Keep Dreaming.

The Wall Street Protest.

Images VIA dailymail

The Civilized Black Man.

Copyranter posted this ad on his blog asking if it was racist. What do you think? There are other executions with other "races."

My opinion.....well, I am biased as I sport a natural afro and facial hair AND I wear it to work. Does that make me uncivilized? Not so much of an issue of race as it is a lack of cultural understanding. Or maybe they understand american culture just enough. The implication, I think reflects the American standard for an acceptable black ale in the work force. For thier next trick...Nivea will replace gold grills with real teeth and turn video hoes into video ladies.

VIA copyranter

Old Navy hates America.

Hopefully your fourth of July was better than this Old Navy commercial. Which shouldn't be that difficult...all-in-all....

Who is Paul Revere?

Paul Revere...warned the british about American gun control. I must've misread that chapter in 6th grade. My bad.

I'm late on this but....

Hillarious.

i love our president

"... WHERE ARE BIGGIE AND TUPAC.." - Obama on unanswered questions that Trump will get to the bottom of. LOL

OBAMA 2012!

4th Amendment Underclothes.

"Now there's a way to protest those intrusive TSA X-ray scanners without saying a word.

4th Amendment Metallic ink-printed undershirts and underwear."

This is interesting. Call me old fashioned....but I dont want to be on a plane that will blow up. The fact that it's flying thousands of feet above the ground is crazy enough for me. But I dont need to be sitting next to people with bombs in thier tube socks. That said....I just want to make my flight. So if you guys are gonna protest on the security lines, use these.

VIA denveregoist

The Linkdown.

1. After you take in the picture. Please note that the Situation has made it onto GQs Men of the Year list. This just in.... GQ has lost all credibility....

2. It's 10 am, did your kid get strip searched today? How do you feel about the TSA?

3. "Lick the most elegant way!" Oh word...we just went there.

4. You look DELICIOUS.

5. Drop the word "Little"...and you have Underworld, seasoned in The Village, baked heavily in Twilight with a side of Mean Girls. Red Riding Hood.

6. Let's inspire street racing shall we.

7. It's DENIM CHICKEN.

8. The Haroshi Nike Dunk is sick to death. Wowzerz.

9. Nom Nom Nom......cemetary...Nom, Non, Nom...

African American Relationships:Is there really an issue with black marriages?

So I have this friend, La Nia who just starting blogging. She's a really interesting person in real life, so I assume her blog will reach the same hieghts of...interesting-ness. But anyway, she raised a question very recently: Is there really an issue with black marriages? And she asked my opinion (I don't know why). She references a few articles, with stats like "According to statistics over 40% of African-American women over the age of forty are unmarried compared with 20% of white women and around 30% of Hispanic women...yada, yada, yada." But perhaps the most interesting/entertaining parts of her blog post are the two videos below. Sponsored and made by blackmarriage.net, the videos feature a black couple embarking upon a relationship, but first....they voice their standards of operation. I'm not gonna lie, it's pretty hysterical.

Men's perspective (why they don't like black women: problems with the way black women think about themselves, what they could/would do to you if you dont comply and what they expect from a relationship)




Woman's perspective / the rebuttal to the above video (why they don't like black men: problems woman have with the way black men think about themselves, their needs personally (head) and what they expect from a relationship)

I mean...I would be lying if I said that some of the stereotypes put forth are not accurate depictions of what the sexes in our community think of each other. Stereotypes are...for the most part, true. That's why they are stereotypes. For instance...I know (personally) a girl of a lovely chocolate complexion who WILL NOT date a guy under 6ft. I also know dudes who don't want to date girls from an HBCU and complain that black girls don't give head.

My opinion, in the long haul, I think the needs of men and women in relationships are the same across all the races. Money, feelings of independence, feelings of dependence, kids, sex...you name it, we all go through it. The nuances picked up in this video of the African American race, are just issues that pertain specifically to our culture. Married dudes who want their wives to not nag them for staying out late with their boys....I believe all men want that, regardless of ethnicity. A feeling of independence, but still being "kept"...I think all woman want that. The only difference is the way we phrase it. The spin we put on it. And you can blame that on our culture. Honestly, there was a time (not too long ago) that an entire group of people were forced to band together as one single unit and fight to preserve themselves in this country. Being one black unit and fighting for the rights of that black unit was a necessity to survive. But now as the time goes forth opportunities have presented themselves that weren't there in the past. The ability to transcend cultural norms is now on the table (or atleast slowly being presented as such). You no longer have to go to an HBCU to get and education and women don't have to have 12 kids to make sure their husbands surnames survive all the lynchings.

So these videos, as funny as they are...reflect a shift in the social norms of the African American culture. The Black Unit is no longer as defined as it once was. the need for it, has decreased. There are many different types of black people now. We all don't have to join a fraternity or sorority to get higher education. We all don't live and die for hip hop. We aspire to other careers besides law, office administration and being a teacher (not knocking those professions at all), but we can now be renaissance men and women: graphic designers, actors, artists, and even...the president. As a race don't need to stay within our ethnicity or culture to date or marry anymore. That's a new thing. So maybe that's what is affecting the black marriage stats. New opportunities. And if you pair these new opportunities with some of the common ruts of stereotypical actions and thinking like we saw in the video (let's keep in mind that stereotype exist, because they are true) and taaaddaaaaaa, the decline of the traditional black marriage.

