Infographic: The Literal Meaning Of Every State Name In The U.S. | Co.Design: business + innovation + design

Infographic: The Literal Meaning Of Every State Name In The U.S. | Co.Design: business + innovation + design:

Black Culture, My mother used to say that the black woman is the...

"My mother used to say that the black woman is the white man’s mule and the white woman is his dog. Now, she said that to say this: we do the heavy work and get beat whether we do it well or not. But the white woman is closer to the master and he pats them on the head and lets them sleep in the house, but he ain’ gon’ treat neither one like he was dealing with a person. Now, if I was to tell a white woman that, the first thing she would do is to call you a nigger and then she’d be real nice to her husband so he would come out here and beat you for telling his wife the truth."
Nancy White as quoted in From Servitude to Service Work: Historical Continuities in the Racial Division of Paid Reproductive Labor

Like it or not, you from Africa.


"Auntie Peg-Leg"


Baad Brother Whoo....


Baad Sister Whoo..


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37%

U.S. families that have a head of household that is under the age of 30 have a poverty rate of 37 percent.

45 percent of all children are living in poverty in Miami, more than 50 percent of all children are living in poverty in Cleveland, and about 60 percent of all children are living in poverty in Detroit.

None but ourselves can free our minds

"None but ourselves can free our minds."

on a Harlem store front door...


African American infants...


how suitable...


Who is Claudia Jones?

Who is this woman and why is malcolm x holding a newspaper article about her?  

Abandoned b u i l d i ngs

According to the NYT, there are now approximately 70,000 abandoned buildings in Detroit.

Value .


Amish Teens

....Amish teens during their Rumspringa years - when they cast of their parents' rules and experiment with technology, popular culture, alcohol and even sex and drugs.  Most Amish boys and girls, though, live at home during Rumspringa and only party on the weekends.  When they do party, it is nearly always with other Amish on Rumspringa.  Even with vast new-found freedom, many Amish teens can't bear to stray far from home or from their traditional values.

Bi-pedal Locomotion'a Muhgg...

Bi-pedal Locomotion'a Muhgg... especially if your hips shaped as Gibbon-such (smile).

...but why'd he try it?  (far easier to swing below the bridge or use trees...) why did he/she try it that way?

The REAL Kid Rock: Meet the three sixth-graders whose heavy metal band is taking New York by storm | Mail Online


Meet the three sixth-graders whose heavy metal band is taking New York by storm
Malcolm Brickhouse Jarad Dawkins and Alec Atkins, are from Brooklyn
They regularly busk in Times Square where they say the bucket fills fast
They keep energy up on stage by swilling mug after mug of hot chocolate
Their other vice is pizza, Chinese food and mint MMs
Once had a singer but 'he was a difficult person to work with, things change'