(Akiit.com) Oh No! was my initial reaction as the referee made his way to the scorer’s table and signaled the foul on blue # 22, which was his 5th foul disqualifying my son Michael from the game with 3:03 left on the game clock. What made this foul tough were ...
(Akiit.com) It goes without saying that education is the basis for advancement in American society, and for Black Americans this is doubly true. With the election of Barack Obama for president, the development and implementation of a “green economy†is being taken seriously at last. As the so-called “green revolution†...
(Akiit.com) On the heels of issuing a critical report about Hollywood’s minority hiring, the president of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People threatened the entertainment industry Thursday with unspecified political actions if it did not increase diversity. “At a time when the country is excited about the ...
(Akiit.com) The announcement that syndicated talk radio host, Larry Elder, was leaving his daily radio “squawk show†shouldn’t go without notice. Elder is a major remnant of the “colorblind†conservative movement that allowed race and race based disparities to be subjugated through senseless rationale of relative truths—that made no sense ...
(Akiit.com) The number of black children being raised by two parents appears to be edging higher than at any time in a generation, at nearly 40 percent, according to newly released census data. Demographers said such a trend might be partly attributable to the growing proportion of immigrants in the ...
(Akiit.com) With major media outlets laying off reporters and editors at alarming rates, black journalists have been hit particularly hard as The Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, The Star-Ledger, National Public Radio, BET and NBC News are among the companies to drastically reduce newsroom staff in an effort to ...
(Akiit.com) Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. should bow out of contention for Obama’s Senate seat. True there is yet no evidence that he offered to grease Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s palm in return for the seat. But there’s a continuing probe into whether a Jackson family member or associates acted ...
(Akiit.com) Religion and/or spirituality are personal choices and lifestyles that should be unifying forces, not divisive elements. I notice that whenever a person runs from divergent beliefs it is because they are not as grounded as they say they are. While I respect all religions, I find it disturbing that ...
(Akiit.com) It seems that as time changes, nothing seems to ever change as it relates to African American issues in our society. Growing up in the 1950s I often heard the refrain, that blacks were the last hired and the first fired. That trend continues as National Public Radio, a ...
(Akiit.com) The proposition seemed fairly clear and logical: If transformation into a post racial society is to be real and substantive it must necessarily be about more than race and race pride; it must be about ideas. And if that is the case then opposition to one that shares a ...
(Akiit.com) Merchandise Cottage Industry And Its Impact On The Economy… Barack Obama’s election to the Presidency of the United States has had a residual effect on the economy in ways that are not (yet) reflected on the New York Stock Exchange. Barack Obama merchandise is huge. T-Shirts, hats, buttons, coins, ...
(Akiit.com) I decided to take my number two sons’ football coach up on his request and join his “staff†as an assistant coach. The team had a rough year. Our boys played hard and our team managed to get into the playoffs where we were promptly run over by a ...