Celebrate Black History Month With TheStateOf.com

From the sandy beaches of the Slave Coast of Africa, to the treacherous Middle Passage, to the uncertainty of the auction block, to the merciless heat of the cotton fields of Alabama, to the riverboats of the Mississippi, to the brutal rape at the hands of the slavemaster, to the castration before hanging, to legally [...]

Coretta Scott King Dies at 78

Coretta Scott King has passed away after suffering from a stroke she suffered in August of last year. Although the stroke left her weakened on the right side, unable to walk, and barely able to speak, she made an appearance this past Saturday at an event in Atlanta to commemorate her husband. Her [...]

The Mocha Manual

There’s a new book on how to have a fabulous pregnancy for African-American women. Kimberly Seals-Allers is the author of “The Mocha Manual to a Fabulous Pregnancy.” The book offers culturally specific tips for African-American women. Dr. Seals-Allers also has a website with blog set up to help you preggo black women [...]

N-ggas and Flies, I Do Despise

Are there now two different sets of black people, “black people” and “niggas?” In “Bring the Pain,” Chris Rock declared, “I love black people, but I hate niggas!” I feel the same way. It’s official now.

This weekend, I took my wife and 3 month-old son to the Footlocker outlet, which happens to be in South [...]

Darth Kobe

“Bryant was on such a high pedestal at that point and possibly believing his own hype he failed to understand that you cheat on your wife with professional groupies who are only in it for the money of the thrill of sleeping with a celebrity, not an emotionally unstable Caucasian female who just had a [...]

Love On the Sea of Cortez

Sometimes simple spoken words can stick with the hearer for their whole life. When I was 16, I went on a 6-day sportfishing trip in the Sea of Cortez, the teeming, Pacific inlet between Baja California and mainland Mexico. The fishing boat, which looked like the one pictured above, left from the sleepy fishing village [...]

Quote of the Day

“The Liberal can understand everything but people who don’t understand him.”
-Lenny Bruce

Shelby Steele on "Hillary’s Plantation: Why Hillary Fears Condi"

“Of course Hillary Clinton’s recent claim that Republicans run the House of Representatives like a “plantation” was old-fashioned political and racial pandering. After all, she uttered this remark at what certainly would have been a prime venue for her husband: a largely black audience on Martin Luther King Day. So, clearly, she was looking to [...]

Thomas Slapped With Sex Suit

“Anucha Browne Sanders claims Thomas made unwanted sexual advances toward her and refused to stop, according to the lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan. Thomas and Madison Square Garden are listed as the defendants in the lawsuit, which charges them with sex discrimination and retaliation.”
“The lawsuit also alleges that Thomas told Browne Sanders [...]

Healthy Soul Food! An Oxymoron?

Lindsey Williams has penned a new cook book with a healthier take on Soul Food entitled “Neo Soul.” Williams outta know since he is the grandson of Sylvia Woods, Harlem Soul Food Queen . After weighing almost 400 pounds in 1997, he’s down to 180 now and owns his own catering business and [...]