After almost nine years, 4,479 fatalities, 33,169 soldiers wounded, 12,000 Iraqi civilian deaths and an almost a trillion dollars spent, the Iraq war is finally over. In a press conference Friday, President Obama announced that U.S. troops will be pulled out of Iraq by the end of the year,…
I cannot speak for other cultures but I do know that in Black culture, there is a lot of pressure on young men to be ladies men with several women scattered in every zip and area code. From the time they are five-years-old, young Black boys are asked this…
There is a war currently being waged in a predominately Black and poverty stricken neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois named West Washington Park. The battle grounds are located between 56th and 65th street from Cottage Grove to Martin Luther King Drive. This war has not garnered much media attention except…
Living in the inner-city will suck the joy out of life if you have the misfortune to live there. Who wouldn’t be depressed about being surrounded by ignorant male youth lounging aimlessly on the corners bragging about the women they used to have, foul-mouthed, uncouth young women fighting over…
By: Kathy Henry It might sound clichéd, but even in the new millennium, it is hard being a woman, particularly a woman of color. We are attacked for our mothering skills, our lifestyle choices, and whatever we accomplish is never good enough. Women throughout the centuries have been confined…
Gender inequality has maintained the suppression of women worldwide and unfortunately has impacted Sub-Saharan Africa with the greatest magnitude. Everyday in these countries are countless occurrences of physical, emotional, and psychological abuse that must be acknowledged as a primary concern for governments across the world. A prime example of…
Ever since President Obama was elected I have noticed a lot of insanity from a certain segment of the White population. President Obama has been accused of taking away civil liberties of “real Americans” and not actually being an American at all but a Kenyan socialist-communist-fascist who is going to…
In the age of the First Black President of America, racial rhetoric and hatred is running rampant on the Internet and spewed out of the mouths of politicians for political gain. However, what most people do not realize is that race is a socially constructed ideology. Race and subsequent…
Terrorism is an ideology that has been around since time immemorial and has been used to topple political leaders, steal land and resources, and enslave people for profit. It is also morally bankrupt for these specific reasons: women and children are the usual victims of terrorism, terrorism serves no…
Ghetto - A section of a city to which an entire ethnic or economically depressed group is is restricted; as by poverty or social pressure. Life for Blacks who reside in the inner-city has never been easy, but in the years since crack cocaine hit things have most definitely…