Why aren’t the best and brightest minority students landing at elite colleges? A new study suggests we’re asking the wrong question.
In his research on achievement by black males in higher education, University of Pennsylvania Prof. Shaun Harper–d ...
Posted Monday, October 21st 2013 at 12:30PM
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One in every three black males born today can expect to go to prison at some point in their life, compared with one in every six Latino males, and one in every 17 white males, if current incarceration trends continue.
These are among the many piec ...
Posted Monday, October 21st 2013 at 12:26PM
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This exceptional young man deserves every good thing that comes his way. I too had tears in my eyes reading such a wonderful story. Great job raising this young man; kudos to his Mom at a time and place where it's sometimes easier to make bad choices ...
Posted Sunday, October 20th 2013 at 7:19PM
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Whomever is in office deserves respect well said when people are posting him in jail suits or clown faces that almost resembles black face. I remember when the Dixie chicks disrespected Bush everyone was appalled those who voted for him and those who ...
Posted Sunday, October 20th 2013 at 6:02PM
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Regular readers of The Electronic Intifada are familiar with the shocking and escalating racism in Israel against people from countries in Africa.
Our extensive coverage of the incitement and attacks on Africans, thanks in large part to the work o ...
Posted Sunday, October 20th 2013 at 5:44PM
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Melissa Harris-Perry A new generation of African-American elected officials
When Senator-elect Cory Booker goes to “work for people” in Washington, he’ll only be the fourth black person elected to the Senate to do so. In America. Ever. ...
Posted Sunday, October 20th 2013 at 3:52PM
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ALL MEMBERS READ THIS;
YOU seen the showon mtv called ''catfish'' right ?
http://www.mtv.com/shows/catfish/series.jhtml
Where there are people faking to be someone they are not in order to
get to another person weather it be for money sex o ...
Posted Sunday, October 20th 2013 at 4:59AM
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The GOP is a sad, leaderless political party with no moral compass and no direction.
Just how bad was the past two weeks for Republicans? After closing down the government for 16 days and threatening to unleash economic catastrophe on the world, the ...
Posted Sunday, October 20th 2013 at 2:18AM
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(ThyBlackMan.com) I was born in Los Angeles, and as I gazed upon the representation of the shiny new edifices that’s envisioned as the NEW Leimert Park, I was saddened and felt a profound sense of loss. All those impressive and shiny buildings didn’t ...
Posted Saturday, October 19th 2013 at 7:40PM
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Joke of Week: A man comes home and tells his wife the doctor said he just 24 hours to live. He asked if they could have sex before he dies and she said yes. Four hours later he asked again and she said yes. Eight hours later he asked again and still ...
Posted Saturday, October 19th 2013 at 7:34PM
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BLACK STUDIES IS CURRENTLY FACED WITH THE THREAT OF ERASURE---OOOPS! THERE GOES OUR HISTORY. LET NOT THE STRUGGLES OF THE PAST HAVE BEEN FOUGHT IN VAIN!!
The Battle for Black Studies: The forgotten African-American education-reform movement of the ...
Posted Friday, October 18th 2013 at 2:58PM
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David Johnson Contribution To black history everyday http://youtu.be/Q8wNM6jO38c
SOUL II SOUL BLACK HISTORY REMIX POETRY
www.youtube.com
TO THE DREAM ,THE MARCHER ,THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE US TO OUR BLACK ...
Posted Friday, October 18th 2013 at 2:41PM
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Pray for this young man.
I'm sitting here watching the Tigers pound on the Red Sox in Game 4 of the ALCS, and I'm not really in that much of touch-my-heart type of mood, when I come across this.
Tearjerker!
And it's real. Davion Only is 15 y ...
Posted Thursday, October 17th 2013 at 9:32PM
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DETROIT (WJBK) -- Charity Grace lives on the east side of the city with her 2-year-old son, Joshua. The two recently started to attend Perfecting Church under the leadership of Pastor Marvin Winans.
On Sunday, a special blessing is planned at the ...
Posted Thursday, October 17th 2013 at 9:06PM
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I first read about Sarah Baartman, very casually and in passing, many years ago. I didn’t know her by her real name. Rather, I knew her as the ‘Hottentot Venus.’
Not until recently, when I stumbled upon a historic film about her, was I filled with ...
Posted Wednesday, October 16th 2013 at 11:51PM
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Last night on Showtime, ”Jay Z Presents: Made In America“ documentary aired. Director Ron Howard captured behind the scenes of the 2012 inaugural Made In America festival in its beginning stages. The footage includes D’Angelo, Janelle Monae, Odd Fut ...
Posted Wednesday, October 16th 2013 at 11:31PM
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Senate leaders announced on Wednesday that they have reached a deal to end the government shutdown and avoid a possible U.S. default.
Senate leaders on Wednesday worked out a deal to reopen the government and ...
Posted Wednesday, October 16th 2013 at 2:52PM
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HER BODY WAS NOT THE TYPE HE WANTED SO HE WOULD POST GIRLS ON LINE THAT HE WAS ATTRACTED TO under the banner of music videos ,she was going deeper into a depression because she just could not stand up to the lust her husband had for a beautiful sexy ...
Posted Wednesday, October 16th 2013 at 10:17AM
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People are upset. The government is partially shut down, workers have been furloughed, important services are unavailable, some schools have had to scale back on providing meals because of a lack of funds to the federal lunch program, many local busi ...
Posted Tuesday, October 15th 2013 at 5:27PM
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THE BLOG KING NAME HAS BEEN IN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS ,,,LETS SEE ,,,BOB , YABBER JAWS ,JJ WALKERS MAMA JENNY MAE MC NASTY NAPPY HEAD,,,, CRIP G AINT YACOB ,,,,, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS A WHOLE LOT COULD NOT DO WITHOUT YOU GU ...
Posted Tuesday, October 15th 2013 at 4:34PM
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It is always interesting to watch an ignorant man attempt to protect the ignorance that sustains him. Of course, he never launches an attack on his own ignorance, but rather, he exposes himself even further by attacking the wisdom and knowledge of ot ...
Posted Tuesday, October 15th 2013 at 4:22PM
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