(Akiit.com) I first encountered Abraham Lincoln in Piedmont, W.Va. When I was growing up, his picture was in nearly every black home I can recall, the only white man, other than Jesus himself, to grace black family walls. Lincoln was a hero to us. One rainy Sunday afternoon in 1960, ...
(Akiit.com) With the changing of the executive branch from republican to democratic hands and the subsequent strengthening of the democrat majority in Congress, the inauguration of President Barack Obama found many Americans exhaling a collective breath of relief. As the Bush years came to their celebrated end last January, many ...
(Akiit.com) After a weeklong silence, Chris Brown has finally spoken about the pre-Grammy incident in which he allegedly beat his girlfriend, Rihanna, with his fists until she was bruised and bloodied. But in the self-centered apology he issued on Sunday, Chris seems more interested in repairing his image than with ...
(Akiit.com) Trying to interview the loquacious Bill Cosby over the phone is sort of like trying to capture the full-blast output of a gushing fire hydrant in a plastic sandwich bag. On one end, the iconic entertainer unleashes a torrent of free-flowing, digressive soliloquies. On the other end, you futilely ...
(Akiit.com) She’s a busy mother of two and a full-time executive at a film distribution company, but sometimes Susan Margolin can’t help it: She Googles Barack and Michelle Obama, not to check on his latest policy initiatives, but to see what they’re doing as a couple. “They went to the ...
(Akiit.com) At some point, the image of President Barack Obama has to inspire us to rise to higher heights in every arena possible. But before we can do that, we need to be serious about the business of protecting our image. Unfortunately, some of the most vicious assaults on the ...
(Akiit.com) As a sociologist and feminist, I am aware of the nuances involved in interpersonal relationships, namely the particulars of how race and gender shape our behavior and perceptions. In short, I understand people. I do not, however, understand the backward ways that some folks think. I’m referring to a ...
(Akiit.com) It would be hard on any mother, black or white, to be told that her 10-year-old son committed suicide. But for most African-American mothers, accepting such a tragedy is nearly unthinkable. For a long time, many African Americans have assumed that suicide rarely happens in the black community. The ...
(Akiit.com) New Yorkers used to say, ”today, everybody is Irish” on St. Patrick’s Day, recognizing important facts about the journey the Irish made through social barriers and celebrating their culture and achievements. People also say there is a sense in which everybody in New York City is Jewish. The culture ...
(Akiit.com) Can’t believe in a few days I shall be celebrating a birthday… Yeah the BIG 50 that is… I know for a fact family will treat me to a party, so I will just go along for the ride… It’s hard hiding stuff, but this time I will allow ...