Posted in 2008 US presidential campaign, African-Americans, AfroSphere, Barack Obama, Black History, Leadership, Life, News, Politics, Racism, black pride on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »
I have been very busy lately with other priorities and commitments to be able to blog on a number of issues. Next week I should be able to get back into the mix… but until then… let me share this inspiring speech by a true hero of African heritage (click here). I will comment more on this issue [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Is it really a surprise to people in the black community that the three police officers on trial for the murder of Sean Bell were acquitted? In New York, New York of all places? Is this not the same city where police sodomized Abner Louima, a black man in their custody, and then tried to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2008 US Presidential race on April 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Art of Deception by Charlie Gibson & George Stephanopoulos
By Eddie Griffin
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
In prison, there are some good and honorable men who simply made a mistake in their lives. But then there are some of the vilest creatures on the planet locked up. Although God changed my life in prison, some of the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2008 | No Comments »
*** This article was originally published back in September ***
It’s old news now that the Bush family is in the midst of planning a wedding. I don’t suffer the details so I couldn’t say much about which twin is getting married nor do I want to spend the minimal energy to try and find out. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Assimilation into a society can be a wonderful thing. Being able to be who you are in appearance and thought, and to be respected as an equal by the greater social community, is a heavenly concept. When people who are visibly different from the dominant majority of members of the community and are truly free [...]
Posted in African-Americans, Life, tagged black boys on April 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Posted in Uncategorized on April 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Racism can be defined as the belief that some people of a particular race are inherently superior, ethically, spiritually, physically, intellectually, ambitiously, and/or culturally, to others races and therefore is entitled to dominate. Racism has created significant and profound racial tensions and conflicts in virtually all aspects of American society. White domination over blacks has [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bill Cosby, bullying, responsibility on April 8, 2008 | No Comments »
By: Boyce Watkins
www.boycewatkins.com
I recently appeared on an episode of Good Morning America about a judge in Atlanta named Marvin Arrington. The show renewed my skepticism of mainstream media, and helped me remember why I love Bill Cosby so much.
Apparently, Judge Arrington was fed up with seeing one black defendant after another in his courtroom, and [...]
Posted in Activism, Africa, African-Americans, African/Black Women Blogs, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Black History, Blogging, Culture, Geopolitics, History, Jean 6, Justice, Kenneth Foster, Leadership, Life, News, Politics, Racism, Uncategorized on April 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I watched a fascinating discussion on Sunday afternoon on a program on BBC World called “The World Debate”. The panel, which was made up of Carl Bernstein, the award winning journalist who helped uncover the Watergate scandal; Sergey Brin, one of the co-founders of the internet giant Google; Dan Gilbert, a Harvard Psychologist; Queen Noor of Jordan and the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 7, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It has been said that I do a lot of complaining about conditions in the traditional black community but offer little in the way of ideas for a solution. That may be a true assessment. If somebody backs up and takes a look at the scope of problems that faces the black community it is [...]
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