(Akiit.com) “Blame it on hip-hop” has become the common refrain of many older African Americans, especially those in the Civil Rights generation. Apparently, hip-hop is singularly responsible for all that is wrong with the Black community. Misogyny just didn’t exist before hip-hop. Neither did materialism. All fathers took care of ...
(Akiit.com) The human body consists of nearly 70% water; brain tissue is said to consist of about 85 per cent water. This is why drinking 6–8 glasses of water a day helps our body function efficiently. It is estimated that if we lost just one-tenth of the water within our ...
(Akiit.com) Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich backpedaled from his reverse racist slur of Supreme Court designate Sonia Sotomayor as a racist. A defiant Rush Limbaugh didn’t. There’s a reason. For more than four decades the reverse racist tag has been the most potent weapon in the arsenal of ultra-conservatives and ...
(Akiit.com) Being a Negro in America means trying to smile when you want to cry. It means trying to hold on to physical life amid psychological death. It means having your legs cut off, and then being condemned for being a cripple. It means seeing your mother and father spiritually ...
(Akiit.com) Last week during a long-awaited speech in Egypt televised to most of the Arab world, President Obama called for “a new beginning” in the relationship between the United States and Muslims. He declared that the “cycle of distrust and discord must end.” The president’s speech sounded good. It was ...
(Akiit.com) I write this letter to the public in an attempt to provoke critical thought and in so doing possibly raise the level of discourse in relation to the matters and circumstances that affect the lives of African Americans and ultimately the world. Of the latest goings on in Atlanta ...
(Akiit.com) In recent times much discussion has spawned regarding President Barack Obama’s general performance throughout his first few months in office. Not only have the President’s acts been measured within this context, but also his works as they relate to the addressing of the concerns of the African American community. ...
(Akiit.com) As we all know recently a white woman claimed that she was kidnapped along with her daughter by two black men. When in fact she was leaving town and taking her daughter on vacation after taking money from her family. This along with all the other cases of white ...
(Akiit.com) The only thing wrong with New York Congressman Charles Rangel’s quip that President Obama had better bring his ID to East Harlem is that he limited it to East Harlem. A President Obama in his trademark baseball cap, sometimes hip clothes, and sneakers, sans White House entourage and limo, ...