Blurbs about general topics not necessarily related to other topics. May contain some rants.
Prince – How Come You Don’t Call Me Tyrone Davis – If I Could Turn Back The Hands of Time Minnie Riperton – Back Down Memory Lane Mariah Carey – We Belong Together Pink – Who Knew (Live) I wouldn’t normally include Pink, however, she was under LaFace at the time and…she rocked. You endured…
What does that even mean? Take all the time you need. Take all the time I need? Take all the time? Take time that I need? Why do people say that is if Time is something they can give me. You’re benevolently allowing me time to take time. The time I need. Who the fuck…
I’ve lost my mother. I say that as if we were in the mall and I thought she was in one store but she is instead browsing another store. As if I can’t find her. I wish that were the case. I know exactly where she is. But still, I’ve lost my mother. But my…
I have always thought of Thanksgiving as one of better socialized holidays. Not because of its white-washed history of the coming together of Native Americans and Colonizers to eat turkey. For African Americans, Thanksgiving is about getting together with friends and family. Thanksgiving is a time for family to talk, listen to music and dance,…
Some MC’s be talking and talkingTrying to show how black people are walkingBut I don’t walk this way to portrayOr reinforce stereotypes of todayLike all my brothers eat chicken and watermelonTalk broken english and drug sellingSee I’m telling, and teaching pure factsThe way some act in rap is kind of wackAnd it lacks creativity and…
Like they did Dylann Roof? Planning and carrying out a terrorist attack must be a stressful event. Forgetting to eat while planning to murder innocent victims must be addressed. Dylann Roof did extensive internet research including researching black churches. He conducted multiple trips to the Emanuel AME Church in the months before the massacre, planning…
Forget Joe Rogan. There is too little black representation in big podcast networks. I say this again because even while looking at the podcasts pages on streaming sites, those sites usually recommend top and/or similar podcasts that are hosted by white men and women. Listen to these black hosted podcasts speaking truth and realness in…
Since the start of the pandemic, I have enjoyed sheltering in place and working from home full-time. For the first time, I like many others experienced a true work-life balance. I loved not having a commute for work. I was ecstatic about not having to endure the mental and physical preparation of going into the…
Black History is American History. We celebrate our history every day of the year. From the time the first slave ship arrived on in this country, blacks have worked to build this country to what it is today. Black bodies funded the economy and our hands worked the land from cotton to vegetables. Our hands…
If you’re sick of ‘rona and you want to get away, put on Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now by McFadden & Whitehead and dance it out for five minutes. Repeat if necessary and it will be necessary. This classic Philly song masterpiece is filled with positivity and unity both which helps to get over the…
Michael Kenneth Williams has recently passed away. He was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment of a suspected overdose. He was only 54 years old. While he has acted in many roles, his break-out role was playing the character Omar Little in HBO’s The Wire for five seasons. He also played the character of Chalky…
Culture Blurb had a Twitter profile used to promote the blurbs from our website. During the last days of October 2020, we pushed three tweets which earned us a Twitter suspension aka Twitter Cancellation. Our tweets were posted during the height of the Presidential election and the Breonna Taylor Grand Jury push-back. Our top tweet…
The lynching and murder of Emmett Till in 1955 was a shock to the nation. Seeing his mutilated body in his casket on display in the media shocked some in the nation. However, murder of blacks by white mob justice or even a singular white person was not new in 1955. Seeing black dead bodies…
Jury duty is important for African-Americans. It allows us as citizens to take part in the criminal and civil legal system. In order to take part as a juror, you must be a registered voter. Additionally, you must not throw away the summons, and you must attend and be selected to serve on the jury….
Before drugs flooded our communities, alcohol was the worst intoxicant black people used. Adults would go out on the town and drink, dance, and maybe gamble a little. Alcohol abuse did exist. However, alcohol indulgence allowed an adult to continue working and have some sort of sense of self. When drugs flooded our communities, it…
Last fall, major companies committed to the social justice movement. We wrote a blurb about it in an earlier post. Last year, communities across the country spent months protesting for equality and social justice. Companies such as Coca-Cola, Hilton, Nike, and others made statements insisting that the fight for social justice and equality was not…
History has shown that ground-level activism for the rights and equality for African-Americans comes with a high price. Black activists and civil rights leaders often pay the price with their lives. However, before their untimely deaths, they endured tremendous stress and burdens. There are activists who are able to make a career out of activism….
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke about the Promised Land in his last speech. The night before his assassination, he gave the famous “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech. He arrived in Memphis to support the black Memphis Sanitation Workers during their strike for better wages and working conditions. It was a speech he was…
We have chosen a new leader between the lesser of two evils. The problem with choosing between the lesser of two evils is that you’re guaranteed to select evil. The United States has made many promises to African-Americans. Promises made with one hand in support while the other hand held a knife behind its back….
It’s the end of summer of 2020 and so far, it has been one heck of a year. We’re still in the middle of a world-wide pandemic of a disease from which those afflicted have a range from little or no symptoms to death. Those who survive may experience long-term neurological or respiratory damage after…
