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Bankrupt America - Americans Filing for Bankruptcy in Record Numbers - Leland C.
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Black Attorneys: Children selling themselves on Craigslist- Leland C. Abraham,
Esq
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Is
it Possible for Obama to Choose a Black VP? Not Really - Tolu
Olorunda
Same
Sex Marriage: Conflict in the Black Community - Syreeta McNeal, JD
CPA
Did
Barack Obama Betray Congressional Candidate Regina Thomas by
Endorsing her Conservative Opponent?
Chiderah Aalisa, Your Black Beauty: Nappturality - Black Hair Untouched
Leland Abraham, ESQ - Your Black Attorneys - Dealing with Workplace
Discrimination
Peniel E. Joseph, Brandeis University Speaks on Racism, Black People
and White Supremacy
Eric Wattree, Your Black Politics: The Modern Black Man
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Study Shows that Barack Obama was Wrong about
Black Fathers
Chiderah Aalisa: 10 Things We're Thankful Our Parents Don't
Know we Do at College
Tolu Olorunda: Is Music Responsible for All of this?
Syreeta McNeal, JD - It's The Jury Stupid! Why R. Kelly
Got Off
Your Black Woman, Chiderah Aalisa: "We Just Want Black D**k, Not Black
Men"
Your Black Power, Tolu Olorunda: Dog the Bounty Hunter's Return Draws a
Massive Protest by African American Bloggers
Dr.
Boyce Watkins: Five Questions I have about the R. Kelly Trial
Delores Jones, Your Black Woman: The Men We Choose and the Women they
Want
R.
Kelly is Toast: A Black Attorney Gives His Perspective on the
R. Kelly Trial: Jamal Wright, Esq
Your
Black Love: Black Women Deserve to Marry, But.....Dr. Alduan Tartt
John Eidson: Your Black Politics - A Marine Officer's View of Iraq
Your
Black Attorneys:You Should See Something Wrong with a Little Bump and
Grind (with Minors) - Syreeta McNeal, CPA JD
John
Agati, Your Black Gospel: The Key to Christianity
Dr. Boyce Watkins: Why I owe Method Man and Tupac an
Apology
The
"Noose" (I mean News) Media, Strange Fruits, Body Leaves and Swinging
Bodies - Tolu Olorunda, YourBlackWriters
Dr.
Marc Lamont Hill, Your Black Scholar: It's Time to Kill the Abstinence
Argument to Stop Teen Pregnancy
Sheri
Mitchell, Your Black Politics: White female mourning vs. Black
Victory
Syreeta McNeal, CPA JD - Can Liz Trotta be Prosecuted for
her Verbal Death Wish on Senator Barack Obama?
Your Black Inspiration: YBW Great George Kilpatrick
Interviews the Inspirational Iyana Vanzant
Your Black Attorneys - Is Separate But Equal Doctrine Dead or Simply
Dormant? - Syreeta McNeal, CPA, JD.
Dr.
Boyce Watkins: Why Doesn't Obama just denounce the entire
black community and get it over with?
Eric
Wattree, Your Black History - Listen and Watch to
the Sounds of the Great Miles Davis and John Coltrane
Leland
C. Abraham, Esq., Your Black Attorneys - The Affirmative Action
Plan: A Legal Analysis of Arguments for and Against
Sean
Bell: The Justice System Has Many Layers - Syreeta McNeal CPA,
JD
Eric Wattree: Your Black Politics - An Open Letter to
Hillary Clinton Supporters
Dr. Peniel Joseph, Harvard University - Left Behind: A National
Crisis, Analysis of Hurricane Katrina
Dr. Boyce Watkins and the Great Keith Murphy talk out the
2008 Presidential Election on XM Satellite Power 169
Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, Your Black Scholar: A Breakdown of the Stop
Snitching Movement
Vera
Richardson, Your Black Politics: The Urgency is Now, Why the
Democratic Party Can't Wait
Declan McPherson, Your Black Reviews: Cat on a Hot Tin
Roof.....Hot! Hot! Hot!
