Blacks more likely to have undiagnosed key stroke risk factor, have higher stroke incidence
Alzheimer’s Disease More Prevalent in Blacks, Hispanics
Study Shows Elderly Blacks Are More Likely To Skip Their Medication Than Whites And May Be At Greater Risk For Other Medication-Related Problems
Blacks more likely than whites to pursue education
African-Americans Have Highest Stroke Rate, Southerners More [...]
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Today’s Google Search: “Blacks are more likely…”
March 18th, 2010 
Duane 
Posted in Commentary, Our Expression, Sistahs, The Brothas 
Tags: African-American, Alzheimer's disease, Conditions and Diseases, health, Risk factor, Stroke 
No Comments »We’re Not Interested In Baseball, But It’s Baseball’s Fault?
March 10th, 2010 Duane USA Today continues the discussion that has never really caught that much traction in the real world.
“It’s common for high schools to arrange transportation for their kids to attend practices and games, but how do kids get to the academies if no one is home to drive them?
‘I’ve seen it operate in (Compton),’ Boras [...]
Posted in Our Expression, Our children, The Brothas, The Media Tags: African-American, American football, baseball, basketball, high school No Comments »I Repeat, Someone Isn’t being Honest
March 8th, 2010 Duane January, 2010
“In a survey of American racial attitudes released Tuesday, researchers reported that the feeling of progress is driven in large part by the election of President Obama, along with a greater sense of local community satisfaction and a more positive outlook. The majority of African Americans say they are better off now than they [...]
Posted in Economy, Our Expression, Politics Tags: African-American, employment, Federal government of the United States, Obama No Comments »Get Your Siskel and Ebert On This Weekend
March 6th, 2010 Duane Among some of the random posting I do on Facebook on the weekend, I will be focusing on some of the works put out there by Black independent filmmakers. Are you one of those who are upset that there isn’t enough decent choices out there for Black entertainment? Here is your chance to help [...]
Site Worth Checking Out: theblackcivilwar.com
March 5th, 2010 Duane “Know your History, Know Reality, and be Empowered to change what you do not like”
But Is It Love?
March 4th, 2010 Duane “Could Sid have sex outside of his marriage with me? Yes. That’s not a deal-breaker. That’s not something that would make us say, ‘Pack your things and let’s end the marriage,’” she continued. “What if it’s 20 times? So what? We’ve been best friends for over 25 years, and we truly know who we are. [...]
Posted in Headlines, Our Expression, Our children, Sistahs Tags: Barbara Walter, Marriage, Mo'Nique, Relationships 2 Comments »The Founder And The Man Who Got Most Of The Credit
March 3rd, 2010 Duane Here is the founder
Willie Morrow, founder of the California Curl
The Man who got most of the credit-
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All Quiet On The “Stop Dating Outside The Race” and “Black Love” Fronts
March 3rd, 2010 Duane Shhhhh!
Quiet, please.
What We Were Saying Back In 2008
March 3rd, 2010 Duane From Essence Magazine (1/2008)
Caption on picture:“Vision of love. Usher and Tameka.”
“Usher and Tameka’s love seems almost palpable. That’s something I dream of experiencing someday.”
“Kudos to you and your excellent story on Usher and Tameka ['When a Man Loves a Woman,' November 2007]. This couple has set a great example for the R&B and hip hop [...]
Who Again Says That Group Think Does Not Exist?
February 25th, 2010 Duane The Sharpton/Smiley saga is entertaining to me more than anything else. However, what I do find interesting is that how Smiley is still being accused of “attacking” the President and being non-supportive of him when Smiley voted for him.
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Huddle Around, Y’all. Our Black Leaders Are About To Speak…Again
February 24th, 2010 Duane A friend of mine told me about a lil’ war of words between Tavis Smiley and Al Sharpton that took place yesterday on the Tom Joyner Morning Show. Apparently, Tavis is challenging other self-elected Black leaders to show up in Chicago next month to explain why many of them are not holding Obama to the [...]
Posted in Headlines, Our Expression, Politics Tags: Al Sharpton, Barack Obama, Politics, tavis smiley, Tom Joyner Morning Show No Comments »
No, It Will Not Work And I Will Tell You Why
A writer over at Popeater asks the question:”Can an overweight African American woman be successful as a leading lady in the movie business?”
The writer is of course talking about Academy Award nominee, Miss Gabourey Sidibe and he wonders if Hollywood will ever rise to the challenge of doing more films that feature overweight Black [...]