No Smooth Ride on TV Networks’ Road to Diversity…

Tweet (Akiit.com) On the eve of Barack Obama’s election last fall as the first African-American president, television seemed to be leaning toward a post-racial future. In October two prominent cable networks — CNN and Comedy Central — began new programs that featured black hosts, a development that was notable because so few current programs on […]

Economic Recovery Will Be More Than About Trusting President Obama’s Stimulus Plan…

Tweet (Akiit.com) The “Audacity Of Greed” is what President Obama’s next book should be called. Never could he have imagined how tough it would be getting out of an economic recession (borderline depression) when he signed up for the presidency. He knew the job was tough when he took it, he just didn’t know that […]

AIG’s Minority Racket…

Tweet (Akiit.com) AIG ignited the national firestorm of rage with its shell out of $160 to $600 million in tainted bonuses to its tainted executives. But what has gotten almost no attention is a big reason that AIG had to stiff the government and everyone else. That’s the role that the company played in the […]

Resident Evil Racism…

Tweet (Akiit.com) The well-worn script reads like this. A protest group blasts a video game manufacturer, its designers, actors, and writers for dumping a game on the market loaded with racially insulting and demeaning stereotypes. The video game team yelps that the game is pure entertainment, has some blacks or Latinos in on the design […]

A Letter to My Daughters and Yours…

Tweet (Akiit.com) Dear Girls, *Rihanna has apparently gone back to Chris Brown and is also refusing to testify against him in court. I wish her well but I think she’s making a foolish decision in going back to a man who beat her like a dog minutes after he accepted a sexually inviting text message […]

Pros and cons of buying black…

Tweet (Akiit.com) With unemployment among African Americans running at almost twice the level of whites -13.4 per cent, compared with 7.3 per cent, a figure that is sure to increase as the global economic crisis worsens; buying black could throw a lifeline to struggling businesses. But the concept is not a new one. In 1933, […]

Pursuing equity requires a systematic approach…

Tweet (Akiit.com) When the United States announced its boycott of the World Conference Against Racism in South Africa this month, it was not a great surprise. Primarily because of two controversial resolutions, one calling for reparations for the institution of slavery, and the other a formal condemnation of apartheid-like conditions suffered by Palestinians, white and […]

Did Rap Kill The Black Male Singer?

Tweet (Akiit.com) How many of you know who the best selling Black male singer in the world for 2008 was? I bet you’ll never get this right, without a few clues. Well, he’s 50 years old, considered washed up and too controversial to sell, plus the majority of his songs are more than 25 years […]

Barack Obama’s Betrayal of the Black Church?

Tweet (Akiit.com) As I write this, Obama has just signed an Executive Order lifting restrictions on Embryonic Stem Cell research, a move he said, rejects the “false choice” between science and morality. As well, it has been just 49 days since the inaguration and already there are grumblings among the voters who supported the presidential […]

Black Women Ignored by Mainstream Media…

Tweet (Akiit.com) Day after day, in all forms of media — print, radio, and television — we see, hear, and read the perspectives of non-Black women and women of color who are not actively involved in the struggles of Black women — especially on so-called ‘women’s issues’. Well, as Sojourner Truth would ask, Black women […]

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