Columbus, OH (Akiit.com) – The horrific news of Dr. Donda West’s tragic demise has rocked the African American community. Once again, we have lost a very inspirational leader unnecessarily. The most difficult aspect to accept about this tragedy is that it was undoubtedly preventable. Let’s face it, today’s society dictates ...
(Akiit.com) Comedian Bill Cosby turned black morals pied piper has got to be beaming. His relentless pitch to blacks to get their act together, and stop blaming the white man for their failings almost certainly has done much to spur the radical reversal in black attitudes on race. A new ...
(Akiit.com) Call a woman the b-word, and most likely she’s offended. Or does it depend who’s using that little word that rhymes with witch? Today show anchor Meredith Vieira recently greeted her former co-hosts on “The View” with, “So how are you crazy bitches?” Comedian Mo’Nique told the “bitches” she ...
(Akiit.com) The problem of black male enrollment in college starts with the lack of black males in high school and junior high. Every year, I visit more than a dozen black college campuses giving graduation speeches and helping them raise money. It makes me feel good to see all those ...
(Akiit.com) Referring to CNN as an acceptable news outlet is tantamount to referring to the North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) as the model for Christian family values. The opportunity to brand Bill O’Reilly as a clueless racist, by filing erroneous reports (that were intentionally edited out of context), foment ...
(Akiit.com) THE miscarriage of justice at Jena, La. — where five black high school students arrested for beating a white student were charged with attempted murder — and the resulting protest march tempts us to the view, expressed by several of the marchers, that not much has changed in traditional ...
(Akiit.com) “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” —Frederick Douglass, 1857 *It is no secret to anyone with a brain that men and women in America are nearly at war. At best, there is a major void of misunderstanding. At worst, there is a ...
(Akiit.com) Be Our Guest Dear brothers (do you mind if I call you brothers?), Have you heard about the movement to ticket and fine people – meaning, people like you – for wearing sagging, underwear-revealing pants? It started in a small Louisiana town, where you can now get up to ...
(Akiit.com) He was a Dandy Dinmont, we were told. Long with a short tight gray coat. A bushy white Fu Manchu on his snout and a white Afro on his head. He went by the name Harry and was a favorite to win the Westminster dog show back in February. ...
(Akiit.com) Washington DC — Determined to stop the entertainment industry from portraying negative images of black men and women, the “Enough is Enough!†Campaign will hold its first rally and demonstration at the Washington DC residence of Debra L. Lee, Chairman and CEO, Black Entertainment Television Networks. The demonstration will ...