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5 New Books By Black Authors For Black Readers

5 New Books by Black Authors It’s time to charge our melanin with a great book. 1) American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson Author Lauren Wilkinson, a New York native, debuted with her page-turning novel American Spy, which was named “one of the best books in 2019 so far” by Time. The espionage thriller, which has been inspired by real life events, takes us back to 1986 with a black female FBI intelligence officer. This thriller is full of drama and romance—a no-brainer for a summer read. 2) Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America (by multiple authors) This 2019 YA fiction book features an intriguing compilation of short stories from some of today’s top black authors in the Young Adult genre, providing a glimpse of what it means to be young and black in America. Authors: Justina Ireland, Varian Johnson, Rita Williams-Garcia, Dhonielle Clayton, Kekla Magoon. Leah Henderson, Tochi Onyebuchi, Jason Reynolds. Nic Stone, Liara Tamani, Renée Wa...

Book of the Day "Adieu to God: Why Psychology Leads to Atheism"

Adieu to God examines atheism from a psychological perspective and reveals how religious phenomena and beliefs are psychological rather than supernatural in origin. Answers the psychological question of why, in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence to the contrary, do religions continue to prosper? Looks at atheism and religion using a fair and balanced approach based on the latest work in psychology, sociology, anthropology, psychiatry and medicine. Acknowledges the many psychological benefits of religion while still questioning the validity of its supernatural belief systems and providing atheist alternatives to a fulfilling life. Listen to FREE Audio Book Read on Kindle Order Paperback/Hardcover Facebook @ KweliKush IG @ KweliKush Twitter @ RoyalKweli Pinterest @ KweliKush Try Audible and Get Two Free Audiobooks

Teacher at Christian School Arrested for Molesting Boy

“She would write me up and other girls and, like, how ironic that you’re telling us how to dress, us how to be modest, and be Christian women, and you turn around doing the exact opposite,” said 2014 graduate Yhaneera Aparicio-Aramas. A 49 year old kindergarten teacher at Jordan Baptist School in Burbank, Illinois was arrested after she sexually assaulted a student, allegedly sent him and another student nude photos and videos, asked the first student to send photos back in return. Oh yeah, and her husband is the pastor who runs the school and two of her daughters are teachers at the school as well... The students in question were 15 and 16 when the abuse occurred. Shannon Griffin, has been charged with five counts of criminal sexual assault, one count of solicitation of child pornography, one count of distribution of harmful materials and one count of grooming. Griffin is reported to be one of those teacher who...

Update: Woman indicted for manslaughter after her five-month fetus was shot and died during a fight will not see a day in jail.

Charges have been dropped against Marshae Jones, the Alabama woman indicted for manslaughter after she was shot & lost her fetus last December. The state allows fetuses to be classified as victims in homicides or assaults. Mark Strassmann reports https://t.co/YoxpR8fxmh pic.twitter.com/hkZZiEqvmf — CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) July 3, 2019 The young woman indicted for manslaughter after her five-month fetus was shot and killed during a fight will not see a day in jail. On Wednesday (July 3) Bessemer Cutoff District Attorney Lynneice Washington dropped charges against Marshae Jones, 27, who was indicted on manslaughter last month. Authorities claim that on Dec. 4, Jones initiated a fight with 23-year-old Ebony Jemison over the father of Jones’ unborn baby. As a means of self-defense, Jemison shot the pregnant woman causing the death of the unborn fetus. But instead of charging Jemison, the grand jury blamed Jones. D...

Pregnant Woman Gets Shot and Charged with Manslaughter for Her Unborn Child

Should this woman get charged with manslaughter for allegedly starting a fight that lead to the death of her unborn child??? Marshae Jones, 28, is facing a manslaughter charge after her unborn baby died. Her crime? Allegedly provoking a fight with a person who ultimately shot her in the stomach, killing her baby. Police initially charged Ebony Jemison, 23, with manslaughter but the charge was dismissed when a grand jury didn't indict her. Jones was five months pregnant when she got into a fight with another woman outside a Dollar General store in Pleasant Grove, just west of Birmingham, the station said. Authorities say the dispute was about the child's father. “It was the mother of the child who initiated and continued the fight which resulted in the death of her own unborn baby,” Pleasant Grove police Lt. Danny Reid told AL.com shortly after the shooting. He said "the fight cause...

