Tag Archives: Race

Former United States President Barack Obama has set a new record for the most-liked tweet in Twitter’s history. In the wake of Charlottesville violence and thuggery, former Commander-in-Chief posted a tweet quoting Nelson Mandela over the weekend. Obama’s Mandela tweet is also the fourth most-retweeted post ever with more than …

God Over Money’s Bizzle and Jered Sanders just teamed up for an important new single entitled “Equal Opportunity.” Here’s how Biz described the motivation for it, A little “Going Away” gift for all of my “un-followers” 😉 ….those who claim me as their brother in CHRIST one minute and tell …

I hardly watch any TV, but I’m excited about Oprah’s new series. With all the reality shows that have been showing the worst that black people in America have to offer, a series highlighting honest and emotional real love stories about black celebrities we know and love is refreshing. Love …

In a new interview with Verge Network, Sho Baraka takes on the topic and concept of ‘colorblindness’ in regard to racial justice in America today. Labeling it both lazy and toxic, the Humble Beast artist exposes the shallow nature of the position and pushes for a deeper conversation. Let us …

On July 4th, 1776, America won the fight for its independence from Britain, and established itself as a nation. Now this day is celebrated as Independence Day, complete with fireworks and BBQ’s. If you’re patriotic and love everything about America, celebrating our nation is a no-brainer. However, there’s a dark …

Here at GrowTheHeckUp we believe in educating black people in the power of group economics and closing the significant racial wealth gap:

Here at GrowTheHeckUp we deal with facts and in this episode, the origins of Christianity are explored:

White Pastor washes young black man’s feet and challenges the idea of “Making America Great Again” by acknowledging that America has never been great for everyone. Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

Richard Spencer is the founder of the ‘Alt-Right’ political and ideological movement and is known to those with common sense as a blatant racist. If you aren’t familiar with him or his movement, you’ll understand it clearly after only a few of his absurd statements made in this video. I am assuming this …

For GrowTheHeckUp, Black History education is a daily operation. In order to close the racial economic divide, we must continue to take an honest look at the policies and practices that created and perpetuate racial disparities: