Archive for ‘Our children’

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May18

Another one of our babies is missing (4/18/08)

by Duane on May 18th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Posted In: Our children, Our Missing Babies

RASHAD L ADKINS Case Type: Missing DOB: Oct 2, 1994 Sex: Male Missing Date: May 9, 2008 Race: Black Age Now: 13 Height: 4’11″ (150 cm) Missing City: ALEXANDRIA Weight: 130 lbs (59 kg) Missing State : VA Hair Color: Black Missing Country: United States Eye Color: Brown Case Number: USVAVA08-112 Circumstances: Rashad was last […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May16

Growing them up too fast?

by Duane on May 16th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Posted In: Our children
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May15

Help wanted (NEEDED): A man in his life

by Duane on May 15th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Posted In: Just "Why?", Mentoring, Our children, The Brothas

Woman Says Joyriding Grandson, 7, Beat Her Up Boy Taken For Mental Evaluation After Incident LAKE PARK, Fla. — A 7-year-old boy who took his grandmother’s car on a joyride last month has been taken for a mental health evaluation after he allegedly beat her up inside a South Florida Wal-Mart, WPBF News 25 reported. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May07

Daddy government cannot deliver for Black children

by Duane on May 7th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Posted In: Our children

State closes “flawed” office to help black children in welfare system By Maureen O’Hagan Seattle Times staff reporter The Office of African-American Children’s Services — once considered a national model in the way it tried to address the high number of black kids in the child-welfare system — has officially closed. The state office, touted […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May01

Sorry, But This Requires More Than A Time Out

by Duane on May 1st, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Posted In: Just "Why?", Our children

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcqOgnQyXp4&hl=en] Tear that butt up! Just Tear it up!

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May01

There are a lot of bruthas that can identify with this

by Duane on May 1st, 2008 at 9:56 am
Posted In: Our children, The Brothas

Good fathers ‘powerless against vengeful mothers’ By Tom Peterkin Decent fathers are left powerless to see their estranged children if vengeful mothers are determined to prevent access, a senior judge has admitted. Lord Justice Ward attacked child access law after presiding over a case that saw a “vicious” mother falsely accuse her ex-husband of sexually […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Apr29

Linking School Suspensions to …Poverty?

by Duane on April 29th, 2008 at 9:16 am
Posted In: Education, Our children

At least that is what Des Moines school board member Jonathan Narcisse believes as reported in the following article. Hoover seen reflecting state in black student suspensions By RACHAEL STERN • CO-EDITOR, HOOVER CHALLENGER Statistics from the Iowa Department of Education released earlier this year told a story familiar to elected officials who are black: […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Apr26

Cosby Teams Up With The Judge

by Duane on April 26th, 2008 at 9:22 am
Posted In: Headlines, Our children

Cosby, Tucker join Fulton judge in message to black youths CHRISTIAN BOONE The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Image: AJC.com) When Fulton Superior Court Judge Marvin Arrington got mad, an icon listened. On Thursday, Bill Cosby headlined a “fireside chat” with Arrington and Atlanta-born comic Chris Tucker at Benjamin E. Mays High School. The packed auditorium held mostly […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Apr22

Legacy of slavery or just a poor self image?

by Duane on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Posted In: Commentary, Our children

Recently, I came across the following video (I believe this is the program my wife was telling me about last week–just thinking out loud) that caused me to take some pause. Check it out. Not too long ago I took my kids (and the neighbor’s kids) to the local toy store. My daughter was the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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