Book of the Day "The God Virus: How Religion Infects Our Lives and Culture"

What makes religion so powerful? How does it weave its way into our political system? Why do people believe and follow obvious religious charlatans? What makes people profess deep faith even as they act in ways that betray that faith? What makes people blind to the irrationalities of their religion yet they clearly see those of others? If these questions interest you, this book will give you the tools to understand religion and its power in you, your family and your culture. For thousands of years, religion has woven its way through societies and people as if it were part and parcel to that society or person. In large measure it was left unexplained and unchallenged, it simply existed. Those who attempted to challenge and expose religion were often persecuted, excommunicated, shunned, or even executed. It could be fatal to explain that which the church, priest, or imam said was unexplainable. Before the germ, viral, and parasite theory of disea...

How Pastors Profit From Human Trafficking

Evangelical pastors secretly play a huge role in human trafficking. And they also make a hefty profit from it, according to a report from the Guardian. Don't mistake these reports as "pastors assist asylum seekers"... No, these pastors are flat-out sneaking people past the U.S. border from places like Guatemala, offering little more than prayers for a safe journey, and making a tidy profit for every body they get through! Its another religious con game; the pastors’ presence is what helps justify the trip and taking the risks for some people. It turns out that Guatemala is one of the largest sources of migrants to the US, and churches and clergymen also play a role in the business of people-smuggling in that country as well. As trusted individuals in a deeply religious society, these pastors and priests offer comfort and a prayer for the safety of those undertaking the dangerous trip... Then they take a cut of t...

Book of the Day "The Illuminati's Greatest Hits: Deception, Conspiracies, Murders, and Assassinations by the World's Most Powerful Secret Society"

Born through Adam Weishaupt, in 1776, the secret society group known as the Illuminati have been wreaking havoc on the world ever since. They have fomented wars and have manipulated events from behind the shadows to diabolically implement their agenda of a new world order. People have heard of the Illuminati through popular culture, but most brush off their existence as nothing more than some "conspiracy theory" hatched by conspiracy theorists without doing any valid research that would perhaps discount their existence. Shame on them, because if they did the necessary research they would conclude that the Illuminati do actually exist in the annals of history. However, they supposedly disbanded which of course is not the case. Nonetheless, this powerful secret society is headed by 13 distinct bloodlines consisting of prominent families that you've probably heard of, like the Rothschilds and the Rockefellers. Behind the scenes the Illuminati are planning and im...

Tupac Was Woke AF!!!

Bertrand Russell, Isaac Butterfield, Tupac, Jay Z, Tyler the Creator, Jerrod Carmichael, and Ja Rule talk religion, god, christianity and the bible. Tupac was definitely before his time. See what Pac has to say in this interview about religion, god, jail, and the black community! Jay Z talks religion and his belief in god! Tyler the Creator expresses skepticism when it comes to the bible! Isaac Butterfield brings a bit of diversity to the the channel! Bertrand Russel talks religion, afterlife and beliefs in a classic interview! Kweli Kush shares a deep analogy that explains why black people are so religious. Jerrod Carmichael expresses doubts about christianity's integrity. Ja Rule discusses his religious journey! Recommended Books/Movies Jerrod Carmichael Home Videos https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07RQ8BQKS/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B07RQ8BQKS&linkCode=as2&tag=pop407-20&linkId=6045...

Book Of the Day "God Is Not Great"

Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion. With a close reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos. With eloquent clarity, Hitchens frames the argument for a more secular life based on science and reason, in which hell is replaced by the Hubble Telescope's view of the universe, and Moses and the burning bush give way to the beauty of the double helix. Listen to the FREE Audio Book Read on Kindle Order Hardcover/Paperback Facebook @ KweliKush IG @ KweliKush Twitter @ RoyalKweli Pinterest @ KweliKush

Another Baptist Pastor Charged with Child Molestation

Stephen Bratton, the same 43-year-old Southern Baptist pastor in Cypress Station, Texas that advocated for criminalizing abortion, resigned after being charged with repeatedly sexually assaulting a teenage relative over several years. "Stephen Bratton, who resigned from Grace Family Baptist Church in Cypress Station, was charged Friday with continuous sexual abuse of a child," Senior Deputy Thomas Gilliland said Saturday. The pastor is accused of inappropriate touching that escalated to “sexual intercourse multiple times a day or several times a week” from 2013 to 2015, Gilliland said. Bratton has been a radical anti-abortion advocate, making national news recently for supporting a failed bill that would have made it possible to criminally charge women who terminate their pregnancies. Pastor Bratton didn’t merely want to arrest women for abortion, he wants to make abortion a capital felony that could even carry the death ...

