Evelyn Lozada has come under attack once again, this time by Terrell Owen’s assistants Kita and Mo who called her a “walking yeast infection”, and a poor example for her daughter. You can add these ladies to the growing list of people who dislike the ‘Basketball Wife’ including Royce Reed and Tami Roman, whose husband she confessed to sleeping with. While Roman may have a rightful reason to dislike the Puerto Rican beauty, a slew of ‘Basketball Wife’ fans have been known to harshly criticize her every move. So does everyone really hate Evelyn? Or are they just mad that they’re non-motherf*cking factors? Check out a few reasons why everyone might hate Evelyn at HipHopWired.com
My mother asked me the other day when I plan to get married. With a somewhat cynical snicker, I informed her that it’s not that easy to simply ‘plan’ when I would be getting married. Somewhat jokingly she added, ‘well, are you even going to get married?’ She laughed. I didn’t. Because suddenly reality set in. What if I never got married? Would my life really be that unfulfilling if I never pronounced those two words that suddenly made someone my lifelong partner? If it were that easy and we could all plan when and how we would get married, most of us would be walking down the aisle sometime in our near futures (for some tomorrow would be a preference); but if we chose to listen to the statistics that suggest black women and marriage are as scarce as black sitcoms on television, then many of our futures would be just the opposite. Still, for all of the millions of women who are discouraged by the stats, would being single forever really be such a curse? Who says never getting married has to be equivalent to a death sentence? The world is built around love. Even the most selfish, superficial people do things to gain acceptance or receive love. With that being said, who doesn’t want a significant other to love and feel that love in return? It’s only natural that humans, especially women, yearn for love and affection; but what happens if that love doesn’t come in the package of a man (preferably an Idris Elba) ready to sweep you off your feet? Would you be just as satisfied receiving love from other sources? Continued at MadameNoire.com
Jesus … the wheel. A District of Columbia police officer has been charged in the death of a woman whose body was found along with that of her 1-year-old daughter in Prince George’s County. Police say Richmond Phillips was arrested Friday and charged with one count of first-degree murder. He is being held without bond. Police on Thursday night found the bodies of 20-year-old Wynetta Wright and Jaylin Wright in the area of Oxon Run Stream Valley Park. Police say Wright had obvious trauma to her body and her daughter may have died as a result of heat exposure. D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier called the crime horrific and said domestic violence can affect the most innocent victims. Wynetta Wright’s mother knew immediately that something terrible had happened when her daughter never came home Monday night. Wright left her home in Baltimore and brought along her 1-year-old daughter Jaylin, who was at the center of a child support dispute with the baby’s father Richmond Phillips. “He called her Monday night at 10:00 p.m. or 10:30 p.m. and asked her to meet him at the park. He has not called her in a year. Why she went to meet him I don’t know,” said Wyvette Wright, the missing woman’s mother. The bodies were found late Thursday night, minutes from Phillips home. Temperatures Tuesday and Wednesday reached into the upper 90s. “I get a call two bodies in the woods. This is the last place she was seen with her baby’s daddy,” Wyvette Wright said. The source says Wright and Phillips recently had a paternity tests scheduled for Tuesday, the day after she and the child went missing. Court records show they were due in court on Tuesday for a child support hearing. Damn, was this the only way out he saw? To murder a child and the woman with whom he had an extramarital affair? People are seriously losing value for life. Sadness. Source
What kind of neighbor are you? If you heard a couple next door to you fighting and you weren’t sure whether or not it was physical would you call the police? If you knew for sure it was physical, would you call the police? Some people think it’s not their place to jump in grown folks’ business no matter what. We asked some New Yorkers their thoughts. Check out the video at MadameNoire.com
Over forty years ago, African Americans demanded public school districts and other educational institutions to reform their curriculum in order to reflect the experiences and histories of folks other than white men. Those opposed to the curriculum change argued that inclusion of the civil rights movement and notable black figures would challenge religious values and politicize the curriculum. Nevertheless, in the years that followed, other ethnic groups and women would follow suit and push schools to revise their curriculum to be more reflective of United States history. These battles over what and whom should be included in public school curricula are far from over; e.g., Texas State Board of Education approves revising textbooks to eliminate the civil rights movement, and Mississippi becomes the first state to implement a civil rights curriculum for grades K through 12. But it appears that public school curricula may undergo an entirely new makeover with the recent news that the state of California is close to becoming the first state to require the teaching of gay history. ( Continued at The Atlanta Post )
Ever since the media began reporting on various statistics that people of color will become the new majority by 2050 in the United States and throughout most of the globe, there have been parallel reports circulating about the plight of the oppressed white guy. Yeah, you read that correctly. White men, who have long lived off of the divine privilege of whiteness, are now pulling out of the ole’ proverbial race card and claiming that their whiteness is somehow prohibiting them from moving ahead in society. You need a second to stop laughing? Sure, I’ll wait. Okay, got that out of your system? Good. Let’s continue .
