(Akiit.com) Now I’m gonna say, right out the box, this might not be a column you want your children to read—or maybe you will. I know my publishers usually don’t like profanity laced commentary, and Lord knows black people have had a reason to cuss lately, but I’ve always been ...
(Akiit.com) Speaking to NBC News Anchor Brian Williams former president Jimmy Carter (taking a breather between having tea with dictators and lunatics) proffered that not only was South Carolina Representative Joe Wilson’s inappropriate outburst during President Obama’s speech before a joint session of congress fueled by racism, but the wider ...
(Akiit.com) He’s just not good enough for Ntozake Shange. Getting his hot little hands on Ntozake Shange’s 1975 play For Colored Girls who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf was coup of the year for Tyler Perry. Not only will he produce and direct the upcoming film version, ...
(Akiit.com) If ACORN manages to survive the current maelstrom of attacks from right-wing ideologues, one of its first acts ought to be to give its workers an orientation session on what real power is. Apparently, it’s a lesson that some of their folks sorely need. I’m talking about the ACORN ...
(Akiit.com) I do need to clean up around this place, as it’s pretty junk at the moment… It’s just with work, I’m to tired to do any cleaning once I get home… Still I’m a neat person, and like for the house to be the same… Oh well let me ...
(Akiit.com) Lately I’ve been thinking about the man accused of killing Michael Jackson. I try to imagine what his life has been like since June 25. Can he savor a meal? Is there such a thing as a “good day?” How do you lose yourself in a movie, the Internet ...
(Akiit.com) The bitter truth is that President Obama can’t talk about race even if he wants to. This has absolutely nothing to do with his mixed racial upbringing, or his straddle of many worlds. It has everything to do with politics. If Obama spoke out on race he’d confirm the ...
(Akiit.com) Contact; Piper Singleton Media Relations, (312) 651-8170 thankgodimnatural@gmail.com Like most black women, Chris-Tia Donaldson, author of recently published “Thank God I’m Natural: The Official Guide to Caring and Maintaining for Natural Hairâ€, grew tired of spending thousands of dollars and hours upon hours frying her nappy tresses into submission. ...
(Akiit.com) Learning that you have breast cancer can be one of the most shocking and life altering moments of your entire life. The initial diagnosis can bring on feelings of not only worry, but life’s fragility. The idea of time being precious no longer seems like something that you just ...
(Akiit.com) President Obama on rapper Kanye West: “He’s a jackass.†Amen to that, Mr. President. But it took you four years to realize it? Didn’t West’s outburst from 2005 give you a clue? Allow me to refresh some memories. In late August of 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf ...
(Akiit.com) Everybody’s racist, it seems. Republican Rep. Joe Wilson? Racist, because he shouted “You lie!” at the first black president. Health care protesters, affirmative action supporters? Racist. And Barack Obama? He’s the “Racist in Chief,” wrote a leader of the recent conservative protest in Washington. But if everybody’s racist, is ...
(Akiit.com) When I first heard about rapper Kanye West’s latest episode of public bad behavior–insulting pop star Taylor Swift on the stage of a televised awards show as she attempted her thank you speech–I was immediately filled with wild, vindictive glee. He’d really done it this time, finally illustrated in ...