Racists Beat Man Nearly to Death - Caught on Video

GoFundMe for Victim Two racist, white thugs have been charged with aggravated assault and battery for the unprovoked, racially charged beating of a Black man and his friend that was caught on camera. Shawn Carolina of Shawnee, Oklahoma had just finished partying with a friend at the Bricktown Saloon, and they were in the parking lot of the venue when they were confronted by two white thugs who had been in the brewery with them. 28-year-old Brandon Killian and 24-year-old Devan Johnson then proceeded to viciously beat Carolina and his friend. The violent encounter was filmed on Saturday morning at around 2 a.m. The footage shows the two thugs beating the victims before they flee the scene in a typical racist white man pickup truck, one can be heard shouting, “You’re dead, n—-r!” “I honestly thought I was going to lose him,” Shawn’s wife, Jamie Carolina, tells KFOR. “I wasn’t sure it was the whole racial slurs...

Killer Released From Prison Early!!! Help the Victim's Family by Signing This Petition!!!

One of my subscribers sent this to me and I have signed the petition. Please help this family by signing the petition or by sharing on social media. Thanks!!! On April 23, 1994, New Orleans Police Officer Weldon Williams and his younger brother George Gilliam brutally murdered my brother, Mitchell Ceasar . Officer Williams and Gilliam lead Mitch into a field at gun point and shot him multiple times, killing him. Mitch was in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong person. I personally sat through not one, not two but three trials listening to details of Mitch’s last moments. I learned that his last sound was a scream before he was gunned down. I saw pictures of Mitch lying in that grassy field, lifeless and riddled with bullets. February 5, 2013 marked the beginning of a series of events which resulted in my brother’s murderer’s release from prison after being sentenced to life without probation, parole or suspension of se...

Book of the Day "Self Discipline: The Spartan and Special Operations Way to Mastering Yourself"

Discover the life-changing power of self-discipline. Every year hundreds of young recruits join the US Marine Corps. When they arrive for basic training, they are soft, unfit, and mentally weak. The recruit will have no idea what real discipline means. Up to that point, he has lived a life of weakness. He has given into all his natural impulses and has feasted on junk food, surfed the Internet, and generally lived far under his potential. Very soon, he will be thrown into a cauldron of discipline. He will experience for the very first time a life of control and power. When he comes out on the other side, he will be a new man. People who know these men will see a transformed person. This is the power of self-discipline. In this book, you will learn lessons in self-discipline from the masters of self-discipline.The Spartans and the Special Operations community is the heart and soul of discipline. The Spartans don't exist anymore, but they l...

330 Philly Cops on Desk Duty for Racist Social Media Posts???

The Philadelphia Pig Department has taken 72 pigs away from their regular duties, and hundreds more are under investigation after it was discovered that they all made racially charged, threatening messages across social media. "An investigation has been launched into the inflammatory posts that were revealed in a database that hosts thousands of offensive postings by current and former officers," the city’s police commissioner said. “We are equally as disgusted by many of the posts that you saw and in many cases, the rest of the nation saw,” said Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross. As of now, at least 72 officers are on desk duty, and some allegedly might be terminated for their racist and violent social media posts. Also, hundreds more Philly officers have been accused of sending offensive messages online. Ross has met with organizers of the Rally for Justice protest to discuss the matter. ...

Book of the Day "God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction"

God is... Merciful? Just? Compassionate? In fact the Bible lays out God's primary qualities clearly: He's jealous, petty, unforgiving, bloodthirsty, vindictive - and worse! Originally conceived as a joint presentation between influential thinker and best-selling author Richard Dawkins and former evangelical preacher Dan Barker, this unique book provides an investigation into what may be the most unpleasant character in all fiction. Barker combs through both the Old and New Testaments (as well as 13 different editions of the "Good Book"), presenting powerful evidence for why Scripture shouldn't govern our everyday lives. This witty, well-researched book suggests that we should move past the Bible and clear a path to a kinder and more thoughtful world. Listen to FREE Audio Book Read on Kindle Order Paperback/Hardcover Facebook @ KweliKush IG @ KweliKush Twitter @ RoyalKweli Pinterest @ KweliKush

