Unlike past Father’s day celebrations, this past Sunday served more as a milestone for my family and I.
You see this is our first full year homeschooling both of our children. While I may have the privilege of working from our home, my wife’s profession requires her to work outside the home. This has made me [...]
I’ll just highlight two points on this list.
Found on diverseeducation.com (link to article)
Myth 1:
The Black Family Structure was Destroyed in Slavery.
This outdated perspective was developed in the early 1900s by a group of racist historians known as the Dunning School Unfortunately, it was adopted by Dr. Edward Franklin Frazier, an African American professor at Howard [...]
(miamiherald.com) Until recently, Latin American leaders treated racism as if it were someone else’s problem. South American presidents in 2000 even issued a statement condemning its resurgence in “other parts of the world.”
If Afro-Latin Americans were poorer and less educated than whites, and underrepresented in government or corporations, the thinking went, it was a problem [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress moved on Tuesday toward setting aside $100 million to create a Justice Department unit devoted to investigating unsolved murders from the civil rights era.
A bill named in honor of slain black teenager Emmett Till, now advancing through the House and Senate, would establish a division of FBI agents and federal prosecutors [...]
(breitbart.com) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that the slaughter in Darfur was triggered by global climate change and that more such conflicts may be on the horizon, in an article published Saturday.
“The Darfur conflict began as an ecological crisis, arising at least in part from climate change,” Ban said in a Washington Post opinion [...]
Tyshonia (left) is a cute, adorable six year old girl. She enjoys watching television and likes to play with her Game Boy. She likes to spend time involved in outdoor activities. Tyshonia really likes picking flowers.
She is a Kindergarten student, and attends school in the local community. Tyshonia is an intelligent child, but she will [...]
AKEEM AKIL CUMBERBATCH
Case Type: Missing
DOB: Jul 14, 1990
Sex: Male
Missing Date: Apr 13, 2007
Race: Black
Age Now: 16
Height: 5’6″ (168 cm)
Missing City: VIRGINIA BEACH
Weight: 150 lbs (68 kg)
Missing State : VA
Hair Color: Black
Missing Country: United States
Eye Color: Brown
Case Number: USVAVA06-161
Circumstances: Akeem was last seen on April 13, 2007. He has tattoos on his left arm [...]
Not too long ago my wife and I saw a program on BET where there was a brief discussion on the topic of ‘The Black Tax’. One of the featured guests, Dr. Anthony Griffin (of Extreme Makeover fame) mentioned that there have been many occasions where he has been approached by other Black folks requesting [...]
(health.usnews.com) Entire cities and counties have banned them. McDonald’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken have vowed to give them up—as have Starbucks, Ruby Tuesday, and a host of other former sources of sinful pleasures. In response to the 2006 Food and Drug Administration requirement that trans fats be listed on nutrition labels, makers of packaged goods [...]
(philly.com) The committee will honor 15 fathers from all walks of life. Bill Cosby has agreed to be honorary chairman, though he won’t be able to attend the reception.
But the Father’s Day Rally Committee is about much more than a picnic in the park and a plaque for fathers.
It’s an effort to ensure that crucial [...]
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The one funny thing about this is that on the other hand many White girls want a big booty, larger lips and darker skin.
(blackvoicenews.com) As she worked on this year’s Father’s Day special for the Black Voice News, my daughter Regina asked me why I choose to be my children’s father…a question she asked many excellent father’s here in the Inland Empire (see page B-1). Once I started thinking about the question I realize that I didn’t [...]
(chicagotribune.com) When photographer Carol Ross published a book of portraits honoring African-American dads, she had no idea it would be the cornerstone of a national campaign that challenges the image of the absent black father.
But Thursday night at a South Side art gallery, the fruit of her partnership with Burrell Communications was unveiled: a media [...]
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