Dr. Boyce Watkins - Why Barack Obama Was Pummeled in my Home State of
Kentucky
Al "The Inspiration" Duncan - A State of Mind Called Time: Part II
John Agati, Your Black Gospel: Prayer is not the Answer?
Vera
Richardson, Your Black Woman: What My Daughter Taught Me About Hip Hop
Dr.
Cyrus Ellis: Your Black Scholar - There is Nothing New Under
the Sun: Bill O'Reilly's Attack on YBW
Dr.
Boyce Watkins: Oprah Winfrey vs. Hip Hop - The Corporate Monster
Controls it all
Your
Black Money: Has integration Hurt Black Business?
Donna Brazile, CNN/YBW: Transcript - Is there a New Democratic
Party?
Sheri Mitchell, Your Black Politics - An Obama Bumper Sticker
Changed My World
Al
"The Inspiration" Duncan, Your Black Advice: A State of Mind
Called "Time" - Part 1
Roland Martin, CNN/WVON: Democrats Needs More than Blue Collar Whites
Vera
Richardson, Your Black Politics: Senator Obama Should Not
Offer Hillary Clinton the VP Spot
Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, Temple University and Dr. Melissa Harris-Lacewell,
Princeton University:
All
Politics Is Local
Your
Black Brothers: FYI- A Poem by Daunte Henderson
Eric
L. Waltree, Your Black Scholar: Clinton Supporters are Beginning to Jump Ship as
a Matter of Conscience
Dr.
Aris Winger, Your Black Life: Underrepresented Maybe, Certainly Not a Minority
Sheri Mitchell: Your Black Politics - Hillary Clinton, What are We
Waiting for?
Vera
Richardson, Your Black Gospel: It's time to Pray and March for Senator
Obama
Andrea Hatter, Your Black Politics: Why Doesn't Hillary
Clinton Just Go Away?
Al "The Inspiration" Duncan: Your Black Advice -
A Lesson on Leadership from Jackie Robinson
Are the Child Support Laws Fair? Dr. Marc Lamont Hill and Melissa
Harris Lacewell Debate Jimi Izrael's Controversial Statements about
Child Support
Dr. Boyce Watkins: Why I Forgive Tavis for What He did to
Barack
Daunte
Henderson: My Life as a Subway Employee
John B. Agati, Your Black Go\spel: How do We Really
Know God Exists?
Your Black Celebrities: Star Jones Reynolds Dogs Bill
O'Reilly (Fox News) for his Lynching Comments about Michelle Obama
Eric Waltree, Your Black Politics: The Fall of the House of Clinton
Al (The Inspiration) Duncan: A Poverty of Ambition:
“Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty
of ambition. It asks too little of yourself.” –Barack Obama, Knox College
Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Princeton University: How's the
Kool-Aid? An Analysis of Barack Obama
Pastor Kelly Oglesby: Senator Obama and Pastor Wright -
As a pastor of the Christian gospel and a black woman, I feel
uniquely qualified to offer a perspective on the current
conversation. Particularly, since I have purchased and listened to
tapes of Pastor Wright at length and repeatedly as well as read some
of the church publications. Indeed at one point in time my husband,
who is also an ordained minister and pastor considered joining the
denomination. Click to Read.
Michelle Yeager, Your Black Life: In Her Shoes -
My mother passed away from
Ovarian Cancer on May 23, 2006. It was exactly five years to
the date that she was diagnosed at Stage Four. She was very
involved with the community and was one of those women that left a
lasting impact on your life if you all came in contact.
Click to Read.
Dr. Cyrus Ellis, Your Black Brothers: Reflections on Education
and Blackness - I teach a graduate level course in Social
and Cultural foundations, or what some call "the multicultural
course". While I try very hard to try and provide insight to my
students on a variety of cultural matters, I tend to always get
stuck on the point about education and being African American. I am
not stuck concerning the misrepresentation of African Americans and
our educational ability in our media, I am stuck on the power of one
written exchange between Benjamin Banneker and Thomas Jefferson that
does not always see the light of day. Click to Read.
