Saturday, December 21, 2019

Should Blacks Vote Since Reparations Has Been Sidelined By Both Parties?

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Some Influential Black Social Media Thought Leaders Are Espousing Voting Apathy Because Reparations Isn't Taken Seriously By Either Party.
However Is This A Good Strategy?
Dem Debate 12-19

By Kamau Austin, Publisher Scoop Publications

There has always been demoralized and apathetic black people who have felt voting, especially within the US 2-party system -- doesn't matter.  However, in the past these tended to be people who are economically and socially marginalized.

However more recently we have seen social media thought leaders, usually in a higher income and asset bracket - state this as well.  They have advocated for reparations as the litmus test of whether Blacks should vote in the US.  However it is becoming pretty apparent that both major parties are sidelining the reparations issue.

Did you notice the reparations question posed to former Vice President Joe Biden, in the last Democratic Presidential debate of 12/20/2019 - lasted like 5 seconds? Wow Biden redirected that question fast!

That's possibly the fastest redirect in US debate history?  LOL!  But Seriously, a Facebook Friend asked me "What does that tell you?" Hhhhhm good question. It tells me...

Monday, December 16, 2019

Black-Owned Directory Combines Groupon Features with Angie's List

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ENTREPRENEUR CREATES PLATFORM FOR BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES THAT COMBINES THE FEATURES OF ANGIE'S LIST AND GROUPON
Lynn Graham, founder of ClickUrban
Nationwide -- ClickUrban, the online directory and searchable database of cool Black-owned products and services, is now live. The official launch of the platform brings to the public a service based database of local communities across the US, and very soon, the rest of the world.

The New Black Angie's List is here!
Any local business can get a free listing on ClickUrban under its basic package. The features include searchable listing (third in search results), up to three categories to choose from, website link, phone number and ability to publish articles.

Getting featured in the directory is the first step to any Black entrepreneur's online success. The platform is dedicated to nurture diversity in all its forms, and the style, culture and taste of all things black and beautiful.

Sunday, December 15, 2019

Discover Why The Shadow... It's closer than you Think.

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Be Warned: The SHADOW... It's Closer Than You Think
By JV Howard

The moment we show up in the universe we are on a timeline with events, milestones, anniversaries , discovery, challenges, etc, which may occur immediately, or sooner than later, with some forthcoming. Yet, as the cliche goes; time flies and what seemed distance all of a sudden - to our amazement - appear “closer than we think.”

The monticule before us is the dogged pursuit to be a paragon of excellence during the major or minor paradigm shift we experience during our journey. As we traverse the timeline of life events your contribution to humanity, whether cardinal or spiritual, will be summarized during the reading of your eulogy not your curriculum vitae.

How it's read then depends on your body of work now. Full disclosure: Get busy! The end games for humanity, the planet, and our “own mortality” is on the menu of the penumbra. Too engrossed in the vicissitudes of life we have become oblivious to the Shadow who - in plain site - sits at the door with ghastly connotations.