Posted by Duane On April - 3 - 2007ADD COMMENTS
This article to me represents an issue that I have seen brewing for quite sometime now. Tensions arise at Davis High after group suspension Local activists point to a lack of African American teachers at school as indication of racism By: Timothy Jue (californiaaggie.com) A contentious meeting that resulted in the suspension of Davis Senior High School's Black Student Union and a subsequent march by students and local activists protesting racial inequity in the ...More
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Posted by Duane On April - 3 - 2007ADD COMMENTS
NEW YORK, April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- You can't take it with you, according to the adage, but many Americans seem to be planning to do just that. That's because over half (55 percent) of all adult Americans do not have a will, a new survey shows, a percent that has remained virtually unchanged over the past three years. [...] A will - an expressed intention of what should be done with one's ...More
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Posted by Duane On April - 3 - 2007ADD COMMENTS
I have noticed for sometime now that a portion of the traffic to this site comes from middle and high schools (you can tell this by the k12 domain). From time to time they leave very interesting comments. Here is a young sistah who e-mailed me with a question that I thought would be good if I just posted it and let you (the readers of this site) answer it ...More
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Posted by Duane On April - 3 - 2007ADD COMMENTS
I was recently contacted by book publisher Hyperion Books to request a book review of Robin Robert's book "From The Heart: Seven Rules To Live By". In case you may not know who Ms. Roberts is, she currently is a co-anchor of ABC's Good America. Here is a quick excerpt of her bio: In May 2005, Robin Roberts was named third anchor of ABC News' "Good Morning America." Most recently, Ms. ...More
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Posted by Duane On April - 3 - 2007ADD COMMENTS
Not too long ago on this site I referenced an article that appeared on bankrate.com where Christopher Cruise (Senior National Mortgage Trainer) was interviewed. Well somehow he discovered the post and contacted me via e-mail to thank me. We talked yesterday by phone and briefly talked about the current state of the mortgage industry and how it is affecting the Black community. Since he has a lot of knowledge on ...More
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Posted by Duane On April - 3 - 2007ADD COMMENTS
Orleans DA is contesting bias verdict Jordan's firings of white workers not based on race, judges told Tuesday, April 03, 2007 By Gwen Filosa (nola.com) Orleans Parish District Attorney Eddie Jordan appeared in a federal appeals court Monday, fighting to overturn the 2005 jury verdict that he violated labor discrimination laws by firing dozens of white employees after taking office. The interest on the $3.4 million jury award, including back pay and fees, is accumulating ...More
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