Unbe-weavable!
By The Orange Phoenix at 9 July, 2007, 4:00 am
So someone has to explain this new tidbit to me, in terms of new millennium style, when did wearing one’s own hair go out of style? And why haven’t I gotten the memo? Okay I have to admit to myself that sometimes I see someone walking down the street with a FLY-ass weave and it [...]
Read More >>One Man’s Flower is Another Man’s Weed
By Urban Thought at 6 July, 2007, 7:46 am
MOM: Come on, let’s go! CHILD: But I want to play with the flowers. MOM: They’ll be here when you get back. If you could only see the joy in this child’s face as he was playing in the grass, messing with what he thought to be flowers. If you never made it out of [...]
Read More >>Summer In NYC
By Urban Thought at 29 June, 2007, 3:14 pm
Loud screams, crowds of people, the heat is on. It’s a fight. Everyone appears to be wet or about to be. No, no blood in sight but there is a gun involved. No one is getting hurt, unless it’s their ego. It’s a water fight and the gun is actually a super soaker. This is [...]
Read More >>Living in the Hood: Safe Sex
By Crooked I at 15 June, 2007, 9:30 am
Living in the hood, you’ll find many things which shouldn’t be found in respectable living places. I’m not sure what respectable living entirely consists of however, after living with white folks for three years out of my life some things I see in the hood, throughout my building, and outside for that matter, I know [...]
Read More >>Knock Knock: Go Away!
By Urban Thought at 14 June, 2007, 2:28 pm
I’m not sure if Jehovah’s witnesses in my neighborhood actually work. Maybe they get paid for knocking on my door. Who knows what the deal is? At any rate, I wish they wouldn’t step foot near my residence. I want to put a sign on my door that says, “Don’t Knock Here. I don’t want [...]
Read More >>The Best HealthCare is SelfCare: Wife Swap
By Urban Thought at 5 June, 2007, 9:35 pm
As I found myself on the treadmill last night, I couldn’t help but look at one of the many flat screens that adorn the gym ceiling. Playing on the television was Wife Swap. Not a program that I care to watch however, when you are not as motivated as you should be while on the [...]
Read More >>Lost Children, Part 2: Why Not Sleep in Your Own Bed?
By Urban Thought at 1 June, 2007, 11:00 am
I know every parent isn’t like my mother. But I would think if you birth a child you would want to care for it. So why is it that I wake up this morning to find two children sleeping in the hallway? I know they are around 13 – 15 years old (you cannot tell [...]
Read More >>Lost Children: Do You Know Where Your Children Are?
By Urban Thought at 30 May, 2007, 11:00 am
Growing up in NYC is tough. Having a mother who grew up in NYC is even tougher. But that is my reality. Without my mother’s guidance I’m not so sure I’d be around today. She made it possible for me to explore the world outside the ghetto. For that I am appreciative. I remember one [...]
Read More >>How Do You Measure Your Manhood?
By Urban Thought at 3 May, 2007, 2:06 pm
How Do You Measure Your Manhood? Some men measure their manhood by a ruler. Others may measure it by characteristics within one’s personality, like my brother. I asked my brother, how do you measure manhood? He stated characteristics that are fitting of any human; Integrity, respect, spirituality, just to name a few. But he is [...]
Read More >>Hip-Hop Mogul Simmons Asks Execs To Remove “Extreme Curse Words” From Songs
By Urban Thought at 24 April, 2007, 10:06 am
Joshua Chase – AHN Staff Writer New York, NY (AHN) – Russel Simmons, one of the most widely-respected icons in the hip-hop community, announced on Monday through his Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, that he would ask record labels to “voluntarily remove/bleep/delete” three sexually – and racially – offensive words: bi*ch, h* and ni**er. “It is [...]
Read More >>Nappy Heads Strike Back
By The Orange Phoenix at 18 April, 2007, 11:06 am
Nappy Heads Strike Back So what can I say about Don Imus that hasn’t already been said. . . I’m glad he’s fired? – nah not really, I’m not for taking food from out somebody’s mouth. It’s about time. . . well, probably. I realize the one thing we haven’t said to Don Imus is [...]
Read More >>Mayor Bloomberg Pays Parents To Care for Their Kids
By Urban Thought at 30 March, 2007, 2:15 pm
It isn’t enough to have children and want to see them make a difference in the world, keep your family name going or push them to do better than you’ve done in life, out of love of self and love for your child. No, it isn’t that simple anymore (was it ever?). Mayor Bloomberg has [...]
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