(Akiit.com) What does a vote for Barack Obama really mean? It’s strange, everyone I talk to seems to have different opinions about it, whether they’re young or old, male or female, everyone has something to say. I’m African American, and I have four children, two of my children are in ...
(Akiit.com) Most of us women fit somewhere between Oseola Mc Carthy and Oprah Winfrey… We’re not pulling down the millions, but we aren’t washing clothes for a living either! Yet Oseola Mc Carthy quit school at 12 and began taking in laundry for a living. She never earned more than ...
(Akiit.com) A President Barack Obama will be the most scrutinized president since Abraham Lincoln. Ironically, the reason for this has less to do with race, though that will loom large in the lens of many, as it has to do with him. He’s lifted public passions and expectations to the ...
(Akiit.com) Every single day, millions and millions of people use search engines to find what they are looking for. It is very likely that at some point or another, someone will be searching for information about you. Being researched or “googled” can be a very good thing or a very ...
(Akiit.com) Many years ago man gave birth to a powerful machine which is widely known as a truck, or pick up truck to many… No longer are they just for pulling, and towing stuff around… One is able to now decorate and add useful accessories such as the truck rack, ...
(Akiit.com) I became compelled to write this article due to several people, Black women in particular, asking me if I thought the “White Power Fanatics” would assassinate Barack Obama if he became President of the United States. More importantly, they used that speculation as a reason for NOT supporting him. ...
(Akiit.com) One of the most damaging forces tearing at young black people in America today is the popular culture’s pernicious image of what an “authentic” black person is supposed to look like and how that person is supposed to act. For example, VH-1’s highly rated Flavor of Love show features ...
(Akiit.com) The actor shouldn’t be expected to portray only black men of stature… For most of his career, Denzel Washington has been the epitome of a “race man” – a well-mannered, well-intentioned role model thoroughly committed to black uplift. He’s maintaining that tradition in The Great Debaters, a new film ...