(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 ...
(Akiit.com) In America, Black people imagine that they have made progress. The truth is that in many ways, we have gone backwards. Our problem is that we are going in circles seemingly without direction, in desperate need of a new and consistent direction. The best one that we could embrace ...
(Akiit.com) Many years ago, Abraham Lincoln challenged Americans to maintain a government “of the people by the people and for the people.” Unfortunately, the last Republican -controlled Congress lost sight of this by supporting policies that left African Americans out in the cold. Last year, voters asked for change, and ...
(Akiit.com) Tyler Perry’s movie Why Did I Get Married? has sparked a renewed interest in Black male/female relationships, a subject that is more likely to be addressed in barbershops and beauty salons than at social/mental health conferences. The growth of America’s minority population is a threat to White Supremacy advocates. ...
(Akiit.com) As we recently celebrated Veterans Day, now, more than ever, is a good time for African-American men to seek opportunities to serve in the Army. Service in the Army directly addresses all of the social plagues in the black community: education, health care, economic status, homeownership, and crime. Since ...
(Akiit.com) The image we black folks have of ourselves — this has been heavy on my mind this week. On Tuesday, the nation heard that assailants had shot to death NFL star Sean Taylor in his home. Wednesday, I heard motivational speaker Les Brown fire up a crowd in a ...
(Akiit.com) Last year the federal government’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta issued a report showing that the steady increase in the HIV/AIDS infection rate for African Americans had actually declined. This was very good news! It suggested that at least in the area of slowing down the ...
(Akiit.com) I will be the only one to determine who and what I am I believe that I am black. It wasn’t always so. You see, during the course of my life I have been called, by others, colored, negro, Afro-American, black and the latest, African-American. These are of course ...
(Akiit.com) It is a thing of immeasurable ugliness that the Black male image is besieged to great proportions, yet we are supposed to join in and rage against ourselves, ostensibly, in support of the Black woman’s empowerment. We are asked, in essence, to bow down to the Black woman. It ...
(Akiit.com) Essence magazine is officially a joke. Just in case you are already of the opinion the magazine had “joke” tendencies, it went on ahead and jumped the broom and made it official. Having nothing to do with the fact that they played themselves, selling out to give Juanita Bynum ...
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 ...