Posts Tagged ‘research’

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Jun21

Expecting Less From Our Black Children

by Duane on June 21st, 2010 at 9:44 am
Posted In: Commentary, Education, Flickr, Headlines, Junk science, Our children

Two stories based on deep research (yeah, deep alright) are once again making their annual rounds in the media.

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May28

AmeriKKKa: The Struggle Continues…

by Duane on May 28th, 2010 at 8:25 am
Posted In: Economy, Headlines

The Jim Crow days are once again upon us.
“Business startups reached their highest level in 14 years in 2009, according to a new study released by the Kauffman Foundation, a nonprofit research firm. Data shows 558,000 new businesses were created each month in 2009, with African-Americans and people 55 and older fueling the greatest increases. [...]

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Jan22

What We Have Been Talking About Over The Years

by Duane on January 22nd, 2010 at 9:22 am
Posted In: Remember

“GenealogyBank, a leading online provider of newspapers for family history research, announced today that it will be adding over 280 fully-searchable African-American newspapers with coverage from 1827 to 1999. GenealogyBank released the first 61 newspapers in this new series earlier this month, including coverage from 20 states.” (more from the article)
Genealogybank.com African-American newspapers portal

Sphere: Related [...]

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Nov03

Education And Creativity

by Duane on November 3rd, 2009 at 11:59 am
Posted In: Education, Our children

Robinson summarizes his speech here.
Secondly, if you have not heard of Charlotte Iserbyt, get to know her. I have her book “The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America” and it has greatly opened my eyes to the ultimate goals of our educational system. Here is a 10 min video I managed to find of her on [...]

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Jun24

Manning Johnson’s Farewell Address

by Duane on June 24th, 2009 at 9:28 am
Posted In: Remember

Some of y’all know that I have quoted former communist conspirator Manning Johnson on this site various times in the past. Well, I just got an e-mail from someone who created a website centered around this important historical figure (go to manningjohnson.org). There you will find a copy of Johnson’s book “Color, Communism and Common [...]

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Apr07

More window dressing solutions

by Duane on April 7th, 2009 at 9:52 am
Posted In: Education, Just "Why?", Our Health, Science & Research

diverseeducation.com
While African-Americans are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS, the number of Black HIV/AIDS researchers is in short supply. However, a research team at the University of California, Los Angeles is working to remedy this problem.
To increase the number of Black HIV/AIDS researchers, a research team from the UCLA Center for Culture, Trauma and Mental Health Disparities [...]

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