***My Brother, Unbuntu*** CNN reports In Chicago over 150 school-aged (10-18) children killed in two years. Violence is destroying the Black community. No question throughout the entire United States the problem is exactly the same. We all see it and live through it. We know what’s happening and it continues. In the Black communities across the [...] More

***My Brother, Unbuntu*** I always think about this when trying to truly understand the history of African people in America (and around the world for that matter). We have a complex genetic background that comes from mostly African but also indigenous American and European roots. Our complexions tell the story of our deeper history. But do [...] More

***My Brother, Unbuntu*** Ok you can have it, I don’t want it any more. Yes its true, I DON’T like The Matrix. I get it we’re all puppets and pawns but I really just don’t have any strong feelings about the movie. Overrated is a word that comes to mind when thinking bout that flick. Ok, [...] More

 *** My Brother, Unbuntu*** As a basketball fan this is my favorite time of year. It’s Playoff Basketball, 40 games in 40 nights, Lebron, Kobe, Dwayne, and Pierce.  All the stars come out to play and leave EVERYTHING on the floor. But for the past few years as sweet as the playoffs have been (upsets, Big [...] More

  ***This is another scholarly blog by my Brother Unbuntu*** This week Obama restated his stance on the Bush administration and the torture techniques. After releasing the torture memos that the Bush administration put forward in order to ”aggressively interrogate” captives, Obama noted he would not support prosecuting former members of the administration about these actions. [...] More

***This is another scholarly blog by my Brother Unbuntu*** Is hip hop a culture? I have trouble with the phrase hip hop culture. Culture to me symbolizes a people, their food, their religion/spirituality/belief system, language, dress, motifs, their land, their jobs, their attitudes, their music, their art and basically all other attributes that help to define [...] More

***This is another scholarly blog by my Brother Unbuntu*** Its hard for me to do top 5 because so many emcee’s are good for so many different reasons. For example Ludacris is a beast and can make even the weakest most predictable punchline sound like the illest thing you ever heard. But the question is, is [...] More

Obama today addressed the President of Turkey and others by noting “America is not at war with Islam.” Word son, look how different Obama is from Bush — he’s so different, these words mean real change. Well not actually. Bush made similar comments throughout his tragic presidency. If you look at the actual words Bush [...] More