Your Black Power: The Luciferication of Hillary ClintonRules for Radicals opens with a quote about Lucifer, written by Hillary Rodham Clinton’s mentor Saul Alinsky and subject of her sealed (since 1992) 75 page suppressed college thesis entitled "There is Only the Fight ... An Analysis of the Alinsky Model"…Click
to Read.
Pastor Kelly Oglesby, Your Black Gospel: We Need One
Another - We need one another to make it through the day
and to make it from here to eternity. God created us for fellowship
with Him and one another. Greatness is often learned in the moments
of deepest despair. Our valleys empower us to climb mountains.
Click to Read.
Eric L. Wattree, Your Black Scholar: Hillary Clinton Doesn't
Deserve the Democratic Nomination - Hillary Clinton doesn't deserve
the Democratic Nomination for president--in fact, based on what
these primaries have revealed of her character, she doesn't even
deserve her seat in the senate. While Hillary has long since
switched to the Democrat Party, recent weeks have clearly
demonstrated that her Republican inclination towards cutthroat
politics, shallow character and deceit remains firmly in tact. Click to Read.
Congolese
Women Appeal to the Global Community. The
Congo is located in the heart of Africa, bordered by nine countries
and boasts a land mass comparable to Western Europe, with a
population of 65 million people. It is enormously endowed with vast
natural wealth ranging from diamonds, gold, copper, cobalt, uranium,
coltan to timber, tin and fresh water. Click to Read.
Pastor Kelly Oglesby: Remembering Women's History Month:
It is not the intelligent woman v. the
ignorant woman; nor the white woman v. the black, the brown, and the
red, it is not even the cause of woman v. man. Nay, tis womans
strongest vindication for speaking that the world needs to hear her
voice. – Anna Julia Cooper.
Click to Read.
Nathaniel Gadsden, Your Black Writers: Step Up/Speak Out:
Recently, the cities of Harrisburg and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
have been rocked with a string of senseless shooting deaths. Almost
all of the victims were young African Americans, and the killers
were also young African Americans. Unfortunately, this is not
shocking news to most people living in Harrisburg, the United
States, or the planet earth. The sad reality is, African Americans
are killing one another, in what I call, a Self-imposed Holocaust
and we don’t know what to do about it. Click to Read.
Andrea Johnson, Your Black Love: Can a Book Build a
Marriage? -I am a lover of books of all kinds, but
lately I can’t seem to pick up a paperback without the words “How
to...” on them. I’ve read that it’s a common trait of first borns to
want to be right, do all things perfectly and of course be the first
one to do anything of importance. We take pride in having knowledge
and using that know-how to boss people around. Right? But somewhere
in all the know-it-all bravado, there lies a bit of insecurity. Why
do I need a book to tell me how to dress, how to win any argument,
or how to keep a man interested? (Which by the way, I have not been
a victim of…I just read Cosmo like most women...kidding.)
Click to Read.
Dr. Aris Winger: Your Black Sports: Is Anyone
Paying Attention? - Let me take you back EIGHT years ago to when
Tiger Woods had the greatest golf season EVER. Can you believe that
was so long ago? Well now he is is playing better than ever. That is
a remarkable feat for someone who could have rested on his
accomplishments nearly a decade ago. Click to Read.
Daunte Henderson, Your Black
Brothers: It's Not
About You Today Sweety....Tuesday Works Better - Its things
like half-off drinks for ladies, free admission for women until
11pm, or if you wear tight jeans you get in for free that
irks me. Whenever I go to the club its
“Ladies Night” or something to the extent of women being catered to
that night. Women make the club an enjoyable place for males, so
from a business standpoint I understand. I mean if I wanted to see
guys then I would’ve called my friends over for a game of NBA 2K8 on
XBOX 360 on a Saturday night. It’s not the fact that women get in
for free or they get their drinks half off on one
night. It’s EVERY NIGHT for the most part. When is it about me?
