Our kids can’t see themselves on TV…

Tweet (Akiit.com) Recently, my 17-year-old brother David told me the story of a group of girls from his high school hosting a party wearing only bikinis while their teenaged male guest were asked to come fully dressed in “street clothes“. As I went into my elder speech about lost girls who aspire to be video […]

Love & the Black Professional…

Tweet (Akiit.com) The college experience can be a wonderful thing. As my fraternity’s song goes: “College days swiftly pass, imbued with memories fond, and their recollection slowly fades away.” One of the most beautiful things about the experience is the socializing. In a manufactured environment, young men and women begin to explore sex, love and […]

BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL: Black Barbies’ Unfortunate Hair; Disney Princess Does It Right…

Tweet (Akiit.com) The new “So In Style (S.I.S.)” Barbie dolls have been praised for their authentic African-American facial features and their spectrum of skin complexions — but what’s up with that hair? Only one of the three S.I.S. dolls (“Trichelle”) has realistic, dark, curls. The other two (“Grace” and “Kara”) sport unnaturally long, wavy tresses […]

Health Care Analogies…

Tweet (Akiit.com) It is good that the President has ceased attempting to sell his public option health care initiative on the strength of a comparison to the United States Postal Service. Americans will not soon be convinced of the economic viability of an expansion of public healthcare when it is compared to an entity on […]

Community Compromise Sown By Revenge…

Tweet (Akiit.com) Very few of us were surprised to read a recent Los Angeles Times article in how Los Angeles City Councilman Bernard Parks put the FBI on County Supervisor, Mark Ridley-Thomas, the person that defeated (and demoralized) him the same night America elected its first black President. Ridley-Thomas’ landslide was bigger than Obama’s. Some […]

Steps to Be Informed About Medicines…

Tweet (Akiit.com) The only way a person can make informed decisions and use medicines safely is to know what information is important to obtain from health professionals, how to incorporate the medicine into your daily lifestyle, how to manage side effects, when to seek medical help and how to keep track of important information for […]

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