Can LeBron’s image rebound this NBA season?

Tweet (Akiit.com) This should be the most exciting season the NBA has seen since the 1990s. It comes down to four teams: the Los Angeles Lakers, the Boston Celtics, the Miami Heat and the Orlando Magic. We can talk about the San Antonio Spurs, who are always in the conversation, the up and coming Oklahoma […]

Minority vote suppression strikes again ahead of midterms…

Tweet (Akiit.com) During the 2008 presidential election cycle, various voter suppression schemes emerged aimed at locking minority voters out of the political process. Those efforts included a “Lose Your Home, Lose Your Vote” scheme that turned on the use of foreclosure lists to challenge voter eligibility at the polls. “Vote caging,” a scheme in which […]

The Firing of Juan Williams: NPR Got It Wrong…

Tweet (Akiit.com) Ironically, the right-leaning Fox News is showing rightful outrage in the aftermath of two mistakes on the left: Juan Williams’ faux pas and NPR’s hypocritical overreaction… You have to admit: Whether the spectacle is staged or genuine (I lean toward the latter), it is pretty ironic to see the Fox News Channel’s crew […]

America’s fear of a Black Body Politic…

Tweet (Akiit.com) In the raucous nature of national debate, the exclusion of racial and ethnic issues from mainstream discussion appears driven by fear. More often than not, those directing America’s political discourse dismiss Black grievances through either active opposition or passive denial. In light of this fact, it is difficult, if not impossible, to solve […]

The Bridge: Working Against Ourselves…

Tweet (Akiit.com) Racism is alive and well in America, but sadly, most of the work is being done by Blacks against other Blacks. I’m not talking about so-called Black-on-Black crime either. I’m talking about the unwitting work that many Blacks do which hurts the cause of us all. For example, African Americans with comfortable backgrounds […]

Make no mistake: Barack Obama is on the midterm ballot…

Tweet (Akiit.com) We all remember the euphoria surrounding President Obama’s election in November 2008. News flashes from Chicago’s Grant Park to New York’s Times Square to living rooms and churches across the country showed the faces of Americans basking in the glow of accomplishment — not for one man, but for the entire nation. Viral […]

Is Willow Smith too young to be famous?

Tweet (Akiit.com) Move over Justin Bieber. Sit down Miley Cyrus. The newest tween pop juggernaut has been crowned, and her name is Willow Smith. The Internet is ablaze over the latest from Will and Jada Smith’s progeny, following the music video release of her hit single “Whip My Hair.” Willow released the unarguably catchy song […]

Virginia Thomas re-ignited the Anita Hill debate for a reason…

Tweet (Akiit.com) Virginia Thomas’s seemingly strange voice mail to Brandeis University law professor Anita Hill demanding that she apologize for “why you did what you did with my husband” drew, snickers, derision and puzzlement. The old charge that Thomas sexually harassed Hill caused a national uproar during his Supreme Court confirmation hearings in 1991 and […]

Why hip-hop culture is hooked on drugs…

Tweet (Akiit.com) In the late 1980s, a little group called NWA came out of Compton, California to capture the hearts and minds of music fans around the world. A drug dealer named Eazy-E put together enough money to lift “gangsta rap” out of the streets of L.A. and into the living rooms of every suburban […]

How a foreclosure freeze could burn the black community…

Tweet (Akiit.com) Unequivocally, a property foreclosure should be the last resort on a defaulted loan. It is — and has always been — the product of a painful and humiliating economic hardship that has long-term negative effects on one’s credit history and subsequent ability to build wealth. Recently, several banks have temporarily halted foreclosure proceedings […]

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