(Originally published at the Black Man Survival Guide)
How come politics never changes? The vast majority of Americans believe that the rich don't pay enough taxes and that corporations are seizing too much financial and political power in Americ ...
Posted Tuesday, August 28th 2012 at 5:03PM
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(Originally posted in the Black Man Survival Guide)
For no apparent reason 24 year-old James Holmes walked into a crowded theater in Aurora Colorado and shot 50 people, killing at least 12.
Reminiscent of Columbine, here we have another case o ...
Posted Friday, July 20th 2012 at 6:47PM
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The following is part 1 of the article "5 Myth Busting Groups of African Americans". Read the full story at AfroDaddy.com.
Although we certainly live in a society where people are not as blatantly stereotyped as they were in the past, it is clea ...
Posted Friday, May 25th 2012 at 6:35PM
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Just posted a list of the best rappers of all time at AfroDaddy.com. Here is the list. What do you think?
1. Jay-Z
2. Chuck D
3. Nas
4 Tupac Shakur
5.Eminem
6. Notorious BIG
7. Kanye West
8. Ice Cube
9. Rakim
10. KRS-One
10 Best Rapp ...
Posted Wednesday, April 25th 2012 at 4:09PM
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We just posted our list of 50 blogs for African Americans in the Afro Blog. Thought I'd give you a taste here. You can see the rest of the list here
Activist
Black Informant - Still one of my absolute favorites. This man does his research an ...
Posted Wednesday, April 18th 2012 at 5:20PM
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The Black Panther Party was one of the most influential civil rights groups of the 1960’s and early 1970’s. One of the things that made them so popular and their movement so strong was their clear description of their demands and the approach th ...
Posted Friday, February 10th 2012 at 1:24PM
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AfroDaddy.com, tagline "The Black Man Survival Guide", is a self-help website focused on providing African Americans (and particularly black men) the answers to questions about how to survive and prosper in America. Our goal is to be the #1 web reso ...
Posted Friday, September 23rd 2011 at 4:08PM
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Originally posted at AfroDaddy.com: http://afrodaddy.com/The-AfroBlog/landau-eugene-murphy-winner-americas-got-talent
I'm not a big fan of television talent shows, but there is one that I do enjoy - America's Got Talent. As compared to other show ...
Posted Thursday, September 15th 2011 at 4:14PM
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We all know that slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, lynchings and racism put blacks at a significant sisadvantage when it comes to wealth building in America, but it seems that there is little understanding of why Black America is still so far behind ma ...
Posted Monday, August 8th 2011 at 9:59AM
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The current economic downturn, combined with the recent financial meltdown and the current housing bubble has made life for many Americans difficult if not unbearable. One of the age old truths that is still holding water during this economic climat ...
Posted Monday, July 18th 2011 at 7:57PM
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Black role models are everywhere, and for better or for worse television is a place where many people find them. Although there are many family shows over the years, there have been far too few black family shows depicting the black family in a posi ...
Posted Friday, June 17th 2011 at 11:10PM
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Originally published today at The AfroBlog at http://afrodaddy.com
Turn on the TV and watch your favorite prime time shows. You won’t see too many young black women there. Look at the top 50 movies in the US. Not a single black leading l ...
Posted Wednesday, April 20th 2011 at 10:38AM
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I get down a lot on current hip hop because I really feel that the artists have slipped a lot. What used to be revolutionary, political, fun, and interesting has degraded to one song after another glorifying gangsters and degrading women. This song ...
Posted Monday, April 18th 2011 at 5:43PM
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This was originally posted a few months ago but I thought I would share it with you in light of our terrible economy and our (almost) government shutdown. The post is kind of long so I will post the first part here and you can find the rest at this ...
Posted Monday, April 11th 2011 at 1:48PM
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Education is the key to our future. With all of the budget cuts taking direct aim at education it is becoming more difficult for our youth to get the basic tools they need for college. If they do make it through the struggling public school system, ...
Posted Friday, April 8th 2011 at 12:56PM
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Sharing some positive quotes from African Americans that may touch move and inspire you.
“Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.â€
Ma ...
Posted Monday, April 4th 2011 at 11:57AM
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"We are more alike than unalike" - Maya Angelou
Although there are many real external obstacles that keep black men from living the lives that we want, often times the biggest barriers are internal and start with our way of thinking. In many case ...
Posted Friday, April 1st 2011 at 2:48PM
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Sharing the latest blog post from The AfroBlog on http://afrodaddy.com
Most people living in America who are even mildly socially aware know that many young Americans smoke weed. Recent studies by the National Institute on Drug Abuse show that ne ...
Posted Monday, March 28th 2011 at 11:57AM
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Too many young black men are dying prematurely of heart disease, diabetes, prostate cancer and worst of all homicide. We need to help educate our young men on the real risks and the real statistics. Please share this with others and one love. ...
Posted Tuesday, March 22nd 2011 at 4:33PM
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Originally posted at http://afrodaddy.com
Let’s face it there aren’t too many way legitimate ways to get rich in America. In an earlier Survival Guide article I cited 4 primary ways to get rich: own a business, own property, be an i ...
Posted Monday, March 21st 2011 at 7:50PM
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Before we can talk about what the tea party is scared of we must first define who the tea party is. Contrary to misconceptions perpetrated by the media, the tea party is not a group dominated by backwoods, racist rubes from Bumblestraw, Arkansas. Su ...
Posted Thursday, March 17th 2011 at 11:31AM
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