(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 ...
(Akiit.com) Nearly two weeks after the Cleveland Cavaliers were eliminated from the NBA Playoffs, owner Danny Gilbert fired head coach Mike Brown Sunday evening. The Cavaliers had until midnight on Sunday to fire Brown or pay his $4.5 million salary for next season. With Brown out the door after a ...
(Akiit.com) As tens of thousands of barrels of oil cause irreversible damage to shores of the Gulf of Mexico, this messy spill can’t come close to matching the massive political slop that will cover the Obama presidency as a result of this catastrophe. Attacks are coming from the right, left ...
(Akiit.com) The popularity of alternative, or complementary, medicine has increased rapidly in the recent years. There are a number of different reasons why people consult alternative practitioners. But by far the most common reason is dissatisfaction with what orthodox medicine has to offer. Patients are frightened by the high incidence ...
(Akiit.com) Drinking tea is as American as baseball, apple pie, and jazz (yes I said jazz). I love High Tea and the eclectic assortment of teas and those cute little crustless sandwiches that are served. My favorite these days is pomegranate green tea. Although High Tea is very English, it ...
(Akiit.com) In politics, the crisis game works like this: pet issues are turned into national concerns, which then become the object of study for social scientists. The media then substantiate the concerns by publishing the opinions of social scientists, and thus elevate the issue to the level of a crisis. ...
(Akiit.com) Remember years ago when you were down on your luck, out of a job and so desperate that you decided to steal $300 worth of merchandise from a department store? You don’t remember that? Well, your record shows that you were convicted of larceny. Still don’t remember? Oh, that ...
(Akiit.com) The largest gathering of African-American atheists is a reminder that non-believers are not alone. In the movie The Color Purple, sisters Celie and Nettie reunite after being separated by decades, oceans and the spite of an abusive Mister. Running through a lush pasture, neither quite believes her fortune upon ...
(Akiit.com) According to the blogs, BET has been busy in the last two months banning videos by Teiarra Mari and Ciara and, this time, Ciara’s fans are fuming mad. At the center of the current controversy is the video for Ciara’s current single “Ride” featuring Ludacris. Captured at various points ...
(Akiit.com) I don’t dislike Rand Paul, the Republican candidate for Kentucky’s U.S. Senate seat. He claims to believe in freedom, and he’s from Kentucky, just like me. But growing up under the fist of Kentucky racism affected me, and Rand Paul reminds me of the men and women who hurt ...
(Akiit.com) Two legislative initiatives recently signed into law by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer have brought to the national forefront a conservative driven agenda that many critics say is racist in one instance, and in the other, an attempt to set back advances in educational diversity. On April 23, Senate Bill ...