Dunbar Village Miscreants Get Life While A New Set Arrested For Setting A Teen On Fire

I was just reading the post at What About Our Daughters regarding the reaction of the family and supporters of those convicted in the Dunbar Village case as their sentences were issued. The relative youth of some of those criminals regarding getting a life-term is up for debate amongst some people. Even after the fact. [...]

The Real Black State of the Union Pt. 3

So I’m continuing the topic from last week’s posts about how pathology is being attributed to a person’s race only when it comes to people of color, the militarism of law enforcement and the complacency of those who ignore the pathologies that have a negative impact on their communities because they may share a similar [...]

When Transgendered People Are Assaulted Why Do People Make A Joke Out Of It?

Los Angeles based rapper Pam Jones was reportedly robbed, beaten and assaulted. The story appeared on All Hip Hop and Media Take Out, which is known for being particularly vicious in its coverage of entertainment/gossip. If you read the comment section (though really why would you want to) you’d find the usual knuckle dragger responses [...]

Dad Takes Kid On A Fieldtrip to Robbery

Nope this isn’t an April Fool’s joke. I know people are desperate but this is ridiculous. Just watch the video. I really have no words and I already gave out the Lame Award of Shame…

Embedded video from CNN Video

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The Real Black State of the Union Pt. 1

So I was reading this great post “Ours Is Not A Culture Of Failure” by Tami at What Tami Said which was in itself a critique of the article “Race Still Matters For Poor Blacks” by Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune and “Raising the Obama Generation” by Stephen Talty. There are some great points being [...]

First You Get Jacked For Your Bags – Now It’s For What’s In ‘Em

I read this and asked myself if it was April Fool’s Day yet, but alas it’s not. Apparently there was a sting operation that went down where airline contractors where stealing items out of our checked bags. This went down in St. Louis and they claim it was only one airline, but how much [...]

What That Black Male Teen Homicide Report Says and Doesn’t Say

I have mixed feelings about the report titled, “The Recent Surge in Homicides Involving Young Black Males and Guns: Time to Reinvest in Prevention and Crime Control“. Like what we want to hear about is more bad news. I’m wondering why did it take 6-8 years of ‘fact-finding’ for enough a trend to emerge [...]

False Mea Culpas from Bush & OJ

Karma is a debt that must be paid. OJ Simpson was reduced to tears and begging the judge for leniency at his sentencing hearing today. He had been found guilty for a dozen counts related to armed robbery and kidnapping. He might be eligible for parole in 9 years but I honestly don’t see [...]

Double Standards for Black Female Athletes

Brace yourself I feel a rant coming on! Marion Jones was one of nearly 700 who requested a pardon or commutation of their sentence from Shrub. She was denied. One of the more notable pardons was granted to John Forte (Fugees) who was charged with intent to distribute narcotics because he went to the airport [...]