If the man who could be our first black president has a white mother, and yet Toni Morrison says we already elected one in Bill Clinton, then what’s black and white is pretty gray. (Akiit.com) Since before he started a historic run for the presidency, Barack Obama has told the ...
(Akiit.com) LAKELAND – In a culture where speaking openly about having AIDS often causes people to shun or pity you, Rae Lewis-Thornton bares her soul and shares the most personal parts of her life with strangers. In the 21 years since she was diagnosed with HIV, and 14 since that ...
Editor’s Note: More than a half million African-Americans have died from smoking-related diseases over the past decade. That’s enough people to fill the cities of Atlanta, New Orleans, Kansas City, Mo., or Cleveland, Ohio. Yet, “cigarette smoking is the single most preventable cause of premature death in the United States”, ...
(Akiit.com) If at first you don’t succeed in Georgia, try again in New York. At least, that’s what a woman who claims that Chris Rock is the father of her 13-year-old son is planning to do. Kali Bowyer told Georgia’s Statesboro Herald Thursday that she will be refiling a paternity ...
(Akiit.com) CBS has announced that they have fired Don “Nappy-Headed Hos” Imus for his controversial comments regarding the Rutgers women’s basketball team last week that caused a national outcry. So what? How about getting those “nigga lovin’, ho slappin’, bitch callin'” rappers dropped from their record labels? Can we get ...
(Akiit.com) NEW YORK, April 13, 2007 (UPI) — Dakota Staton, a 1950s jazz and blues singer known for her sassy style, has died in New York at the age of 76. Staton, in declining health for years, entered the 1957 music scene in a big way with a debut album, ...
(Akiit.com) U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday that radio host Don Imus’ comments about the Rutgers University women’s basketball team were “disgusting” and she was pleased he was fired. Imus called the women players “nappy-headed hos” — racist, sexist remarks that resulted in a barrage of protests ...
(Akiit.com) After getting Home Depot to advertise in African-American newspapers, and pressuring Office Depot and T-Mobile Wireless to do likewise, black newspapers have a new target: Kohl’s Department Stores. Kohl’s is the target of a boycott orchestrated by Kimber, Kimber & Associates, a Fresno, Calif., advocacy advertising agency that represents ...
WASHINGTON (Akiit.com) – While the number of African-Americans who frequent the Internet continues to grow, White Web users maintain a good lead amidst the so-called digital divide, according to a recent Pew Internet and American Life Project study. What was once the “digital divide†has evolved into the “digital dimmer ...
(Akiit.com) Radio Shock Jock Don Imus’ statements about the Rutgers University Women’s Basketball team have been widely condemned. His subsequent apology and remorse has been and will continue to be debated. You would like to think that someone with his bully pulpit would be smart enough to realize that words ...