That's just a theory though. My major premise however, is that the needs and wants discussed in the videos above, are not just limited to the black race. And I think that is mportant to point out. There is a unique difference between men and women overall...and I think that is for the better. We (the black community) just have a more colorful way of making our points known....son.

And that's my opinion. I didn't mean to get all Malcom X on yall (blame La Nia). But generally speaking....

FYI, ladies..... "A man who can make me laugh, is a thug and can kick it with the boys in the boardroom." This shape shifting... X Man....mutant, does not exist. You need to pick one. FACT.

Cheers.

The Women of SNL do Real Housewives.

Pretty genius.

VIA stuffflypeoplelike

Faceless Americans.

In an attempt to bring knowledge to the world about the travesty that is the "Don't ask, dont tell" policy Jeff Sgeng exhibits faceless portraits of gay servicemen and women of America. This is a sad thing that is becoming common place here in America. Putting your own freedom's above others. To tell someone that they are good enough to die for thier country, as long as they don't tell anyone they are gay....goes against everything that supposedly makes America different. Supposedly.

Photography by Jeff Sgeng

The Industry of Advertising, thinks about Muslim Perception in America.

"The controversy over the proposed site of the Park51 Islamic Center two blocks from Ground Zero has exposed fault lines in American society. The project has inspired a fervent national debate about religious freedom and tolerance and protecting the sanctity of a site where thousands perished in the World Trade Center attacks.

According to a Time magazine poll conducted last month, 61 percent of 1,000 adults surveyed opposed the project, while 26 percent supported it. Just 23 percent said it would be a symbol of religious tolerance, while 44 percent said it would be an insult to those who died on 9/11. Additionally, 46 percent of those polled believed Islam was more likely than other faiths to encourage violence against non-believers, although only 37 percent said they knew a Muslim American.

Adweek editors Eleftheria Parpis and Brian Morrissey challenged over 30 agencies to apply their communications skills to address the issue. Five did so.

The brief: change the perceptions of ordinary Americans toward Islam and Muslims, and encourage dialog between those who oppose and support the building of the community center. Participants were free to choose whatever media they felt would be most effective in communicating their ideas. Here are the agencies' visions and the summaries of their strategic thinking, in their own words."

The results are underwhelming.

The Linkdown: 9/11

And

1. Then someone desecrated a Quran at Ground Zero on Sept 11th. Surprise.

2. The raindbow office is brilliant.

3. Wowzers, 50 cents is really trying hard not to have gay fans.

4. Why is it that Tyler Perry's posters are always better than his movies? Always.

5. Penises....yeah I guess that's one way to promote eye wear.

6. Is anyone else upset that Lady Gaga wasted all that meat?

7. So let me get this straight....you want me to trade my cleanliness for the life of a fish. OCD is this gold fish's death wish.

8. "Jesus Christ Cartman."

9. Now that, is a rat tail.

Americans event too...The Bubble Room.

I guess that at the bottom of some lake in Nevada...lies a room called the bubble room.

1.) I was completely impressed by what was going on in the little US of A, until I saw that everyone in the bubble room had crazy mustaches....then I knew, it was just a giant gravity bong. I swear, if weed heads ran the pentagon...

2.) I wonder if you are allowed under there with or with out legal documentation of your citizenship. Mustachio looked a little suspicious. (Too soon?)

VIA boingboing

FOX...is either evil or stupid.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
The Parent Company Trap
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party

I choose choice C. (BOTH).

Green old White Guys....is so yesterday.

Dont get crazy...it's just a design competition. Reserve the "Obama replaced Washington" anger for a different blog. This is waht we like to call....hypothetical design. SF-UK design firm Dowling Duncan put thier spin on the US note....adding a techni-color look, rearranging how you read the bill and varying the lengths of each bill (" so that when you stack your bills, you can instantly eyeball how much you’ve got"). Fun-ness.

Identify bills would be alot easier. But every other notion about the bill...has been done in other countries. Kinda-sorta.

VIA kissmyblackads

Freedom of Religion...as long as we tell you where and when.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Mosque-Erade
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party

Stewart once again...through the means of humor, lays down the facts.

1. Just as Freedom of Speech allows people to say lunatic shit, anywhere and anytime (and hey, if you add on some state laws...they get to have guns too), Freedom of Religion, does the same. No?

2. Murder Caps. Catholic Parishes built by the playgrounds. And Nazi's building signs next to Holocaust museums.

Your state is cheesy.

The United States cutting board by etsy seller AHeirloom.

VIA likecool

Prop 8....denied.

As it turns out....legal discrimination is indeed illegal and unamerican.

Now we just have to worry about having the 14th Amendment revoked. Hey American Government...."No Take Backs."