Michael Steele is trying to woo blacks into the GOP joking that he’d bring “fried chicken and potato salad to a GOP cookout for the recruitment of blacks while a gay black blogger would bring the “collard greens”. This dude is a clown. And how come every time I go into Bojangles here in NC, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘african-americans’
Raleigh Womens Empowerment, or concert…whatever you want to call it
Posted in What's on a brotha's mind, tagged AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN, african-americans, black people, black women, Black Womens Empowerment, blacks, cleverspeaks, cleverspeaks.com, Mary J. Blige, Raleigh Womens Empowerment, Womens Empowerment on March 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I went to the 15th Annual Woman’s Empowerment event in Raleigh yesterday. I’ve lived here for 8 years and this is the first time I’ve gone. I went with my wife and two daughters. I guess the motivation for me going was more related to my older daughter being 17 and about to leave the [...]
Starting 2009 off with a bang…
Posted in What's on a brotha's mind, tagged African-American, african-americans, black americans, BLACK NEWS, black people, blacks, G.I., Gary Drill Team Compe, Gary Indiana, Regular Brotha, What's on a brotha's mind, What's on a brother's mind..... on January 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »
That bang is on MY drum. That’s right. My blog is MY drum. It just took me reading several comments from (what I believe to be) members of the white race to realize what my blog really is. In 2009, I’m bangin on it like I’m at a ZULU tribal dance. I’m bangin on it [...]
My Hometown Gary, Indiana
Posted in Gary Indiana, What's on a brotha's mind, tagged African-American, AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN, AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN, african-americans, black, black america, BLACK MEDIA, black men, black people, Black Power, black women, blacks, G.I., Gary, Gary Indiana, Gentrification, NWI Times, Post Tribune, race, racism, Re-gentrification, What's Wrong With Black America, What's wrong with Blacks, white flight on November 11, 2008 | 10 Comments »
This blog represents the first in a series of blogs that will attempt to chronicle “what’s wrong & right with the City of Gary, Indiana”. The blog is written with the sole purpose of creating forward thinking dialogue on how to improve, not lambaste, the City that I grew up in. No, I no longer [...]
Sentinel, I don’t want no trouble…
Posted in What's on a brotha's mind, tagged African-American, african-americans, Black Brothers, Black Issues, BLACK MEDIA, black men, BLACK NEWS, black people, Black Sentinel, Black Sisters, black women, blacks, brothapeacemaker, race, racism, Sisters, Victim Mentality on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My post a week or so ago on “What’s Wrong With Blacks” was met with attacks by blacks who blog about the lack of a focus on white acts of racism and their double standards. My facts focus on how WE act within our own communities and our lack of respect for one another and [...]