Dr Wilmer Leon lays out a theory about angry white men with guns being the new domestic terrorists. Click to Watch
Read More »Why is “Django Unchained” Much More Frightening than “The Butler?” Min. Farrakhan Explains
Min. Louis Farrakhan talks with Dr. Boyce Watkins about the film “Django Unchained,” and why black men owning guns is a frightening thing.
Read More »I Will Not Date a Bigot
Several weeks ago I was talking to a man I’d been casually dating. He called to ask for a restaurant suggestion, “Where could he and a friend have a really good steak?” I recommended Boa in Santa Monica, and was shocked when he replied, “The last time I was there I only saw men gazing into one another’s ...
Read More »Swin Cash: Brittney Griner shouldn’t have to ‘prove herself’ against men
Editor’s note: Swin Cash is a forward for the WNBA’s Chicago Sky. Cash is a three-time WNBA Champion, five-time All-Star and two-time Olympic Gold Medalist. She also starred at the University of Connecticut, where she helped lead the Lady Huskies to two NCAA championships in 2000 and 2002. Below is an op-ed Cash exclusively provided to theGrio.com for publication. ...
Read More »Memoirs of a Mentor: A Call for Black Men in College to Come Back to School
Clinton Global Initiative University 2013 Commitment-Maker; Epidemiology Major at University of Rochester Growing up in the Bronx, violence was inescapable, with age offering no immunity. When I was in sixth grade, Gang members shot and killed two of my closest friends as we walked home from school one day. We were only 20 minutes from home. It was ...
Read More »Obama’s Not Sexist; He Flatters Too Much
In New York magazine Dan Amira says that the POTUS didn’t mean anything by noting California Attorney General Kamala Harris’ good looks — he says everyone is good-looking. Obama even extended his favorite compliment to the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins. “I have to say all of you look pretty good without your playoff beards,” Obama said during a White ...
Read More »A Lady in the Street and a Freak in the Bed
Rihanna has declared herself to be a good girl gone bad, and when Beyoncé has wanted to be fierce, she has used her character Sasha. But does there have to be such a “Madonna/whore” separation? asks Feminista Jones on Ebony. The idea of women being open about their sexual desires and behavior continues to make people uncomfortable, and women ...
Read More »Same-Sex Marriage, Hypocrisy and the Bible
Writing at his blog, Earl Ofari Hutchinson lambastes critics of same-sex marriage who use the Bible to bolster their case, saying that scholars have written volumes debunking the passages because of errors and misinterpretations. The long standing reason for shoving the courts, the federal government and the states into the private relations between two adult consenting men or women is ...
Read More »Scariest Part About Rick Ross’ Rape Line: Men Really Do It
Ebony‘s Jamilah Lemieux says that the Miami rapper’s latest troubling verse speaks to a major cultural issue. By now you have likely heard about Rick Ross‘ controversial lyric on once-and future-struggling rapper Rocko’s new track “U.O.E.N.O” (NSFW): “Put molly all in her champagne, she ain‘t even know it / I took her home and I enjoyed that, she ain‘t even ...
Read More »April D. Byrd: Thinking Like A Cheating Man Is Useless
By April D. Byrd It’s Apparent that the new genre of “Men Teaching Women How They Think” style of book publishing must be thought of as a growing and effective tool in relationship advice. After the recent release of Tyrese Gibson’s and “Rev Run” Simmons’s new collaboration: “Manology: Secrets of Your Man’s Mind Revealed” and the inspirational Juggernaut “Act Like ...
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