Click to Read.
Gregory Moore, Your Black Politics: Tavis Smiley Got What He
Deserved -
SAN ANTONIO -- If you haven't read, seen or
heard by now, Tavis Smiley took some major heat the past two weeks
for blasting Sen. Barack Obama's unwillingness to show up at last
Saturday's State of the Black Union symposium that was held in New
Orleans, Louisiana. If you haven't heard, seen or read any of the
stories that have come forth you have missed a lesson in why it is
important to be more above reproach and less egotistical when it
comes to dealing with the Black community. But for those of you who
haven't hard, seen or read the stories, let me give you a quick
recap of what has transpired.
Click to Read.
Michelle Yeager, Your Black Life: Black Women, Success and
Money -
I recently went out to dinner with some of my
old friends from college. My date, my date's fraternity brother, and
the guy's wife were at the table with me. We started talking about
home ownership, money and jobs. The conversation then drifted to the
role of a woman in a relationship and her financial contributions to
the relationships. The married guy said that his wife would never
make more money than he. Click
to Read.
Pastor Kelly Oglesby: What About Our Families?
Why Black People Should Consider Adopting -
Pure and lasting religion in the sight of God our Father means that
we must care for orphans and widows in their troubles, and refuse to
let the world corrupt us. James 1:27 (NLT).
Our children deserve the best.
Unfortunately, too often we associate the best with material
accumulations rather than with the opportunity to mature in safe,
loving, violence and substance free two parent home. Statistically,
African American children are less likely than Asians, Hispanics,
and Whites to grow up in the home of their biological parents.
Click to Read.
Sheri
Mitchell: Your Black Politics: Shame On You Hillary
Clinton! The last few weeks I have just been sitting back,
watching the latest in the race for the Presidential nomination. I
make no apologies for being an Obama supporter. And I also can't
hide my growing dislike for Hillary Clinton. This morning I was
greeted with a clip of Hillary berating Barack. She was angry,
saying "Shame on you Barack Obama!"
Click to Read.
Daunte Henderson, Your Black Brothers: I Can Speak English,
How About You? -Math has always been one of the hardest
subjects for me to grasp. I've never been an x=3 type of guy.
English has always been one of my stronger points. I figured if I
wanted to run my mouth all the time then I might as well do it a
high level. I'm frustrated at the companies, schools and other
people who hire "people who don’t speak English" well. Our country
is built on immigration (Whites, Blacks, Mexicans...etc), so I have
no beef with people who have a different background or dialect. My
beef lies in the fact that I have to talk to people who don’t speak
English well on a “CUSTOMER SERVICE” line for a company that’s in
“America”. Click to Read.
T Camille, Your Black Love: Dating After Divorce Part
2: So you’re ready to date? You have taken some ‘me time’
to reflect on yourself; on what makes You happy and you are all
ready to play the dating game again. Only, those initial dating
fears are nagging and persistent. “What exactly am I
supposed to be doing?” Those fears and anxieties are natural. After
all, you have just gotten over the lifelong commitment you made to
someone that turned out to be not so lifelong. Reentering the dating
pool to start the cycle again can be a scary feeling. However, once
you get your feet wet, you will find the waters to be just fine.
Click to Read.
M
ichelle
Yeager, Your Black Life: A Love Letter My Father Wrote to my Mother
in 1971: "I
know you're trying to figure out what in the world possessed me to
write thisletter, right? Well I've been sitting around
for the past several weeks thinking of a number of things, number
one of which has been me. I guess you could say I've
been taking a good hard look at myself. Click to
Read.
