Sunken Kanye

The Kardashians are on a roll. However their story line today takes a little plot twist. It is Kanye West, that is put into the limelight. If you guys are familiar Kim Kardashian is married to rapper and beat maker Kanye West. There love story has always been an interesting one. However, people believe that it is Kanye’s love for Kim that keeps him from being woke. The internet had a field day when he posted an image of himself wearing a hat, supporting current President Trump (image posted below). It was already bad enough that he was seen on the Presidential candidate at the time campaign trail.

Some people claim that Kanye is having a mental crisis. However , his wife took to Twitter to address these allegations. Not only did she deny them but began to voice how Kanye is entitled to his own freedom of speech. I for one can agree with her. If I got upset for every bad thing someone said or told me about my blog, I wouldn’t still be writing. If Kanye himself haven’t come out and told us of his mental disabilities who are we to judge him.

Free Meek

Anyone who knows me know that Philly is home for me. As I am covering trending topics, I felt it was only right to discuss #freemeek. Rapper Meek Luther Mill was released out of police custody on April 25. This was so refreshing and I myself was one of the many fans who was screaming “Dreams and Nightmares” to the top of my lungs.

Meek Mill was sentence to two to five years, after violating his parole while riding dirt bikes in Times Square in New York City. Mill’s received this sentence from a charge of gun and drug case from over a decade. The reason I choose to write about this is because a twitter friend of mine had me re-evaluate my celebration. When she asked why we were celebrating his release and I simply replied ” For The Culture !”. I was baffled by her unbothered sigh. I was trying to think of other quick witty things to say as why I believe he should be but I truly couldn’t. Her look and sigh said it all and I knew what she was thinking. Her thoughts were absolutely right. Was I becoming simple minded as this man had purposely violated his parole and flamboyantly rode those bike through one of the busiest cities in America. Yes, he should have been more mindful and not choosing to blast this all over social media. But his actions made me realize one thing, our black men are still learning. They have so much catching up to do while trying “To Live Their Best Life”.

Beychella

So I’m not apart of the BeyHive but I can give props where props are… Today, Beyonce has earned my props (not that it matters).  Not only did she kill both of her weekend performances at Coachella. She has managed to make us all grow an even bigger love for our HBCU’s. When I heard of Beyonce firing over fifty dancers a week before Coachella. I was astonished. In traditional Beyonce fashion, she managed to WOW us with more than half of her dancers for the performance either Alumni or current attendees of an HBCU. In addition to this, she paid homage to the HBCU half-time shows. Which any alumni or person who attend an HBCU knows. We come for the sporting event but Half time is the time for us to see the band, band dancers and greek organization show everyone what they got. Just when we thought we couldn’t get enough of Mrs. Carter , she gives us a mini Destiny Child’s reunion with Kelly and Michelle. A few days after her performance took a ll social media sites by storm. It was announced to the public that she had created four different scholarships to assist students at particular HBCU’s. This may not mean a lot to people. As a rising senior at HBCU, I can say we have been running behind PWI’s for to long. And as the job market is becoming more diverse it only gets worse, HBCU’s are seeing a decline in enrollment. This is due to PWI’s wanting to beef up their diversity portfolio from more than a small pool of minorities.

 

KEEP SLAYING QUEEN B, WE ARE AT EASE… YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE OUR ATTENTION

Opted Out

In today news, the Kardashian family has managed to steal the limelight once again. Today it was released that Khloe Kardashian boyfriend Tristan Thompson has been involved a cheating scandal. News sources also reported that during this time , Khloe has been to have contractions which could lead to premature birth of her and Thompson’s child.

If you are unfamiliar with Tristian and Khloe relationship background history. It is know that Tristian Thompson met Khloe in a club and they began talking. After talking the pursued a relationship. Once their relationship was revealed. Sources state that Tristian Thompson actually was in a relationship with his first child’s mother during the time he met Khloe. During this time, he left her while she was carrying their second child to be with the Kardashians sister.

Khloe denied these allegations and stated that these rumors were not true.  This storyline doesn’t help the Kardashian story line. As these sisters are often found to be in a negative spotlight when news sources reveal information about them.  Hopefully Khloe and her baby are safe and this temporary situation doesn’t dictate her future.

Baby Bump for Bardi

Cardi B hit the internet by storm . She was featured on an recent episode of Saturday Night Live. During her time on this show, as an artist she performed a song. It wasn’t the performance that took the people by storm. It was Cardi B’s full blown belly in a fitted ruffled body con dress.

This image not only shocked the internet but many of Cardi’s followers and advocates. We had just seen the “Bodak Yellow” pop star receiving an award in the a puffy red dress.   Cardi didn’t show any signs of her pregnancy and she remained flawless as usual. I’m glad to see a female rapper such her self; continuing to pursue her dreams and allowing the world to know that women can reach their dreams while becoming or being a mom.

