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McCain seeks pardon for first black champ…

April 2, 2009 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) Sen. John McCain said Wednesday he’s sure that President Barack Obama “will be more than eager” to pardon the late black heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, who was sent to prison nearly a century ago because of his romantic ties with a white woman. Appearing with three of Johnson’s family members and Rep. Peter […]

Rejecting Post-Raciality: An Ode’ To The Life Of John Hope Franklin…

April 2, 2009 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) The death of preeminent historian and race scholar, John Hope Franklin, made a life-long contribution to helping America understand the legacies of slavery and racial vestiges that have been carried forward that still makes race the most entrenched socio-economic-political issue of our society. John Hope Franklin’s life’s work was to reassemble the fragmented […]

How drugs work in the body…

April 2, 2009 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) More than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems. 51 percent of American children and adults were taking one or more prescription drugs for a chronic condition, up from 50 percent the previous four years and 47 percent in 2001. Most of the drugs are taken […]

Good Sam Club – Rv Owners Community, etc…

April 2, 2009 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) In a few weeks the family and I shall be going on vacation… Been a while so I will enjoy my time away from home… Hopefully we can visit Disney Land as I know my daughters will get a kick out of playing with Mickey Mouse, etc… So I need to find a […]

New York Eases Drug Laws; It’s about Time Racism Bites the Dust…

April 1, 2009 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) Last week New York’s Black Governor David Paterson and legislative leaders reached agreement to ease anti-drug laws which were among the harshest in the nation. Not only were the laws harsh but they were draconian to the point of being both racist and evil. The laws were passed in the early 1970s by […]

Low Income Minorities Did Not Cause the Mortgage Crisis…

April 1, 2009 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) They say” the foreclosure mess “was caused by government meddling in the business affairs of private banks which forced them to loan to unqualified minority home buyers.” Watch the nation’s cable networks and they’ll have you believing that the mortgage debacle is the fault of dark-skinned people from the Association of Community Organizations […]

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