Dr. Peniel Joseph, Your Black Scholar: From Black Power to Barack Obama -
Barack Obama’s meteoric rise from charismatic senator to national
phenomenon to presidential contender reveals the complex evolution of black
politics since the civil rights and Black Power era. Obama’s candidacy is
particularly noteworthy during this primary season and election year, which
comes on the fortieth anniversary of 1968, a year when effort to transform
American democracy ran headlong into a violent defense of white supremacy. Born
in 1961, the same year Freedom Riders faced prison to desegregate interstate
travel across the nation, Obama remains aloof to the culture wars—whether based
in racial, gender or ethnic solidarity—that remain a cornerstone of the legacy
of the 1960s. “I think America is still caught in a little bit of a time warp,”
Obama confessed to Newsweek last summer. “The narrative of black politics is
still shaped by the ’60s and black power.” Indeed.
Click to Read.
Daunte
Henderson, Your Black Brothers: If OJ Has a Pair of Gloves, then
Why Doesn't McDonalds? -
It's 5 in the morning in beautiful
East St.Louis.
1. Lisa, a stripper, takes her night's worth of salary home and counts
it.
2. Most of the dollar bills have been saturated with vaginal juice,
alcohol, sweat and possibly various forms of communicable diseases.
3. Lisa is hungry after a 10 hour shift, so she decides to fulfill her
hunger at McDonalds. She takes 3.50 of her $500 worth of work and buys
an Egg McMuffin Value Meal.
4. Ernest, the McDonalds morning crew manager, takes these storied bills
and places them in his register.
5. Ernest proceeds to make the Egg McMuffin Value Meal with NO GLOVES
ON.
Click to Read.
Dr.
Marc Lamont Hill, Your Black Scholar: Barack Obama - Not My Kind of Hope:
From the beginning of his presidential campaign, which unofficially
began with the release of his second book The Audacity of Hope, Senator Barack
Obama has been positioned as an underdog against the Clinton machine. Now, with
polls showing him in a virtual dead heat with Sen. Hillary Clinton, the media
has constructed his early success as a David-over-Goliath narrative that proves
that ordinary people have the power to slay the beast that is Washington through
a radical politics of hope. Unfortunately, the Obama campaign has perverted the
concept of hope by wedding it to a dangerous politics of compromise, concession
and cunning. Click to Read.
Asha
Castleberry, Your Black Global News: Lack of Electricity Threatens to Keep
Africa in Poverty - Once the sun goes down in Africa, about 75% of the
population lives in a world of darkness. Day-to-day living conditions suffer
from no electricity. Time-management is crucial because people are unable to
cook or clean and simply forced to sleep. Electricity is one of the top most
expensive necessities in Africa, and many residents are denied this basic
staple. Typically, public facilities, such as hospitals and schools can only
afford electricity for fifteen days out of the month. According to the World
Bank News Broadcast, Sub-Saharan Africans use seven times less electric power
than people in high income countries. Up to 250 million Africans have no easy
access to electricity and are left to use kerosene lamps or burning fire.
Click to Read.
Vera
Richardson, Your Black Politics: I Believe in Obama's Hope and Change
Message, Part 1: I suggest that those of you who are judging Obama’s
tactics and motives so harshly channel your energy in getting answers from the
Bush Administration. In 2001 Vice President Cheney and his buddies in oil, gas,
and energy businesses met behind closed doors. After meeting for months the
elite group announced a National Energy Plan. For years Cheney has refused lower
court orders to turn over the records of the energy policy task force and/or a
list of who attended the meetings.Click to Read.
Your
Black Brothers, Daunte Henderson: If Obama was dark-skinned -
As the
primaries and debates become more and more intense I realize how I'm so out of
touch with politics. I've never followed politics and honestly I don’t really
have an interest in it. I'm voting for God, he's ran my life without a problem.
I'm listening to the conversations amongst my peers and it seems that most of
them are voting for Obama. He "Appears" to be the best candidate for some
people. I wonder how much of that interest in Obama is "biased". Some of my
African American counterparts will lie to me and say "Oh I like his stance on
blah blah" but in reality you just want him to win because he's Black.
Click to Read.
