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I know this story doesn't follow the "official" talking points sheet in any dialogue about blacks and the current war in the Middle East, but oh well... "Returning to her camp near Baghdad, Sgt. 1st Class Juanita Wilson's last supply run turned out very differently than the other missions in her seven-month tour in Iraq. "We got everything we needed and [were] on our way back … about an hour from our ...More

Even if you do not live in California, this website should help you raise a lot of questions about your local school district and how it is being administered. I will be a regular visitor to this site. Website: http://www.schoolwisepress.com/index.html About: From website OUR MISSION Our mission is to help parents become school-smart and to assist education leaders in making that possible. OUR GOALS 1. We are focused on helping districts and state departments of education report ...More

"At the barbershop on a recent afternoon, warehouse manager Forrest Hall Jr., 60, expressed frustration with the sympathy immigrants have drawn, after days of televised marches across the country. ''They broke the law," he said. ''If they give them amnesty, they should give every black man and woman in America amnesty for what happened in slavery. I see them parading around like we owe them something. We don't owe them anything." Despite ...More

The following was printed last year in Ebony magazine, but it is something that you do not hear too often in the daily chatter surrounding black American issues. Over the weekend I was fortunate enough to catch Tony Brown's Journal where he featured a young man (Asa Wynn Grant). First, here is a little about him: More

We’ve seen the evidence of ethnic cleansing. We must act now or be condemned for our inhumanity April 16, 2006 — ’We send our grandmothers to collect the firewood. We know they will be beaten. But we have no choice; if we send our men, they will kill them. If we send our women or our girls, they will rape them.’ I could see the bitterness and despair on the young ...More

This is just for reference. Similiar postings like this are filed under "Research". The sole purpose of the next few postings is to centralize researched data on this site. I have been collecting information like this for years, but I usually keep it on my own PC. "African Americans say they're more likely than the general population to participate in several online activities. Sixty-eight percent of visit news sites, while only ...More

Here is another study that I am posting soley for the reason to add under "Research". I guess you can say that this is my own personal data wherehouse. I'll leave the commentary up to you. Hispanics Are the Fastest Growing Ethnic Group Online, According to Nielsen//NetRatings NEW YORK, July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nielsen//NetRatings (Nasdaq: NTRT), the global standard in Internet audience measurement and analysis, today revealed that Web surfers of Hispanic ...More

Men From Key Ethnic Groups Show Markedly Different Media Use Patterns MultiMedia Mentorâ„¢ service, based on single-source data, provides guidance for more effective media targeting Cranford, NJ, and Menlo Park, CA - October 16, 2002: New Knowledge Networks information about media use by Hispanic, African ...More

October 4, 2005; Menlo Park, CA: Television and personal computer (PC) ownership and usage varies significantly across cultural groups, according to new findings from Knowledge Networks (KN). The difference in usage and ownership of these technologies – considered along with demographic and household income data – offers a valuable decision-making context to advertisers and marketers attempting to reach these audiences.According to the just-released Spring 2005 Ownership & Trend Report from ...More