Black Cop Sues After Being Shot by White Cop

Black Police Officer Sues City of St.Louis After Being Shot By Another Cop I guess pigs will be pigs... I always wondered how black cops can feel comfortable doing the white man's dirty work everyday. For black police officer Milton Green, this #WakeUp call was loud and clear! Green was shot while off duty by a fellow officer and is suing the city, alleging the department has not supported him since the June 2017 incident. Milton Green was shot by a cop outside his home in the city’s North Pointe neighborhood. The shooting occurred while officers were searching for suspects of a stolen vehicle who fled the car and allegedly ran near Green’s home. Green says when officers approached, he identified himself as a policeman but was immediately shot by Officer Christopher Tanner. He is now suing Tanner and the city of St. Louis, as Green believes he would have been treated differently at the time of the shooting and the afte...

Why Don't You Believe in God??? Kweli Kush Live Stream

Kweli Kush and another atheist discuss atheism in the black community! Facebook @ KweliKush IG @ KweliKush Twitter @ RoyalKweli Pinterest @ KweliKush

Her Real Name is Marijuana and She Just Earned a Ph.d with a Dissertation on Black Names

Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck is now a Ph.d and no, she doesn’t smoke the good stuff. She earned her Ph.D. last month after years of trying to prove herself despite her name. “People make such a big deal out of it, I couldn’t get away from it,” Vandyck said. Her dissertation titled, “ Black names in white classrooms: Teacher behaviors and student perceptions, ” was inspired by her personal experience as a black student with such an uncommon name. Marijuana also interviewed students during her undergrad “about the effect of their distinctly black names on their treatment by teachers and on their academic achievement.” Many told her how teachers would interrupt attendance to ask them about their unique names. Marijuana also once challenged a professor who did that to her at Whitewater, saying," Why are you asking me? My name is Marijuana, thank you. ” Still, Marijuana said she has no...

FREE Audio Book of the Day "How Not to Get Shot: And Other Advice from White People"

"White people are always giving out 'helpful' advice after black people get shot by police, such as: ' Comply with the police and you won't get shot. ' White people have been spewing out advice to black people ever since 'I suggest you pick the cotton if you don't like getting whipped. ' Getting shot by the police has always been a problem for black people. Even when we had a black president! Now that we have a new set of overlords, with President Trump at the head, wouldn't it be nice to get a little advice on how not to get shot???" From the elections of Barack Obama and Donald Trump to the tragic events of Ferguson and Charlottesville, the subject of race has come to the forefront of American consciousness. Legendary comedian D. L. Hughley offers his own cutting edge observations on this contentious issue that continues to traumatize the nation... a wound made more painful by the ongoing comments and actions of the 45...

NC Pool Bans Dreadlocks and Weaves

A rec center in North Carolina is facing much backlash after it placed a ban on dreadlocks and weaves. Covert racism, not so covert though... People on social media have called the center out... One person posted a photograph of the pool rules for the Outdoor Recreation Center in Wendell on Sunday. One rule says “no baggy pants, no dread-locks/weaves/extensions or revealing clothes will be permitted or you will be asked to leave.” Revealing clothes??? It's a fucking swimming pool!!! What are people supposed to wear, jeans??? More people on social media spoke out against the pool... “Is this really allowed in Wendell!!!” wrote Nikki Harris on the Wendell NC Community Connections Facebook group. “Definitely racial discrimination! Never will see me there!!” another user wrote. The punk ass pool owner claims that hair extensions are banned because they can get into pumping equipment, causi...

Book of the Day "What Truth Sounds Like"

What Truth Sounds Like exists at the tense intersection of the conflict between politics and prophecy – of whether we embrace political resolution or moral redemption to fix our fractured racial landscape. The future of race and democracy hang in the balance. In 1963, Attorney General Robert Kennedy sought out James Baldwin to explain the rage that threatened to engulf black America. Baldwin brought along some friends, including playwright Lorraine Hansberry, psychologist Kenneth Clark, and a valiant activist, Jerome Smith. It was Smith's relentless, unfiltered fury that set Kennedy on his heels, reducing him to sullen silence. Kennedy walked away from the nearly three-hour meeting angry - that the black folk assembled didn't understand politics, and that they weren't as easy to talk to as Martin Luther King. But especially that they were more interested in witness than policy. But Kennedy's anger quickly gave way to empathy, e...