Election Time

As the weather begins to heat up so does the competition on UDC campus. We are now gearing into Student Elections for the upcoming fall and spring semester of 2018-2019 school year. The campus elections always tend to take the student population by storm. However in my five years time span of attendance at this illustrious university, this current campaign has me eager to place my last bid vote in before becoming an Alumni.

The campaign features rising seniors and seasoned juniors. With more than six candidates running for Student Government President this campaign will be closely examined as people look to see who will the pack of incoming new students. With the new position of a Mr. UDC , knocking out the old all females lead campus court. UDC is making new strides and these strides are bringing more diversity to the campus than ever. So be sure to check out the campaign trail by stopping in the Student Center.

Candidates have blasted all social media sites from Facebook to Snapchat. You can catch your favorite candidate posting posters to win your vote. I’m more excited to see the outcome of this election than the actual prior election.

MLK 50 Conference

#MLK 50 conference is trending on twitter and I had to see what the hype was all about. We long and behold their has been a conference going on in regards to the honorable Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and non violent movement. I am ecstatic that we even have the opportunity to host a conference in honor of his beliefs. However this conference typically exhibits those who work in the pastoral field or activism field.

The prominent members come together to discuss and address how they plan to create an atmosphere in which we can live in a world without violence. This act within itself is a huge step forward and the challenge becomes even harder, when these prominent leaders are expected to take the exact acts that they learned and bring them to their local community leaders and citizens.

On the downside, I think we don’t need a conference to tell us how to treat people right and how to go about it. Even though Dr. King had meeting with other leaders , it was never as big as these conferences are and the idea to monetize off of this movement is absurd.

Black Lives Matter

As we concluded Black History , I have to shed light to an organization that has just been recently built but has contributed to the ongoing issues of police brutality in the United States, Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter was constructed after the acquittal of George Zimmerman was granted for his murder on 17-year old Trayvon Martin.

Black Lives Matter was constructed by Alicia Garza from Oakland, California, Opal Tometi from New York and Patrisse Cullors from Los-Angles California. Black Lives Matter has grown from just a hashtag for social media into to a network of over 40 chapters that exist throughout the United States. The construction of this network has increased awareness on police brutality and has help aid and assist the families of the victims. This network leads multiple forums and assemble protests to notify citizens in our country whom lack understanding for the issues affecting the African American culture. Black Lives Matter

Taking a stand on social injustice is very pivotal. I commend these young women on starting this organization. We need more leaders like this who are able to take a stand on issues, assemble a network where these people can go and have their voices and concerns heard.

Black Wall Street

Today in Black History Month Discussions, we will talk about ” Black Wall Street”. We all know that Wall Street is huge in places such as New York City, China and London. The financial well being over a country is usually predict through the measurement of this system. People invest through their employers as well as their own finances.

Black Wall Street began in a thriving community in Greenwood, Oklahoma in the early 1990’s. During this time African American’s were still experiencing the discrimination of segregation. This pushed those in the community to began their own business in which they would be able to support themselves. During this time, African Americans would open up businesses such as movie theaters, restaurants, healthcare. These turn of events would all those African American citizens to began building their wealth status as the were supporting one another and building one another up.

The white citizens in Tulsa, Oklahoma not only began to get envious of the money that the African American citizens were obtaining. But they were sitting on a gold mine as their land was prominent for producing oil and this was when the oil business was first breaking out. The white citizens hatched a plan in which they not only destroyed the business that were created by burning them but they also ensured 60% of the  African American citizens were arrested and the remain percentage many of them were killed.

Marcus Garvey

Marcus Garvey was born in August 17, 1887 in St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica. Garvey is known for his creation of the United Negro Improvement Association. Garvey’s intent was to use this program to ensure that African American descendants would be come knowledgeable of their origins and potentially return to Africa. Garvey who was originally born in Jamaica, began this purpose in Jamaica after successfully creating the program he relocated to the United States. His relocation was to ensure that he would raise enough revenue to keep this program afloat.

While in the United States, he resided in Harlem. During his time in Harlem, he would be publishing the Negro Weekly. This paper was used to teach African Americans there history and how to grow. While in Harlem, his organization began to get a lot of traction and they held their first meeting in the Madison Square Garden. In addition to this, Garvey opened the Black Star Line which was a black importing business. Garvey began to become a rival of FBI Director J. Hoover. Hoover went as far as to hiring the first African American FBI Agent just for him to implement the UNIA to see what was their setup. Garvey was arrested due to mail fraud , after serving his time, he was deported back to Jamaica. He would later re-locate to London, however his presence just wasn’t as strong as it was in the States. Garvey passed away on June 10, 1940 in London.