Black Culture

Invoking the Spirits of Our Ancestors

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by Troy D. Curtis  “Follow in the footsteps of your ancestors, for the mind is trained through knowledge. Behold, their words endure in books. Open and read them and follow their wise instruction. For one who is taught becomes skilled. Do not be evil for kindness is good. Make the memory of you last through love of you. Multiply...

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Thutmose III

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Thutmose III is one of the baddest Black men ever to walk the Earth, and passed on a divine legacy to Black men and women today. His leadership and military conquests puts Alexander the Great to shame, his administrative abilities makes Washington D.C. look like a middle school student council, and his innovative ability were light years ahead of...

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Boko Haram, the Case of a Hijacked Revolution

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Once again, we here at United Black America are proud and humbled to feature a true Pan-Africanist and leader of intelligent thought in the person of the Honourable Dr Saka. His U.K. based site, The Doctor’s Report has quickly become a favorite of the United Black America staff, and we know you will enjoy his site as much as...

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Double Vision

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There’s something that gets in the way of da vision- division. The word “division” literally means double vision. If you have double vision, you have a physical problem. If your vision is divided, you have a spiritual problem. Since the great coming-together of the Civil Rights movement up to the death of Trayvon Martin, Black men and women, Black...

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The Coonish/Sellout Antics of Mary J. Blidge

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A Conscious Culture Friday Guest Post by Ernest Crim III As a freshman in college I eagerly awaited the release of Lupe Fiasco’s first solo album (and magnum opus?) Food and Liquor. For a hip hop fan who previously expressed fandom for the likes of Three 6 Mafia and Mike Jones while in high school, Lupe Fiasco was a...

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ONE MILLION HITS!!!!

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On Friday, my hosting company sent me an email congratulating me on reaching 1,000,000 HITS! I didn’t realize we were anywhere close to that!! So to celebrate, I went back and found the IP address for our ONE MILLIONTH VISIT. I wont repost the IP, but turns out is was one of our commenters named Eboni (check out her...

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The Mental Disease of White Supremacy

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As a high school student back in 1999, I made the comment that “if there is ever another Amadou Diallo, then his death would have been in vain”. In case you have forgotten who Amadou Diallo is, he was a 23-year-old African immigrant who was shot 19 times by plain clothes police officers. Diallo was unarmed at the time...

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The Science of Mass Mind Control

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Is it possible for an entire population to be completely brainwashed? Do governments and institutions actively and intentionally attempt to control the minds of the masses? If you were a victim of mass mind control, would you even know it? Oftentimes, members of the Black conscious community will use terms like “brainwashed” or “unconscious” to describe some of the...

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What Do We Know About Christianity? A #consciousculturefriday Guest Post

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Today, United Black America is blessed with the talents of guest writer Yonah El, one of the most prolific commenters in United Black America  history. His opinions mighe be controversy, his writing style may be different from the norm here, but he shares our passion – and we welcome him to the team. Make sure you break him in...

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The Feminization of Black Men is Soft Genocide in Action

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In plain terms, there is a direct relationship between the forced enslavement of Black men into white society, the ongoing fear of Black men by White men, the racist global system of white supremacy that we all live in, and the feminization of Black men in Western society. The formula is simple (Emasculization + Effeminization – Education = Domination)...

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