Women, Working Class

Oh, Hell No not on Good Friday: The Movie the Help

I tell you, watching the trailer above all I could do is shake my hand and say, “Hell no.” Yes, I said “hell no” in the shonuff way my Great Aunt Bessie would say with hand on hip gossiping with the mothers of church while cooking Sunday dinner. I tell you, watching this trailer elicited [...]

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February 21, 2011 at 7:15am

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Topics: American Values, Blogging, capitalism, Class Privilege, Empowerment, hip-hop, Politics, Working Class

How Fate Brought a Hip-Hop Pioneer and a Activist MC to Madison, Wisconsin

It has seemed since me and Paradise the Architech began this journey of exposing “right wing” liars using the most powerful weapon on the planet, Hip-Hop, the stars have been aligning for us. From being in Oakland, CA the day of the Oscar Grant rebellion, to covering the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh, to the almost perfect timing of our Tea Party video, we’ve always seemed to be in the right place at the right time. And once again, by sheer “coincidence”, we found ourselves smack dab in the middle of 70,000 protesters last Friday and Saturday in Madison, Wisconsin.

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August 6, 2010 at 9:04am

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Topics: black feminism, Gender, Homophobia, Neighborhood, racism, Violence Against Women, Working Class

The Bed Intruder Song is not an R. Kelly Jam: So, stop bobbing your head to Sexual Trauma!!

So, am I the only one who finds the YouTube’s “viralization” (yes, I made up a word) of the Bed Intruder Song deeply unsettling and problematic? Every time, I check my Facebook newsfeed I see, yet, another “remix” of the Bed Intruder Song. For those of you who are not familiar with the song, it [...]

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January 10, 2010 at 4:18pm

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Topics: Class Privilege, Fairytales, Politics, Poverty, The Princess and the Frog, White Privilege, Working Class

The First Step is Acknowledgement: I Have Class Privilege

Aloha . . . Mahalo . . . Hula . . . Hana Hou . . . are a few Hawaiian words I’ve learned this week while visiting Hawaii. You know, I think Hawaii is the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen with its luscious green mountains and its sparkling blue beaches. There is something [...]

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