(Akiit.com) One of the most damaging forces tearing at young black people in America today is the popular culture’s pernicious image of what an “authentic” black person is supposed to look like and how that person is supposed to act. For example, VH-1’s highly rated Flavor of Love show features ...
(Akiit.com) The actor shouldn’t be expected to portray only black men of stature… For most of his career, Denzel Washington has been the epitome of a “race man” – a well-mannered, well-intentioned role model thoroughly committed to black uplift. He’s maintaining that tradition in The Great Debaters, a new film ...
(Akiit.com) You don’t hear much about the nation’s “war on drugs” these days. It’s a has-been, a glamorless geezer, a holdover from bygone days. Its glitz has been stolen by the “war on terror,” which gets the news media hype and campaign trail rhetoric. Railing against recreational drug use and ...
(Akiit.com) Without stage experience, pageant parents, or crown fever, Eunice Cofie, 27, of Tallahassee, succeeded earlier this year in winning the title of Miss Black Florida USA. “A friend came to me and told me that I should really consider being a part of it, but I simply blew it ...
(Akiit.com) Susan L. Taylor, the longtime editor and driving force behind Essence, the magazine aimed at black women, is leaving the publication after 37 years to devote more time to an organization she founded to help troubled children. Ms. Taylor, 61, joined Essence in 1970, the year it was first ...
(Akiit.com) In a Capitol Hill briefing, the head of the nation’s oldest black business organization said his National Business League (NBL) is addressing the problem with a focus on “creating more well-paying jobs for African- Americans“. NBL President W. Ronald Evans says that the solution is: “For America to secure ...
(Akiit.com) For most of his career, Denzel Washington has been the epitome of a “race man” — a well-mannered, well-intentioned role model thoroughly committed to black uplift. He’s maintaining that tradition in “The Great Debaters,” a new film in which he plays a champion debate coach in the segregated South. ...
Columbus, OH (Akiit.com) – It’s been estimated that fewer then 10 percent of all entrepreneurs know about or truly understand how business credit works. So, lets first define what exactly business credit is. Having business credit means that you have a line of credit (credit cards, loans, etc) seperate from ...
(Akiit.com) In the time of myspace, many of people who are online are looking to get their own website… With that webhosting is a must, as there are many companies to choose from… Such a site like webhostingchoice.com shall break down and compare web hosting packages, etc… Do not fall ...
(Akiit.com) As the alleged killers of Sean Taylor were shown on television via their mug shots, I kept wondering when we were going to see their parents step forward. I saw a couple of mothers, but their dads were missing in action. Dads matter, and it’s ridiculous for us to ...