Someone asked me the other day “is racism a mental illness issue?” Turns out, the answer depends on who you ask. As it stands, The American Psychiatric Association says no, racism- even “extreme racism” is nothing more than a cultural problem. Nevertheless, the debate wages, on, with strong arguments on both sides. Gavin Yamey, deputy …
Erykah Badu has a new album coming out in a few days: New Amerykah Part 2: Return of the Ankh.” I’ve been waiting with bated breath for the album having always been a Badu fan- but it’s her video for the song “Window Seat” that grabbed my attention- and apparently everyone else’s too. In it, …
You’ve probably heard about the “Bodies” exhibits making their way around the world, including a stop in Seattle. Two shows; “Bodies, the Exhibition”, and “Body Worlds”, its competitor, are known for taking human bodies and putting them on display for anyone willing to pay the price of admission. The bodies go through a complicated process …
By ghettoGEEK America must learn to operate in TRUTH. For only It, shall set us free. The focus for this piece is solely dedicated to uncovering the HYPOCRISY of this contemporary “Tea Party” movement. SYNOPSIS OF ORIGINAL TEA PARTY (Boston; 1773) In order to understand the HYPOCRISY of this contemporary “Tea Party” movement, all one …
Review by Sable Verity Growing up a Black child of the 80′s in an all white town, I wasn’t really “in” to the Blaxploitation movie experience. My parents never watched them and there weren’t enough Black people around that I’d happen to see one at a friend’s house on a random Saturday. Then cable television …