As we find ourselves in the midst of the technological age, it’s becoming increasingly clear that digital equity initiatives and funding are needed to ensure that the Black community not only survives but thrives in this new world. We can’t deny the advancements that have been made in technology within Black communities. From social media influencers to Black-owned tech startups, there’s no shortage of Black excellence in the tech...
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Recently, Tennessee state representative Paul Sherrell suggested adding an amendment to a Death Penalty bill that would include “hanging by a tree” as a method of execution. This incredibly tone deaf and vile suggestion felt as nasty as the smiling faces that stood around the bodies of our tortured and tormented ancestors to be photographed and passed around like souvenirs. Because of the clear racial implications attached to his...
The Timing of Cancelling Kanye West says more about Those Companies than it says about Kanye
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Imma try to say this as clearly as possible- what Kanye said recently that got him excommunicated warrants the reactions & outcome he’s receiving- but his actions before that also warranted this reaction. We PEEPING what makes pearls get clutched & keeping receipts. It’s telling that even when the right thing is done (parting ways with Kanye) it is not because it first came at the expense of Black...
Video of last Saturday October 8th, shows officers initially refused to allow the family of Jaheim McMillan in to see him in the hospital just two days after he was handcuffed after being shot in the head by Gulfport Police. One officer even goes so far as to tell Jaheim’s mother, Katrina, that Jaheim is dead. In the video, he attempts to walk this affirmative statement back when he...
The video is blurred but is still disturbing. Roderick Brooks was chased down and had his life taken because someone believed he took detergent with a value of $1 on July 8th at a Dollar General. Certainly, Brooks’ life should have meant more than the possibility of detergent and that something as trivial as this resulted in the loss of human life in exchange for the preservation of soap....
