(Akiit.com) Many years ago, Abraham Lincoln challenged Americans to maintain a government “of the people by the people and for the people.” Unfortunately, the last Republican -controlled Congress lost sight of this by supporting policies that left African Americans out in the cold. Last year, voters asked for change, and ...
(Akiit.com) Tyler Perry’s movie Why Did I Get Married? has sparked a renewed interest in Black male/female relationships, a subject that is more likely to be addressed in barbershops and beauty salons than at social/mental health conferences. The growth of America’s minority population is a threat to White Supremacy advocates. ...
(Akiit.com) As we recently celebrated Veterans Day, now, more than ever, is a good time for African-American men to seek opportunities to serve in the Army. Service in the Army directly addresses all of the social plagues in the black community: education, health care, economic status, homeownership, and crime. Since ...
(Akiit.com) The image we black folks have of ourselves — this has been heavy on my mind this week. On Tuesday, the nation heard that assailants had shot to death NFL star Sean Taylor in his home. Wednesday, I heard motivational speaker Les Brown fire up a crowd in a ...
(Akiit.com) Last year the federal government’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta issued a report showing that the steady increase in the HIV/AIDS infection rate for African Americans had actually declined. This was very good news! It suggested that at least in the area of slowing down the ...
(Akiit.com) I will be the only one to determine who and what I am I believe that I am black. It wasn’t always so. You see, during the course of my life I have been called, by others, colored, negro, Afro-American, black and the latest, African-American. These are of course ...
(Akiit.com) It is a thing of immeasurable ugliness that the Black male image is besieged to great proportions, yet we are supposed to join in and rage against ourselves, ostensibly, in support of the Black woman’s empowerment. We are asked, in essence, to bow down to the Black woman. It ...
(Akiit.com) Essence magazine is officially a joke. Just in case you are already of the opinion the magazine had “joke” tendencies, it went on ahead and jumped the broom and made it official. Having nothing to do with the fact that they played themselves, selling out to give Juanita Bynum ...
Columbus, OH (Akiit.com) – The horrific news of Dr. Donda West’s tragic demise has rocked the African American community. Once again, we have lost a very inspirational leader unnecessarily. The most difficult aspect to accept about this tragedy is that it was undoubtedly preventable. Let’s face it, today’s society dictates ...
(Akiit.com) Comedian Bill Cosby turned black morals pied piper has got to be beaming. His relentless pitch to blacks to get their act together, and stop blaming the white man for their failings almost certainly has done much to spur the radical reversal in black attitudes on race. A new ...