By: DesiBjorn

http://theangriestblackmaninamerica.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/culture-of-dependency-the-trap/

The Story

In the last post in this series I discussed how the inefficiencies of social programs create a trap of poverty not because everyone who utilizes them is trying to live off the system, but because the programs do not actually offer a platform for which people can actually elevate or restore their lives to a normal (I use that word very loosely) standing.

Check out my friend Nikala’s post on this wonderful lady Chimamanda Adichie
http://blackhomeschoolmom.com/2013/03/14/chimamanda-adichie-the-danger-of-a-single-story/

By: Osage Dior

On April 16, 2012-I was working in Douala, Cameroon-just turned 27. I knew that if I left my job at 12:00am in the morning to catch a taxi to get back home-nothing would happen to me. The same day an article was posted discussing four white men who was convicted for beating a black man at a downtown bus stop in Houston around midnight. These men apparently bonded over an iconic white supremacist tattoo they all had and decided to hang some strange fruit #Texasstyle. Using a ploy of, “What time is it…?”, these men gathered around Yondell Johnson at the bus stop and beat him severely.