Kevin D. Johnson (Editor - AUC Magazine): Your Black College: Barack
Obama - Are You Ready for Change? - Depending on your political
persuasion, the title of this piece connotes a change for the better or a change
for the worse. To those Democrats who believe this country needs a new face in
the White House, Barack Obama seems to be the clear choice, but to those who are
staunch Republicans, Obama's unprecedented political success would be best
described in homonymic terms: an abomination.
Click to Read.
Vera
Richardson: Your Black Love - Should She Divorce Him? -On Wednesday
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded for forgiveness from his wife and constituents.
The televised apology was made from their family’s church the Greater Emmanuel
Institutional Church of God in Christ. His plea for forgiveness included:
“Finally, and most important, I want to make a public apology to my wife,
Carlita, who I fell in love with when I was 19 years old. We decided to build a
family together and we did that. Our marriage has not been perfect, but it has
been great." Click to Read.
Dr. Aris Winger, Your Black Brothers: Do We NEED to Be Around Each Other? -
So it finally happened. I had been teaching at this southern rural
college for 3 and a half years. I was the only black tenure track professor.
There were only dozens of black students out of the population of 1000. But
there they were last Friday at my door ready to change things...
We had a Martin Luther King Jr. celebration on campus and that provided the
spark. The spark wasn't unusual. MLK day celebrations definitely will (and
should) do that. But this time it seems like it's going to turn into a wildfire.
Click to Read.
Daunte
Henderson: Old School - The Young vs. The Old -
It really irks me
to no end to hear old people say, “When I was young such and such happened”. I
know that groceries used to cost less than two dollars, I know school used to be
a 30 mile walk each way and I know that clothes used to be cheaper. All of this
I know, yet I still have to give my elders their just due. Their stories keep me
in touch with my present if that makes any sense. The wisdom that elders pass on
to me might seem very useless and redundant at times because it sounds like that
cassette tape that you’re mother plays every time she cleans up the house.
Click to Read.
Michelle Yeager: Your Black Life - My First Love:
My senior
year of high school I went to UNC to visit. This guy took a group of us to
observe a college class. He sent me a note asking which schools I had been
accepted. I thought nothing else about him. Advance forward to my first week on
campus my freshman year. The two large dorms, Morrison and Hinton James, had a
party for the freshman. Same random guy was there as a counselor. After the
party he volunteered to walk my friend and I back to the dorm. Sure, whatever.
Click to Read.
Your Black Politics: Barack Obama is Our Jesse Jackson from 1984
and 1988, Syreeta McNeal, CPA JD - I believe that we should not
distance ourselves or tarnish the memory of those who paved the way for us to
achieve the success we have today. People are making a big deal (including the
media) of President Clinton’s comparison of Senator Obama’s win in South
Carolina to Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.’s presidential run for the Democratic Party
in 1984 and 1988. Most pundits (including CNN Contributor, Roland Martin) are
saying this is a racial jab. Click to Read.
Daunte
Henderson, Your Black Brothers: She's White -
My friend Jeremy
told me she had long hair, thick legs, a nice behind and was very endowed in the
bosom area. Jeremy slid me the phone number and I called the next day. We had a
lot in common; we liked the same movies, music and even shared similar goals. I
forgot to mention she was White but that shouldn’t matter. Should it?
Click to Read.
Michelle
Yeager, Your Black Life: My Closet Runneth Over -
Okay, I will be the first to admit that I have A
LOT of clothes. I
really do. But
it's not completely my fault. Part
of it is because I haven't grown for the past decade. I've
been the same height and weight since college so I never really have a reason to
throw a good piece of clothing away. The
other part of the 'reason for the season' is my mother. My
mother and I wore the same clothing size and same shoe size.
Click
to Read.
Your Black Scholar: Dr. Cyrus Ellis - Reflections on Martin Luther King's
Birthday - I am writing this on the eve of the Observance of Dr. King's
Holiday. Every year I take time out to teach my daughters about the movement
that placed Dr. King at the forefront of a people's quest for freedom.
Click to Read.
