To think history against the grain can be a rewarding activity. Here it is a case in which a chapter in history has been re-imagined from beginning to end: In 1684, Evgeni, the brother of the Tsar Peter the Great, held a secret meeting with Zadek Ibn Farouk, the famous Guinea-based black slaves trader, to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Some of the more than 4,400 Africans living in Central Harlem have been routinely targeted and singled out for discrimination and abuse, both verbal and physical, according to Africans living in the area…” (my input) And guess what? It ain’t white folk doing the discrimination. Ya-Ya, a 32-year-old sales associate at Harlem Kids on 125th […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“A statue of former Belgian colonial king Leopold II has been re-erected in the centre of the Democratic Republic of Congo capital, Kinshasa.” “Culture Minister Christoph Muzungu said he wanted DR Congo’s history revived… (more…)” In short, this deranged king was responsible for the slaughter of millions of Africans. My blog friends Sokari and Chippla […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From time to time on this site, I will discuss the state of our public school system. In short, it is a mess. How can one of the richest economies in the world produce kids out of grade school that can barely compete with countries that spend far less in education? Despite of this continuous […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Johnson family (from left) Jazzmin, 10; Kelvin; Kameron, 4; Elisha, and Eboni, 3. (article associated with picture here) If you have been following this site for a long time, you might recall a piece I did on interracial relationships. My only regret about doing that piece is that I feel I did not spend […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged the Security Council on Tuesday to take urgent action to stop the killing in Darfur after a U.N. panel called for international trials for those behind atrocities. The panel, however, stopped short of accusing Sudan’s government and allied Arab militias of genocide. (more…) “The President was drawing on an investigation […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From Variety.com >In Noah Baumbach’s “The Squid and the Whale,” one of the best films in a very mixed-bag dramatic competition this year, a divorced father considers an affair with a student, his older son dithers about whether to bed a “nice” girl or the same, wilder student his father’s with, and the 11-ish son […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“For sure, the president is sending a mixed message to the black community regarding his idea of the role of government in our society. With Social Security, he’s talking about ownership and less government. The faith-based-grant program, on the other hand, amounts to a significant expansion of government. ” “Unfortunately, the president’s program, in its […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tavares Forby of the website www.blackpundit.com breaks down how a recent review of the “Congressional Budget Office (CBO) show that runaway spending, not insufficient tax revenues, remains the cause of today’s nagging budget deficits.” Click here for his commentary and link to the actual article.
Erroll B. Davis Jr. Chairman and CEO, Alliant Energy (LNT) Age: 60 Davis heads a $3.1 billion energy services provider that serves more than 3 million customers worldwide. His tenure appears to be going well: The company’s stock price was at a 52-week high of $27.64 at the end of 2004. Davis holds an engineering […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
THE son of the United Nations secretary-general has admitted he was involved in negotiations to sell millions of barrels of Iraqi oil under the auspices of Saddam Hussein. Kojo Annan has told a close friend he became involved in negotiations to sell 2m barrels of Iraqi oil to a Moroccan company in 2001. He is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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