cloudyskiesandcatharsis: The Most Important Thing by Brian Sokol New York-based photographer Brian Sokol captures insightful portraits of Sudanese, Syrian, and Malian refugees who have unfortunately been forced to flee from their homes, grabbing what they could with them, in a series for the UN Refugee Agency called The Most Important Thing. The collection of black and white images present an eye-opening look into the lives of these people who...

You may never eat street food in China again after watching this video

You may never eat street food in China again after watching this videoBlack market dealers turn garbage or sewage into cooking oil. It’s gross. Note: This ain’t about how nasty the Chinese are, this is about Capitalism. Watch the video and the man speaking at the very end pretty much lays out the fullest and most accurate definition of Capitalism I’ve ever heard. Now for the analysis: China is late to capitalism because it was...

The US has an ongoing undercurrent of Racism and a blatant policy of Black Genocide, but Black folks can only manage to be outraged when that undercurrent bubbles to the surface in the form of some obese Southern Belle getting busted saying what the vast majority of White folks think, or when some powerless White people don some racists Halloween costumes. WTF am I missing here? Listen, if no White person ever utters the word...

Stolen Legacy / Loss Profits: Black Achievement & Invention Under White Domination

On October 29th, in 1889 John Standard patented the Standard Oil Stove. This brother also patented the Standard Refrigerator. Although I’m a student of history, you will find that I’m not keen on sharing “Black Achievement,” type shit for this reason: Everything created, built, invented, cultivated, or even possessed by the Slave is, or becomes property of the Master. Without exception. I’m not saying this because...

The Affordable Care Act (aka: Obamacare) was a Right-Wing Conservative policy developed by the The Heritage Foundation and first implemented in Massachusetts by none other than Mitt Romney. Obama’s National Energy Policy is all but identical to the “Drill Baby Drill” policy put forth by his Right-Wing Opponents, and written by Dick Cheney and the Fossil Fuel Industry. Obama ran on and was elected on his record of opposing the...