(Akiit.com) In Washington, commentators ironically label the Obama administration’s oil spill strategy as “too much, too late.” Lt. Gen. Russell Honore (ret.), himself a black Creole from the very communities facing this catastrophe, lamented that it’s not merely a way of life being destroyed on the Gulf. It’s lives, measured ...
(Akiit.com) Artur Davis should have learned a lesson or two from Barack Obama. Since Obama’s triumph in the 2008 presidential campaign politicians have heralded American politics’ entrance into a post-racial age. In many ways this is true: America in all her diversity and despite her difficult history, has finally fulfilled ...
(Akiit.com) To my surprise it seems like GOSSIP is here to stay… What I’m saying all these TMZ clones are popping up all over the place… Still amaze at how people can live through celebrities… Wanting to know they every move and so on… Guess we just waiting for many ...
(Akiit.com) Gary Coleman’s famous catchphrase from the sitcom Diff’rent Stokes, ‘What chu talkin’ bout Willis?,’ is forever ingrained in American pop culture. Sadly, it dogged Coleman for the rest of his life, which ended prematurely when he succumbed to a brain hemorrhage today at the age of 42. The adorable, ...
(Akiit.com) Even some of the most vicious criminals have a code of honor. No matter how much you hate your rival, you never attack his wife or children.The same can be true for most politicians and political commentators, who typically have enough decency to realize that your children have nothing ...
(Akiit.com) The “Big Three” is now officially the “Big Four” in Boston. What was labeled the “Big Three,” in Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen officially has a fourth member in Rajon Rondo. The Celtics point guard has matured in front of our very own eyes during the 2010 ...
(Akiit.com) The CNN cable news program Anderson Cooper 360˚, recently aired a four part series devoted to the subject of race in America. The program, “Black or White: Kids on Race,†featured a new study based upon the research of Dr. Kenneth B. Clark’s infamous doll test of the 1940s ...
(Akiit.com) This one could have been mailed in. Sarah Palin predictably knocked President Obama for, as she put it, failing to “dive in there” and solve the Gulf spill disaster. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and a rash of GOP senators were slightly more grammatically intelligible but still pounced on Obama ...
(Akiit.com) No movement moves without support from “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” These words were written by Dr. Martin Lither King, Jr. in 1963, but their relevance is no less strong in 2010. Today, some claim there to be a disconnect between the actions of black leaders ...
(Akiit.com) Arizona’s new immigration law has sparked countless protests and has some government officials in other states cutting business ties to show their disapproval. News about the new immigration law spread faster than the swine flu of 2009. Too bad most people didn’t get all the facts before they jumped ...
(Akiit.com) There is a significant disconnect between many black leaders’ opinion that supporting illegal immigration represents “fairness” that will benefit black Americans, and the black rank-and-file who wonder why foreigners who flout America’s laws should be rewarded with amnesty and special privileges for their criminal behavior. Self-proclaimed black leaders are ...
(Akiit.com) From ”The Real Housewives of Atlanta” to ”What Chilli Wants,” these days, reality TV is fixated on black women. But only when we act the fool. Remember the ”real” housewife named Sheree? Whose only claim to fame is that she was once married to a professional football player? Remember ...