Race relations in the Western world is a game of chess, and Black people are its pawns. Socially liberal elites have always used Black people as an accessory in their struggle for power with Conservatives. Social Liberals use the Black Community as a model for their interpretations of counter-culture, wielding…

Black women remember. We remember seeing Black men get lynched, raped and beaten on plantations. We remember seeing them get falsely accused of being brutish monsters en masse. And so we are sensitive to them. We are gentle with them. ____________________________ Black men remember. They remember seeing Black women get lynched, raped, and beaten on plantations. They remember seeing us get falsely accused of being bed-wenches and jezebels en masse.

This week, The Grapevine gave us another riveting discussion on the Pop Culture phenomena that influence our day-to-day lives. The crew deliberated on the topic of ‘Culture Vultures’ and whether their presence within the margins (and often times the forefront) of Hip-Hop Culture are disadvantageous to the progress of the Black Community. Moderated by the programs lovely host, Ashley Akunna, the round-table representatives constantly bounced thought-provoking statements about our current social climate off of one another. Everyone at the round table was so on point this time around! There was never a single moment of inertia, but rather a perpetual momentum of well-founded criticisms of society at large. Let’s discuss the most profound quotes from this week’s episode:

We need to really examine our aesthetic tastes as a community and question the difference between our “preferences” and indoctrination. Black women idolize looser hair textures. This idolization stems from generations of being berated and abused by white slavers and colonizers for our features. Fast-forward several hundred years and our…

Thinking back to Haiti’s earthquake in 2010. I remember being saddened by how much of Haiti was destroyed by a random Natural Disaster. I remember feeling like there was almost a futility in trying to repair the severely damaged infrastructure, because the impact was too vast. …

According to Forbes Magazine, Beyonce is the first solo artist in the World to chart six consecutive number one albums. Beyonce is one of the 21st century’s most prolific artists. Her artwork has truly defined what the crux of this generation’s culture is. She is the Whitney, the Janet Jackson…

It seems as if every other day Black Twitter and Facebook argue over what exactly Black features are. What are traditionally Black features? This is a loaded question. After all, “Black” is not only defined by the 55 sovereign nations of the very phenotypically diverse African continent, but also the…