(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 ...
(Akiit.com) What happened Saturday during the women’s semifinal at the United States Open between Serena Williams and Kim Clijsters is just another example of how Black women are still seen as threatening and hostile. Serena Williams may be one of the world’s greatest tennis players, but don’t get it twisted, ...
(Akiit.com) It’s Time To Draw A Line In The Sand… What surely will be the hallmark (or the albatross) of President Barack Obama’s first term, the health care reform debate took center stage this week. With his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Obama cranked up the ...
(Akiit.com) Is there a war between African American and Mexican Americans in the US? Throughout the history of this country that we call the United States of America, there have been several internal conflicts that we call Civil Wars. In the early 21st century, many of America’s inner cities are ...
(Akiit.com) The figure on real poverty in America is far worse than the Census Bureau recently reported. It found that nearly 40 million Americans are living in official poverty (less than $22,000 for a family of four). This is an 11 year high. The Bureau figure does not take into ...
(Akiit.com) Colt 45 Malt Liquor’s advertising isn’t working for the city of Detroit… I was riding down Gratiot Street in Detroit this past May, on a city bus, when my eyes climbed up and fell upon the most blatantly absurd balls-out chunk of mendacity I have seen in long, long ...
(Akiit.com) In Part II of the series, we look at corporate exploitation of Black male sexuality to sell alcohol. It all started out well enough. Prohibition had been repealed, but the Great Depression came right on its heels. Just when you could finally have a drink, nobody could afford to ...
(Akiit.com) In the final installment, we look at the state of malt liquor and how our communities can win the battle of the bottle. IT TAKES TWO In the 1960’s, cigarette advertisers figured out that Black smokers preferred menthol cigarettes to non mentholated brands and heavily promoted them in Black ...
(Akiit.com) In the epilogue to the 1980s televised mini-series Shaka Zulu, advisers to Great Britain’s Queen Victoria are quoted as saying: “the colonial office suggests that we constitute within the Zulu kingdom a progressive destruction and dislocation of the military and economic system. In so doing, we feel that the ...
(Akiit.com) It’s happening everywhere: • In Toms River, N.J., five high-school students were charged with beating a 50-year-old homeless man nearly to death with pipes and baseball bats — throwing hockey pucks at him for good measure — as he slept in the woods. • In Butte, MT, a 53-year-old ...
(Akiit.com) Part II of the series looks at corporate exploitation of the homeless and some of the reasons why the homeless are targeted for violence. GEE, THANKS. NOW BEAT IT. Oenyamaechi assured me that it was not the library’s policy to pummel its patrons and that he would look into ...