(Akiit.com) Day after day, in all forms of media — print, radio, and television — we see, hear, and read the perspectives of non-Black women and women of color who are not actively involved in the struggles of Black women — especially on so-called ‘women’s issues’. Well, as Sojourner Truth ...
(Akiit.com) The passing of Los Angeles Deputy Chief of Police, Kenny Garner, last week has left a stunned community pondering the question, “Who do we call now when we want answers from the LAPD?†Kenny Garner was a friend to me, the community and most he met. He had the ...
(Akiit.com) Domestic violence is the oldest offense affecting human kind. It has no boundaries when it comes to race, culture, religion, socio economic status and even gender. Each year nearly three million women are victims of domestic violence; about 10% of them actually die at the hands of their abusers. ...
(Akiit.com) I have been going to the same barber for more than 10 years. I followed him from his own humble shop to his chair in an equally humble store front. He is always prepared with interesting conversation, insights and philosophy and most importantly he gives a good cut. I ...
(Akiit.com) For a brief moment in the late 1990s there was a glimmer of hope that America’s incarceration juggernaut would slow down. The Sentencing Project which compiles an annual report on crime and punishment in the nation found a slight percentage drop in the incarceration rate in state prisons. That ...
(Akiit.com) Advance preparation is crucial to get approved for financing in today’s market… Foregoing the opportunity to obtain a basic understanding of the home financing process in a timely manner has often resulted in the home buyer being exploited by lenders. This predicament has subsequently placed many homeowners in very ...
(Akiit.com) Many students can’t afford to go elsewhere and rely on financial aid. Painful choices may loom. Historically black colleges and universities, which for decades have been educating students who can’t afford to go – or can’t imagine going – elsewhere, have been particularly challenged by the nation’s economic meltdown. ...
(Akiit.com) When we left our story, 19 year-old singer Chris Brown, during a lover’s quarrel, had allegedly assaulted his 21 year-old girlfriend, singer Rihanna. After the media got hold of the news, both performers slinked into seclusion while whatever happened between them that fateful night before the Grammys morphed into ...
(Akiit.com) President Barack Obama reassured members of the Congressional Black Caucus that he’s on their side and will do what he can to support the group’s left-leaning agenda, lawmakers said Thursday after an hour-long session at the White House. Nearly all the group’s 42 members attended. Noticeably absent was Illinois ...
(Akiit.com) WASHINGTON (DC) — Acknowledging that “tough times for America often mean tougher times for African-Americans,” US President Barack Obama called for more local and national engagement by fellow blacks. “You know that tough times for America often mean tougher times for African Americans. This recession has been no exception,” ...
(Akiit.com) I went to see the Tyler Perry movie “Madea Goes to Jail,” in which Perry plays a wise-cracking black grandmother, Madea, short for “Mother Dear” and ebonically pronounced “muh deah.” With an extensive criminal past that includes “supersize stripper,” attempted murderer and check fraud artist, Madea is a near-cult ...
(Akiit.com) Some discussions are simpler than we’d like to think. Sometimes there is only one answer, one response, one appropriate ending to a debate. This in fact would be one of those occasions. A few weeks ago Mo’Kelly mentioned how he worked for the Grammy Awards (NARAS) back in the ...