Time Magazine released a provocative yearbook picture of Justin Trudeau, the current Prime Minister of Canada. It was taken at a costume party for teachers college, in Vancouver. He dressed up as Aladdin...
I read this post a while back, Why People of Color Need Spaces Without White People. I thought it'd be crucial to reiterate and double down on the need for Black people of melanated Afrikan and descent to organize, collaborate and study together on a regular basis. It may look like I'm piggy backing off this article but I've spoken about the blueprint for these concepts when I first started my blog, in what feels like an ancient time. The Pan-Africanist at the most basic level. In my experience,...
I did an opinion episode at the Art Gallery of Ontario. The exhibit was called Femme Noires by Mickalene Thomas. Check out my YouTube episode below. Fair Dealing is an exception in the CanadianCopyright Act that permits the use of other people's copyright protected work without permission or payment for the purpose of research, private study, education, satire, parody, criticism, review or news reporting. ...
Umar Johnson has reached a pivotal point on how his legacy will be written down in history books. There're only 3 possibilities when it comes to his long time, crowd funded FDMG (Frederick Douglas - Marcus Garvey) Academy for boys. He'll either succeed, fail or bamboozle us all. This is not a piece analyzing the viability of his school. This piece is a response to the announcement of the acquisition of the property. A lot of people, mainly his supporters are in high hopes that this will advance the liberation...
This is merely some raw research on the controversy and legacy behind the creator of Kwanzaa. Blog post articles, some NY and LA times information and even a journal. There is a lot of information to look through. Quick breakdown: How Kwanzaa is modeled after HanukkaHis organization feuding with Black PanthersEarl Anthony and Louis E Tackwood are informants who implicate Karenga.What happened the night 2 Black Panthers were killed on UCLA cmpus by members of Karenga's organization.How he was charged for torturing 2 Black women.Ph.D level Journal on the...