How respectability politics hurts Black people
Respectability politics believes that conformity to established mainstream standards of appearance and behaviour can protect people who belong to marginalised groups if they conform to prescribed …
Viola Davis makes history at the Emmy Awards
On 20 September 2015, actress Viola Davis made history at the Emmy Awards when she won for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama for her role in How to Get Away with Murder. This is the first time a …
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka: A Landmark Supreme Court Case in the Fight for Equality
The Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case, decided on 17 May 1954, was a seminal moment in the American Civil Rights Movement. This landmark Supreme Court decision declared the “separate …
Sandra Bland conspiracy: Anonymous release video calling out Texas police
Hacktivist group Anonymous has released a video where they claim to ‘expose’ Texas police over the death of Sandra Bland. The chilling voiceover, which has been digitally disguised, is …
Sandra Bland – Say her name
Sandra Bland is another black life lost under hinky police circumstances. The 28-year-old’s death in a Texas county jail on 13 July, three days after a routine traffic stop turned into a …
Kanye and Kim on Time’s “100 Most Influential People” list
Time Magazine has released its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world and Kanye West sits in the number one spot. The list is comprised of a selection of people who are blazing a …
Piers Morgan sticks his nose into the N-word debate
Piers Morgan wrote an article for the ‘Daily Fail’ suggesting that if Black Americans want the N-word to die, they will have to kill it themselves. Asking black folks to stop using that word is …
George Edwin Taylor: First Black person to run for the US presidency
Barack Obama is the first US Black President, but he is not the first black person to run for the US presidency. That honour goes to George Edwin Taylor. George Taylor was born in the pre-Civil War …
Marissa Alexander supporters plan ‘Stand Our Ground Week’ protests
Remember Marissa Alexander? She was the woman who was sentenced to 20 years in prison after she fired a warning shot at the ceiling during a dispute with her husband. Marissa’s new court hearing will …
Maya Angelou has gone to be with the ancestors
Phenomenal woman, poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou died on Wednesday, 27 May, she was 86. Aunty Maya (in my head, she’s always been my aunty) rose from a childhood of poverty in Arkansas to …
The burglary interview that was chock full of camel toe
The story about six Houston teens breaking into a house using a basketball to break a window has turned into one about the eyewitness’s fat lady parts. Breaking and entering is serious business, …
CNN set to interview George Zimmerman
It seems that a week doesn’t go by where Trayvon Martin’s killer isn’t headlining in the media or upsetting people on social media. Today people are riled because CNN will be interviewing …
Trial of Jordan Davis’ killer starts this week
As we remember Trayvon Martin this week let’s spare a thought for the family of dead teen, Jordan Davis who was shot dead at 17. The man accused of shooting unarmed Jordan is 47-year-old software …
Trayvon’s killer should not be allowed to box for money
Had he lived Trayvon Martin would have been 19 today. Trayvon was killed by gun toting neighbourhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. As people remember Trayvon and the injustice dished out due to …
Beware email scams and thieves at Christmas
It’s that most wondrous time of the year when wankers find more stupid and wicked ways to perpetuate harm against innocent folks. Christmas time may bring joy to most people’s lives but it is also a …
Usain Bolt gets in the spirit for Oktoberfest in Germany
Usain Bolt took a break from his work commitments to enjoy Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany. The fastest man in the world decided to dress up for the famous beer festival by wearing lederhosen at the …
New trial for Marissa Alexander
A Florida appeals court is ordering a new trial for a woman sentenced to 20 years to prison after she fired a warning shot at the ceiling during a dispute with her husband. Marissa Alexander, 32, said …
When is it the right time to live your life?
We are conditioned from early on that there is a time and place for everything. We go to school, we learn, we leave and get jobs, get married and make babies. That’s the matrix. Anybody who does …
Eight-year-old child bride dies of injuries after wedding night
There have been reports that an eight-year-old child bride has died of internal injuries suffered on her wedding night. It was reported that a young bride known as Rawan was forced to marry a …
George Zimmerman allegedly threatened his wife with a gun
Trayvon Martin killer, George Zimmerman is back in the news again, this time for threatening his wife with a gun. ABC reports that Shellie Zimmerman called 911 shortly after 2pm today (9 September) …
11-year old genius Carson Huey-You is off to college
Pint sized child prodigy Carson Huey-You will be beginning full-time college courses at Texas Christian University in Dallas where he will be studying to become a quantum physicist. Carson is only …
Jamaica’s drug-testing issues must be investigated says World Anti-Doping Agency
Reports from the Associated Press claim that Jamaica could face a ban from the Olympics if the government don’t respond to accusations from a former insider who alleges drug-testing procedures are …
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist. She led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman was born in Dorchester …
Cross-dressing teen, Dwayne Jones killed by mob
If you were wondering if Jamaica is still the most homophobic country in the world the story of 17-year-old Dwayne Jones should set you straight. On 22 July, gender non-conforming teen Dwayne Jones …
