Nivea Apologizes For 'Offensive And Inappropriate' Re-Civilize Ad
Update-Swiss based cosmetic giant Nivea has issued an official apology for their ‘Re-Civilize’ Men’s ad. Yesterday Nivea came under fire for it’s new ad attempting to re-civilize black men. The add...
View ArticleTaye Diggs Reveals Black Men Are Scarred by Colorism
Taye Diggs pried open a can of worms when he said that he still had self-esteem issues well into adulthood because of his dark skin. In a piece I wrote for MyBrownBaby.com, Taye said it wasn’t until he...
View ArticleRacial Discrimination May Exacerbate Depression Among Black Men
Enduring subtle, insidious acts of racial discrimination is enough to depress anyone, but African-American men who believe that they should respond to stress with stoicism and emotional control...
View ArticleU.S. Senate Pushes Govt. to Help Black Men Stay Alive
The levels of prostate cancer in black men has reached such “epidemic proportions” that the United States Senate last week passed a resolution urging Federal agencies to do more research and education...
View ArticleBlack Women Now Live Longer Than White Women without HS Diploma
A new study on life expectancy in the United States has unearthed a rather shocking discovery: Among women without a high school diploma, black women now live longer than white women. The study, which...
View ArticleShootings of Unarmed Black Men Deserve Answers
Two cities in Miami-Dade County have experienced controversial shootings that resulted in police killing unarmed black men. That’s where the similarity ends. In the city of Miami, grieving families,...
View ArticleA Crying Shame: 10 Black Celebs Who Don’t Date the Black Woman
Detroit Lions running back Reggie Bush is famous for his talents on the field, but the football star is also famous for never being seen within 100 yards of a black woman. Heisman Trophy winner...
View Article5 Things Black Men Can Do To Move Us Forward
Faith Matters Join and build institutions that uplift the community. Spirituality has been an important part of black culture before slavery, during and after. The African-American churches have...
View ArticleRace Matters When it Comes to Online Dating
Researchers recently took data from the Facebook app Are You Interested and found that not only is race a factor in our online dating interests, but particular races get disproportionately high — and...
View ArticleStudy: Racist Experiences Speed Up Aging Process in Black Men
There has long been speculation that the stressors of racism shorten the life span of African-Americans, and now researchers have medical evidence: A new study reveals that being the victim of racism...
View Article7 Things Every African-American Man Should Know By Age 30
Successful in Life Requires Hard Work Far too often young Black men get caught up in the fantasy of making a quick dollar. However, by age 30 the realization should set in that nothing worthwhile comes...
View ArticleStudy: Black Men Have Made Little Progress in Society Over Last 50 Years
The popular narrative is that economic and social progress for African-Americans has proceeded steadily upward over the past century, like a smooth incline, culminating six years ago with the election...
View ArticleDoes American Court System Prevent Black Men From Being Good Fathers?
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View ArticleHow the Police Arrest Black Men at High Rates – Part II
Does the New Orleans Police Department have an unethical way of arresting Black men at high rates and reducing violent crime? Sounds contradictory, doesn’t it? Let me describe the incident that drew me...
View ArticleAfter Demonstrating Success, Oakland’s Black Male Achievement Program Being...
Young Black students in Oakland are doing better in school because the African-American Male Achievement Office is placing an emphasis on how to educate them—and other cities are taking notice. The...
View Article10 Reasons Why Black Women Are Insanely In Love With Black Men
Black Men Walk Like Kings … and Indeed They Are There is nothing quite as sexy as when a Black man walks like the king that he is. It’s something that makes women just melt at the very sight of it....
View ArticleA Black Mother’s Painful Letter to Her 8-Year-old Son: How to Behave in a...
November 25, 2014 To my beautiful boy, It is with profound sadness that I sit here writing this letter to you. You are only 8-years old and your world revolves around your friends and your family. You...
View ArticleBlack Male Students at Yale Offer Powerful, Silent Comfort To Michael Brown’s...
The recent grand jury decisions that did not indict white police officers Darren Wilson and Daniel Pantaleo for their roles in killing unarmed Black men led to protests in cities across the nation. The...
View ArticleThe Way These Young Black Boys Are Tackling Their Mistreatment In Society Is...
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View ArticlePsychologist: Society Has a Vested Interest in Demonizing Black Men
By Manny Otiko If you look at the media, it’s easy to believe all Black man are hypersexualized thugs who impregnate women and then abandon them. But the truth is quite different. There are many...
View ArticleErnestine Johnson’s ‘Dear Black Man’ Is an Emotionally Riveting Poem Everyone...
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View ArticleObama Gave a “Tough Love” Speech Before Leaving Kenya, but do Black People...
U.S. President Barack Obama waves after speaking at Safaricom Indoor Arena in Nairobi on July 26, 2015 (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb) President Obama has been known to give African Americans a dose of “tough...
View Article‘Health Walk’ Raises Awareness for Black Families
This summer, Columbus, Ohio residents gathered to run or walk through the city to send the message that health is important in the Black community, particularly for Black men. There were nearly 10,000...
View ArticleNew Report Provides Evidence That Alabama Police, District Attorney Have...
Pictured in the image above, Carlton Ott, Clark Rice, Steve Hamm, Steve Parrish, David Jay, Michael Magrino, Dewayne Herring, Andy Hughes, Gary Coleman, and Scott Smith (Photo: Henry County Report). A...
View ArticleA Detailed Look at Why Many People Believe the Justice System for Cops Allows...
As #BlackLivesMatter protesters demand #Justice4Jamar – a look at what happens to the cops who kill black men: https://t.co/NykzyyB0oE — AJ+ (@ajplus) December 23, 2015
View ArticleAzealia Banks Drags Wale, Accuses Black Men of Selling Black Women into Slavery
The Boom Box Controversial rapper Azealia Banks tore into fellow hip-hop artist Wale Wednesday after he took aim at Banks’ comments on Black men and Black media. The 24-year-old said on Twitter that...
View Article‘Stay Tuned’: Author Shares How to Balance Faith, Family and Career In Debut
“Stay Tuned” by Nick F. Nelson is a self-help book that details not only how to find success at work but also how to achieve spiritual and mental balance in life, both of which are crucial to a...
View ArticleBrookings Institute Study Suggests Black Men are Bringing Black Women Down...
Black women have roughly the same odds of escaping poverty as white women, the study found. (Photo by Hero Images) A new Brookings Institute study has Black folks up in arms over its suggestion that...
View ArticleLouisiana Chili’s Restaurant Under Fire After Calling Police on Group of...
Quietly chatting with friends in a restaurant parking lot is the latest addition to a growing list of things Black folks can’t do without having the cops called on them. A Chili’s restaurant in...
View ArticleStudy Suggests Black Men are Out-Churching Other Races, But Still Less...
Though women have historically been the stalwarts when it comes to religion, a recent Pew Research Center study shows that Black men may actually be reversing that trend. The study, published in late...
View ArticleFamily Hopes to Prove Man’s Innocence, Even After his Death
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Lee Wayne Hunt died a prisoner, officially deemed guilty of a double murder — even though a co-defendant absolved him in a conversation with a lawyer that remained secret for...
View ArticleActivists Urge Fort Worth’s Black Community to Boycott After Police Decline...
A group of activists are calling on Fort Worth’s Black community to boycott local businesses, as well as an upcoming art festival until there’s an arrest in the case of a man fatally shot by his...
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