“You look at our eyes,” Parris said. “You hear the pain in our voice. We have no reason to lie to (about) this man. “”I loved him,” Parris said. “I’m always going to have love for the things that he taught me. But how he left us hurt worse than anything I ever felt in my life.” [...]
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This is a follow-up of sorts to the hackneyed response of quite a few entrenched obfuscators of the efforts initiated with No Wedding No Womb. There was a lot of attention generated. Now it has to be utilized as best it can. That depends on the focus of individuals. I expect to see [...] I and a score of other citizen activists and bloggers (of sometimes divergent interests) have come together in an initiative today to blow the lid off the explosion of out of wedlock child births in the African-American community in particular, the large never-married status and mass abandonment of black women and children. For regular [...] One of the benefits of attending the Gov 2.0 Summit two weeks ago was the opportunity to meet entrepreneurs as well as government officials, journalists and civic advocates while covering the event for my Examiner column. I’ve included a modified version of that article here for the blogging audience. I had the wonderful opportunity [...] Today’s African-American women are loyal to their detriment and ready with all sorts of excuses to explain away abhorrent behavior in the black community and specifically with some black males as they internalize the stress and negativity from such associations. There was a vocal contingent of a few outspoken women (serving as [...] It’s hard to remember but there was a time when we weren’t tethered to hand-held devices, PDAs and over-arching schedules. Each advance comes with its own set of positive and unanticipated consequences. With the advent of cable for example people were able to watch television independent from a network schedule. When VCR technology [...] I attended the Gov 2.0 Summit , co-produced by O’Reilly Media held in Washington, D.C. earlier this week. I was able to interview a few government staff and technology innovators and will post that series next week for my Examiner column. The purpose of Gov 2.0 as stated: “Our focus this year is [...] The diet industry is a billion dollar market. Jenny Craig, Nutrisystem, Weight Watchers, Celebrity Fit Club, Slim Fast - take your pick. Even Special K cereal promotes weight loss. While the two entertainers are not personally battling each other it’s a marked study in contrast the campaigns initiated by their corporate bosses Weight Watchers and Jenny [...] What would certain members of the white elite and political manipulators do if working class and poor whites figured out they were being played? Those Tea Party members might reconsider how easily they’re being manipulated into racially scapegoating others and recognize it’s a class battle they need to be organizing against. The Southern [...] How did I miss this! Thelma Golden, the impressario curator of Studio Museum of Harlem led a presentation at TED on the Intersectionality of Race & Sexuality In Art. Brilliant! [...] |
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