(Akiit.com) If it’s presidential-primary time it’s a given a significant part of the political discourse will involve dissing Black voters. Sometimes this gambit takes the form of citing Blacks’ reliable massive support for the Democratic Party as proof they don’t “understand” the issues at stake and who their real political ...
(Akiit.com) Bernie Sanders on Sunday tried to attribute most of his losses to Hillary Clinton – his recent string of victories notwithstanding – to poor people not voting. “Poor people don’t vote,” he said on NBC’s Meet the Press. “I mean, that’s just a fact. That’s a sad reality of ...
(Akiit.com) These days, it’s common for most entrepreneurs to start their stores online. There are still many benefits of starting and running a physical store though. The challenges that come with it often but people off, but if you’re thinking of taking the plunge, here are some essential tips for ...
(Akiit.com) This design, originally proposed by Bard College student Coriana Johnson, depicts colorblindness as a form of whitewashing. In rejecting the connection between race, culture, and identity, the default color becomes white. Many of us, as young adolescents, have been given tremendous context as to what is considered beautiful and ...
(Akiit.com) I absolutely understand why you didn’t get the new Beyoncé album. *Newsflash, honey* it wasn’t made for you… and I’m going to need you to be cool with that. Now, I found quite a few of the comments in your piece to be highly “inflammatory and agitating.” As a ...
(Akiit.com) Last month, I celebrated the beginning of my 81st year of life. For nearly half that time, I have been writing a nationally syndicated column on many topics generating reader responses that go from supportive to quite ugly. So I thought a column making my vision, values and views ...
(Akiit.com) We’re turning into a world that seems to have a lot less training for the realities of life than before. The up-and-coming generation of millennials shows less awareness of many of the financial realities that will govern and change big parts of their lives. However, they’re not the first ...
(Akiit.com) Fast food, chocolate bars and soft drinks; these are all things that we know should not be in our diet. But what about the things that absolutely should? With so much information out there, it can be tricky to know what is really a superfood, and what just has ...
(Akiit.com) Every day I wear a pair of medallions around my neck with portraits of two of my role models: Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth. As a child I read books about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. She and indomitable and eloquent slave woman Sojourner Truth represent countless thousands ...
(Akiit.com) Change (verb): To make the form…of something different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: …to change the course of history. (Dictionary.com) I accept as completely valid that all things will inevitably change – and that change isn’t necessarily bad. Accordingly, I’m pleased ...