Archive for ‘December, 2004’

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Dec03

New Blogs to check out!! (http://www.code624.com)

by Duane on December 3rd, 2004 at 1:48 pm
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Courtney Payne describes his site: What Is code624? code624 is… … an open online community of African American professionals. … developed as a “personal”, mature community, with real names, trust and accountability. … intended as a meeting place where social and/or professional relationships are forged. … free. Why Was code624 Built? I developed code624 out […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Dec03

New Blogs to check out (http://coachspeak.blogspot.com)

by Duane on December 3rd, 2004 at 1:45 pm
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Coach tells us a little bit about himself: A little about me: I’m a wanna-be intellectual trapped in the body of a coach that works for a major college athletic program. I have delusions of grandeur about switching careers into something more interesting/challenging (law, academia), but for the mean time, this blog will have to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Dec03

Blog of Note: ejovi.net

by Duane on December 3rd, 2004 at 3:01 am
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This is a brotha that I came across that is currently residing in Japan. Here is a little bit on him: Ejovi Nuwere grew up impoverished in the Bed-Sty section of Brooklyn. After watching a close friend gunned down as a teenager and his mother succumb to drugs, Nuwere began searching for an escape and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Dec02

Can a Black Man be Abstinent?

by Duane on December 2nd, 2004 at 7:27 am
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Before I go into my story, I must tell you that I will be using fictitious names for some of the people that I will mention in this piece. I was one of the fortunate ones who grew up in a home with a mom and dad. My dad was a very hard worker who, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Dec02

A Sad, but a pretty accurate picture of the black church.

by Duane on December 2nd, 2004 at 2:31 am
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“On Sunday mornings, everyone used to walk out of their house and speak to each other, and we were all headed in the same direction. There was a sense of family and camaraderie,” said Wright, the longtime director of the Total Experience Choir. “Instead, I see people at the park and washing their cars and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Dec01

You Can’t Blame This on Some Green Monkey (part 2)

by Duane on December 1st, 2004 at 12:45 pm
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Everytime I listen to an endless discussion on AIDS, I can do nothing but politely listen at first, then eventually just tune it out. You see, I am a type of person that just want to get the the point — the solution. What gets me angry about this issue is while we are impressing […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Dec01

You Can’t Blame This on Some Green Monkey (part 1)

by Duane on December 1st, 2004 at 11:30 am
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Click here for more on this story. [image is also from the Miami Herald]

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Dec01

Negro, “Why?” and “Please!”

by Duane on December 1st, 2004 at 4:00 am
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This is a picture from those websites that feature very sorrowful Americans to the world for the sins of this nation. Nothing more to say on this.

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Dec01

Don’t Deflect it, Accept it and Deal with it!

by Duane on December 1st, 2004 at 2:10 am
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Camden is considered an economically depressed area. It has an unemployment rate of 36 percent, and one in three of its residents are poor. However, community leaders there do not agree with the company labeling it the nation’s most dangerous city. Black community leaders told BlackAmericaWeb.com that, while they cannot deny that many cities with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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