“License and identification please”, even today those words seem to strike fear into the hearts of the most innocent of people. The dread that comes over you, the way your imagination runs wild, you can’t seem to stop playing the worst case scenarios over and over again in your head. What is the worst that…
A simple search on a metropolitan street corner or a few key strokes on Youtube will produce a plethora of voices rising to a crescendo, the chant, ‘Ani Israel.’ Men, women, and children of all ages and understandings publicly voice their opinions, disagreeing on different aspects of the ‘walk,’ yet one point connects them all; the…
‘It was bad,” or “it was so long ago, get over it,” are some of the cliché responses that one would hear at the very mention of slavery. Yes, I said it slavery, slavery, slavery the trans-Atlantic slave trade was the most horrific mass trafficking of human bodies in history and it deserves more attention…
All the women who are independent throw your hands up and tell the truth. In the ‘Black’ community there is a long-standing much-contested statistic that states, 70% of professional ‘black’ women are single. Does more independence equal fewer opportunities for stable marriages and long-term relationship, if so why? Women are the number one consumers of…
What would happen if an elderly ‘black’ man walked up to a ‘white’ thirty-something-year-old woman in a supermarket and started whispering to her? Even more what if his conversation went something like this; “you better guard your children closer or I am going to take them home with me.” In the midst of his warning,…
Blissfully Ignorant Obstinately Defiant Choosing to ignore all facts that don’t mesh with your theory Seeking, speaking , living truth makes you weary A marathon not a sprint Refreshing yourself at the water station of life Cool taste of wisdom or sweet folly Which will you choose to quench your undying thirst to know Which…
About Author Emunah Y’srael is an expert in DIY Soul Improvement with over 20 years actively dedicated to her own soul journey. She is the creator of the a myriad of self-improvement projects. Emunah has authored to date four books, all available on amazon. For question or comments on the contents of this article feel…
Seven women tried out for one role He promised to call you back You waited Good news We picked you to come on board the project Or business Or what ever he chooses to call his enterprise Call backs happen often The role of wife is reoccurring His impulsive nature is the reason You must abandon the…
For those of us into the correct retelling of history, pictures like this one are enough to raise questions and eyebrows. The proverbial saying hindsight is twenty-twenty rings loud and true in this age of social media, Photoshop and the YouTube. The latter gives us the ability to binge watch literal decades in a manner days, go…
In the winter of 1994 thirty-six-year-old “sex symbol” superstar Madonna, allegedly pursued twenty-two-year-old Tupac Shakur first in New York and then again California. Shakur was gaining a reputation for being a ‘gangster’ and his many run-ins with law kept his name in the papers. The ‘like a virgin’ pop icon was reportedly worth over 100 million…
