Past Time to Tune out the good old White Oscars.
January 19, 2016 by Staff
Filed under Entertainment, News, Weekly Columns
Tweet (Akiit.com) Let’s talk about the only thing that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, that’s the group that picks the Oscar nominees and winners, understands. That’s dollars and cents. African-Americans spend more, in fact far more, dollars proportionately on Hollywood films than any other segment of the film going public. Here’s the […]
MLK, Jr., President Obama & The Theology of Hope.
January 18, 2016 by Staff
Filed under News, Politics, Weekly Columns
Tweet (Akiit.com) There are certain moments in time when the weight of history is more noticeably acknowledged than at others. Many of us felt that weight last week as we listened to what would be President Barak Obama’s last State of The Union Address. The substance of the speech was not that remarkable. It contained […]