Sheri
Mitchell: How Do You Combat a Combative Ex-President? -
Lately
when I turn on the news I wonder who is really running for President, Bill or
Hillary. I'm sure the candidates would like to know who they are up against, it
might make it easier to figure out a game plan. Never in history have we had a
former President of the United States
actively
campaigning for their spouse. Of course it isn't just any President, but one of
the most popular presidents the Democratic Party has ever had. Now, Bill Clinton
isn't just making a few appearances and shaking a few hands....he is lashing out
and getting riled up. Somehow, these tirades are actually helping his
wife's
campaign. Click to Read.
Your
Black Life: My Braids, By Donisha Adams -
Hair texture and hairstyles
have been complex issues in the African American community. Some of us prefer to
straighten our hair, while others prefer to “go natural.” No one is right or
wrong, but the causes for these modifications may be deeply rooted in American
society and socialization theories. American society is driven by white
standards of beauty—that blond hair, blue eyed and model thin look. Media
perpetuates this ideology in movies, television shows and books. They teach us
that there is only one way to look, well if you want to be successful anyway.
Click to Read More.
Your
Black Advice: Ben Merens, Wisconsin Public Radio - Uni-Tasking, The Art of
Focused Listening: People are dying to be heard. In a day
and age where multi-tasking is all the rage, I’m here to tell you to stop it.
Don’t try and do more than one task at a time. And, the most important task you
can perform – for yourself and some else – is to just sit still and listen.
Click to Read More.
Your Black Power, Nina Griffin: Pimpin Ain't Easy - How Bob Johnson Plays with
the Minds of African-Americans: Robert L. Johnson, Billionaire and
Founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET) specializes in pimping the race
card when he spots an opportunity to get paid. If you'll recall not too long ago
he rounded up several Black business leaders and demanded an end to the estate
tax. Mr. Johnson and his hand picked group even went so far as to take out
newspaper ads of their own, Johnson's group attacked the tax for taking monies
away from the African American community. Click to Read More.
Your Black
Advice: Prosperity Only Comes Through Struggle, Don't Kid Yourself - Dr. Alduan
Tartt - WOW, there certainly is a market for selling hope and
prosperity? Have you seen how many motivational products are on the market these
days: “The Science of Self-Discipline, The 4 hour Work Week, Lead the Field,
etc.? Isn’t it great that we only have to wait “45 Days to Get Rich” and that we
can, “Have the Life of Our Dreams in 90 Days”? In fact, did you know that it is
possible to “Achieve a Whole New You in 7 Days”?
Click to Read
More.
Your
Black Gospel: Thank God for Dr. Martin Luther King and His Dream- Vera
Richardson: ROMANS 8:28-30
And we know that all things, work together for good to them that love God, to
them who are called according to his purpose.For whom he did foreknow, he also
did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the
firstborn among many brethren.Moreover who he did predestinate, them he also
called: and who he called, them he also justified: and who he justified them he
also glorified.(KJV) Click to Read More.
Sheri
Mitchell - Your Black Politics: Barack Obama's Dirty Little Secret from the Past
- My first reaction to
Barack Obama's
ties to a federally indicted old friend was "OH Lord, say it ain't so!" But then
I decided I needed to dig a little deeper. I know it is hard to believe, but you
never get the entire story when you watch your morning news programs. You get a
little, but not enough to toss in the towel just yet. I tried to put myself in
his shoes and look at the shoe rack of others in his position.
Click to
Read More.
Donisha
Adams - Your Black Life: "Get Low" - (Our Song)
Your
Black Health: When Death Comes Knocking- The Reality of HIV/AIDS for Black
Men and Women - Dwan Abrams - I learned a long time ago that when death
comes knocking, there’s nowhere to hide. When the AIDS epidemic hit and spread
faster than a prostitute’s legs, I remember feeling a sense of panic and
urgency. Panic, because the disease affected anyone and everyone. And urgency
due to an overwhelming desire to know. Like most people, I was scared…more like
horrified at the thought of possibly having contracted a deadly disease due to
something I had done. I’ll never forget the day that Ervin “Magic” Johnson
announced on national television that he was HIV positive. My heart sank, and I
cried so hard my tear ducts became dry. Although I was devastated by the news, I
couldn’t help but think about my uncle. My uncle was an openly gay male. I
became physically ill thinking that he could be infected with the virus that
causes AIDS. Click to Read.
