African American Political Pundit in conjunction with the afrospear will be blogging for justice. Protecting Black Women (and their families) From Rape
On Thursday November 1, 2007 Afrospear members and Afrospear supporters are urged to blog to raise public awareness of the two rape cases involving black women. One woman was tortured, beaten, forced to [...]
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Posted in African-Americans on October 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
If there was ever a case to be made for reparations this is it.
Quick, does anyone reading this know who Otis G. Clark, Olivia J. Hooker, and Wess H. Young is? If you have never heard of them you are not alone. Quite a few people have never heard of these true field Negroes who [...]
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Posted in Africa, African-Americans, AfroSphere, Black History, Culture, Education, History, Life, News, Politics, Racism, Science, Work on October 21, 2007 | 10 Comments »
I remember watching a couple of the Sherlock Holmes movies when I was a kid. I never thought much of them as the story lines didn’t really hold my interest, plus they were shown in ”black and white”. I do remember though the line Sherlock Holmes gave his sidekick, Dr. Watson when he was ready to solve the case and [...]
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Posted in Activism, Africa, African-Americans, Arabs, Black England, Black History, Caribbean, Carnival, Education, Europe, History, Holocaust, Imperialism, Islam, Justice, Law, Life, News, Pan Africanism, Politics, Racism, Reparations, Slavery, black pride, economics on October 20, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I have never been a strong supporter for the call for reparations. I find that I expend enough energy just trying to get what I am currently entitled to, while I am struggling to hold on to what little I already have. Therefore I have not been really interested in fighting to get an apology and/or monetary compensation from “white” [...]
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Posted in Activism, Africa, AfroSphere, Black History, Business, Culture, Education, Geopolitics, History, Imperialism, Justice, Law, Life, Politics, Religion, economics on October 19, 2007 | No Comments »
Another gem from brotherpeacemaker. Click on the image to be taken to the article.
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Posted in Uncategorized on October 19, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Read this post on Brandy to see why the gossip website has gone too far and is spitting venom against black hair.
The post from the staff explicitly states:
Anyway, glad to see she’s decided to join the rest of the modern world and ditch those braids. We know her hairline is probably way past receding for wearing them [...]
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I love the idea of Freedom Technology Christmas, and so in the spirit of FTC, I want to promote and encourage the use of open source software as a means for black folks to further empower themselves technologically, intellectually, and creatively. When I first began dabbling in the open source world, almost ten years ago, [...]
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Posted in Africa, African-Americans, AfroSphere, Black History, Education, Entertainment, Genocide, Geopolitics, History, Life, News, Politics, Racism, Science, Space, Work, black pride, economics on October 14, 2007 | 14 Comments »
I have always enjoyed science fiction. The portrayal of what life could be like in the future, of other civilizations in far off galaxies and worlds, the various possible forms of extra-terrestrial life with their otherworld characteristics and personalities, all of this fascinates me to some extent. From t.v. shows such as Start Trek (the original series) and it’s various other spin-offs, Lost [...]
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Posted in Activism, African-Americans, BET, Business, Culture, Enough is Enough Campaign, Entertainment, black pride, gansta crap, tagged Activism, African-Americans, BET, black pride, Business, Culture, Enough is Enough, Entertainment, gangsta crap on October 13, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Update: Noted Activist Dick Gregory joined campaign supporters on September 22. Supporters are determined to rally until changes are made in the way media portrays African Americans and all people of color. We were joined last week by a bus of supporters from Long Island, New York led by Rev. Roger Williams, Pastor of the [...]
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Posted in Activism, African-Americans, AfroSphere, Afrospear bloggers, Black Women in Europe, Freedom Technology Christmas, tagged Activism, African-Americans, Afrospear bloggers, AfroSphere, Black Women in Europe, Freedom Technology Christmas on October 11, 2007 | 5 Comments »
It feels good to give for the AfroShpere!
Note from Francis: When Francis Holland first talked about the AfroSpear’s Freedom Technology Christmas, I had no idea that I would be the first recipient of a Freedom Technology Christmas present. But Adrianne R. George of the Black Women in Europe Blog became aware that my lack of [...]
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