by emctab | Oct 24, 2016 | Children, Community, From BW Writes, Men, Politics, Religion, Women
So Birth of a Nation debuted at the box office 17 days ago, and it has grossed $14.2 million dollars since then. For an indie film that cost $8.5 million to make, it has nearly doubled its cost and can be seen in some circles as a success. It also sold for $17.5...
by emctab | Jul 23, 2015 | Children, Community, From BW Writes, Men, Politics, Religion, Women
For some time I’ve considered writing a post about this but never found the motivation to actually sit down and start writing, but the other day after addressing a post on Facebook and getting the typical response from so called “conscious” black dudes, I decided to...
by emctab | Jan 27, 2015 | Children, Community, From BW Writes, Men, Politics, Religion, Women
So I ran across this post in my feed (pictured ) and I was thinking, why do we champion this understanding and embrace it wholeheartedly, because the average African-American will see this meme and feel as if it’s on point! We tend to act as if every house negro...
by emctab | Aug 9, 2014 | Children, Community, From BW Writes, Men, Politics, Religion, Women
Average Black people don’t care about the past, are afraid of the future and live expressly for Right NOW! It’s evident in how they think the past holds no solutions for whats happening NOW and that things will only stay the same or get worse in the future. So whats...
by emctab | Aug 4, 2014 | Children, Community, From BW Writes, Men, Politics, Religion, Women
Self Oppression, We’re Headed for Self Oppression! Sing that to the tune from the 91 hit classic Self Destruction, by BDP and various top tier artist of the era, and then read this! One day I was in a debate with a couple brothers about the plight of the Black man in...
by emctab | Jun 11, 2014 | Children, Community, From BW Writes, Men, Politics, Religion, Uncategorized, Women
I was recently tagged in a photo uploaded on Facebook to Witches Brew page, of a Mahogany card, by Hallmark, for Father’s Day. I know some of you are saying “ok”, “and”! Well the card was for Fathers Day but as you can see in the picture it was addressed to Mothers on...