Rev. Al Sharpton - Statement on Hillary Clinton's Win in New Hampshire:
I congratulate Senator Clinton on a surprising and significant victory
in New Hampshire last night. Not only did it appear to revive her candidacy, it
literally threw this race wide open again. As a result of her victory, the
January 26th South Carolina Primary becomes critical to all candidates on their
path to the presidency. Click to Read More.
Vera
Richardson: Your Black Gospel - A Prayer of Protection for Barack Obama:
My mother was a prayer warrior who went to be with the Lord when I was
twenty-eight years old. Before she passed I telephoned her often requesting that
she pray for me. One day she said, “Vera, I am going to pray for you but one day
you are going to have to learn to pray for your self.” Holy Spirit thank you for
the revelation that God placed me in my church for this very moment in time.
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Sheri
Mitchell: Your Black Politics - Hillary's Entitlement Mentality:
I listen to the news every morning before I leave for work.
Listening to the doom and gloom and the occasional happy story seems to
energize me for the day ahead. The last few mornings I have been
surprised by Senator Clinton's statements about herself and her
opponents. I live in Central NY, we are used to her haughty, uppity
disposition, and her "I will run my campaign the way I see fit"
attitude, all from the
steely calculating ice queen who cries for votes.
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Michelle Yeager, Your Black Life: Happy New Year 2008:
The
year 2007 started out horribly for me. My desktop computer crashed. I attended
the funeral of my grandmother in Fayetteville, NC. I
then traveled back to Louisville to
attend a second funeral for her (family drama). While watching the news I saw
that there was a car accident where a man running from the cops crashed into a
car ejecting seven kids. Two of these kids were my former students. I went to
the hospital to see one of their precious souls on life support. Click
to Read More.
Rev.
Al Sharpton -
The winning of the Iowa Caucuses by Barack Obama is an historic
event. It shows that America has a hunger for change and can come together to
make that change happen. Though I have not made an endorsement in this race, I
clearly see this as a positive occurrence at this point in American history.
Unfortunately, some of the divisive and archaic forces in American politics are
trying to divide us by saying that Obama’s victory in some way translates into
an end of civil rights activism by people like me.
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Gina Streaty, Your Black Woman:
When Black Love Goes Dead - How
to Re-energize Your Love Life - Romantic relationships get stale. Sexual
interest wanes. The Midas touch can mislay its golden stroke, and that
magical feeling that once made you levitate can lose its conjuring
power. It happens. But just because those fireworks that used to light
up a room whenever you and your Boo connected have fizzled to a puff of
smoke doesn't mean the passion is dead and can't be resurrected. It
simply means you have to work a little harder to get those fires going
again. Click to Read More.
Vera
Richardson: The Audacity of Hope - My Excitement Over Obama -
Thursday night I visited my oldest daughter; she gave me the political junkie
permission to turn the television to a cable news channel. As I read the words
"Obama wins the Iowa Democratic Caucus" on the television screen, I blinked my
eyes and the scene changed to a political analyst. As one of the MSNBC analysts
spoke the words "Obama has won the Iowa Democratic Caucus" I screamed and jumped
up and down. Click to Read More.
Michelle Yeager, Your Black Life: An Unusual Pain -
I love to
workout!!! Most of my friends call me a gym rat because you can find me in the
gym several days a week. They recently opened a new gym here and it the best
thing ever invented. It was love at first sight! This gym has a
cardio studio,
swimming pool, aerobics classes,
pilates machines,
full basketball court and a track. Did you hear me? This gym has an indoor
track. There are no other gyms in my city with one.
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