Magic Johnson Bridgescape Academy partners with school systems to reach at risk young people. Right now, there are 17 academies around the country. Johnson says, by the end of this year, there will be 40 locations, nationwide. More info on the school ...
Posted Thursday, September 19th 2013 at 8:33PM
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White Americans are more likely than black Americans to have used most kinds of illegal drugs, including cocaine, marijuana and LSD. Yet blacks are far more likely to go to prison for drug offenses.
This discrepancy forms the backdrop of a new leg ...
Posted Tuesday, September 17th 2013 at 11:19PM
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The Arabic, Hebrew and Amharic roots of the term RASTAFARI: Ras tafari: RAS: The name Ras is derived from the Arabic name "Rais" meaning "leader" and from the Hebrew name "Raz" meaning "secret". TAFARI: In Amharic, Ras (literally "Head", an Ethiopian ...
Posted Tuesday, September 17th 2013 at 8:21PM
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What role do Historically Black Colleges/Universities have in changing the racist / sexist aspects of the traditional Western College/University experience/lesson/degree curriculum? Or are HBCU simply to be location where the majority of students are ...
Posted Tuesday, September 17th 2013 at 7:31PM
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WORLD HISTORY GAME? But 95% the questions are about European people and their regions. Maybe this test should just be called: History of the White World (with few exceptions). I notice similar trends in WORLD GEOGRAPHY, etc quizzes. NOTE: And what is ...
Posted Tuesday, September 17th 2013 at 7:27PM
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by Dr. Boyce Watkins
The funny thing about so-called “black leadership” is that much of our perception of black public figures is controlled and managed by predominantly white media. Therefore, it is no coincidence that nearly every prominent bla ...
Posted Tuesday, September 17th 2013 at 1:04PM
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We have got to reach a level of economic viability if we are to survive this next wave in history... I know a lot of people have online businesses, but we need more neighborhood and community businesses where people can actually walk in and purcha ...
Posted Tuesday, September 17th 2013 at 1:54AM
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2014 Midterm elections begin in November, it is imperative that we all get out and vote, don't believe the hype, if our votes didn't matter there wouldn't be so many forces trying to suppress our vote, we've been battling an oppressive system far t ...
Posted Tuesday, September 17th 2013 at 1:39AM
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Have we been subjected to so much in this world that we have lost the capacity to love, honor, and respect one another, or are there just a bunch of us running around in circles who could care less about the outcome of our people, and if so, what ...
Posted Tuesday, September 17th 2013 at 1:38AM
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"We know that freedom is not free. We know that freedom is not a place. It is a vision and an ongoing mission. We know that the mantle of freedom must be assumed by each new generation of its own volition. Yet, most of our children are unaware that t ...
Posted Tuesday, September 17th 2013 at 1:34AM
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