(Akiit.com) The Republican Party, in all its iterations, held its breath this week in anticipation that New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie, would enter the race for the 2012 Presidential Election. Christie, after taking conservatives to the brink of hope, has decided not to run. So, the search continues to try ...
(Akiit.com) Black America, we are in a critical baseball-like position. We are in the last inning, the bottom of the 9th, the game is tied. The bases are loaded with two outs, and the last batter is up to bat. The umpire has called three balls and two strikes. As ...
(Akiit.com) Feels so strange not having the kids around here… Still glad to see them back in school as at my age, I do enjoy a little me time… Yes just a quiet place where I can work literally… Not having to tend to others, and so on… Well I ...
(Akiit.com) There was a spectacle in Iowa last week. It was a demeaning spectacle in which President Obama got into a heated argument with Ryan Rhodes – a leading member of the state’s ultra-conservative Tea Party Movement. It makes little difference what the argument was about. My objection flows from ...
(Akiit.com) Democratic presidential candidate Obama faced the problem. President Obama faces the problem. And now President Obama in his re-election bid faces the problem. The majority of whites still will not accept his presidency. The latest Associated Press-GfK polls once again told in stark numbers that the racial gap is ...
(Akiit.com) The way you think and feel about the world is shaped by what you see when you get out of bed in the morning. I remember hearing this from civil rights activists. It simply means that perspective is hugely determined by place, context, and vantage point. This is profoundly ...
(Akiit.com) The latest employment figures show the Black economic condition in America worsening. I say it is time to turn to China for economic lessons. When it comes to China, the numbers are truly astounding. The Asian giant has the fastest growing economy in the world – averaging roughly 10 ...
(Akiit.com) Disgraced former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick claims in an upcoming book that an unspoken alliance of political adversaries, Detroit business leaders and an aggressive media capitalized on a sex and perjury scandal to send him from leading one of America’s largest cities to a prison cell. The former politician bills ...
(Akiit.com) I have known Tom Joyner (nationally syndicated radio host) for many years. We are not hanging out buddies, but we have always enjoyed talking and joking with each other. He is an “old school” soul who has done a lot of good in his life. But, in recent years, ...
(Akiit.com) Some of the loudest voices complaining about the Casey Anthony verdict belong to Americans who have never served a single day of Jury Duty. I know from whence I speak. I gave every excuse I could think of to not be a potential juror in the system of the ...
(Akiit.com) It has been said that he who laughs last, laughs best. When it comes to laughing at African Americans and ignorant Black comedy, we have to seriously ask ourselves: “Who’s laughing last? Who’s laughing best?” I’m not certain that it’s us. Let’s take, for example, Chris Rock’s famous quip: ...
(Akiit.com) Well, the GOP has done it again. Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum, recently signed a controversial marriage “pledge.” Part of the document alleges that the family situation of African-American children living under slavery is superior or preferential to today. Meaning, Black slave children had stronger families under slavery. Of ...