(Akiit.com) Throughout history various status quos have marketed limiting visions of human potential for one express purpose: Control. America, for all her laudable lip service about freedom, is no different. This “ free ” people routinely swallow limitations imposed from on high and amazingly, ask for more! Dissidents Left and ...
(Akiit.com) From Babe Ruth to Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa has always somewhat transparently aspired to be someone he is not. Last November, the six-time Silver Slugger and one-time Major League Baseball MVP raised as many eyebrows as his long rumored, alleged steroid use ever has when he attended the Latin ...
(Akiit.com) The cameras honed in on the Reverend Al Sharpton as he led thousands to the Arizona state capitol building in Phoenix in an old fashioned, energetic, shouting, chanting, sign and banner carrying civil rights style march. The marchers demanded repeal of Arizona’s hotly contested, controversial immigration law. Meanwhile, on ...
(Akiit.com) The people of Mississippi have not been angels. The history of the Magnolia State and segregation invites the kind of scrutiny and criticism that has recently been visited upon the state. Media reports that the Walthall County School District has been ordered to stop segregating its schools raised the ...
(Akiit.com) grace (n) disposition to or an act or instance of kindness, courtesy or clemency. *Today’s lesson, boys and girls will be all about grace–good manners. Once upon a time, there were manners classes–etiquette if you will. But now, there are no standards and many of society’s most ignorant boors ...
(Akiit.com) Is the web a hostile environment for African-American young people? Apparently, yes. Black college students experience more bias and discrimination online than their white counterparts. And they have more negative attitudes towards racial diversity on campus. This, according to a study conducted by Brendesha M. Tynes, a professor of ...
(Akiit.com) There was mild surprise when a small contingent of black tea party bloggers and writers screamed loudly that Georgia Congressman John Lewis fabricated the story that he was spit on and called the N word as he left the Cannon office building across from the Capitol in the hours ...
(Akiit.com) Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor is arguably the greatest football player ever. Unfortunately, he is also one of the most troubled. Taylor was arrested Thursday morning and charged with third degree rape after allegedly assaulting a 16-year-old girl in a New York Holiday Inn. Taylor, 51, was taken ...
(Akiit.com) The Obama administration has recently announced that it will send several officials to speak at the commencement ceremonies for 11 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) for this graduation season. Barack and Michelle Obama plan to speak at Hampton University and the University of Arkansas – Pine Bluff, while ...
(Akiit.com) Did you see the latest Tyler Perry movie, Why Did I Get Married Too? I just did. Let me tell you about it. Oh, by the way, did you hear about the rift between Spike Lee and Tyler Perry? Spike took Perry to task for his characters, like Medea. ...
(Akiit.com) In recent days an enormous discussion has taken form within many American quarters, as Dr. Henry Louis Gates has once again weighed in on the question of reparations for African Americans. The Harvard Professor’s most recent article entitled, “Ending the Slavery Blame Gameâ€, in which Gates produces information regarding ...
(Akiit.com) Coming from a family with a tradition in medicine it was only natural for Chantale Trouillot to want to heal sick people. Her father was a Doctor when Chantale was growing up in Port Au Prince, Haiti. Chantale wanted to be the hands-on, day and night, care and comfort ...