(Akiit.com) The African-American story is not just activism and resistance. It’s Black History Month yet again. With several years of university teaching under my belt, I’ve begun to wonder what black history my students have actually learned during this month or any month before entering college. It’s clear the students ...
(Akiit.com) Most African-Americans enjoying a day off for President’s Day would assert that Barack Obama and George Washington share but one thing: forty-two white men separating them as president. If Washington suddenly came back to life and was summoned to the Oval Office for a Henry Louis Gates-like beer session, ...
(Akiit.com) Does anyone think that the Congressional Black Caucus works for the interests of the African-American community? Well, think again. It appears that, according to a scathing report in The New York Times, African-Americans don’t have the money to buy the CBC’s loyalty. At the very least, they do not ...
(Akiit.com) Former state poet laureate Lucille Clifton, a National Book Award winner whose work was lauded for its “moral quality,” died Saturday at Johns Hopkins Hospital after a long battle with cancer and other illnesses. She was 73. With a mix of profundity, earthiness and humor – amply evident in ...
(Akiit.com) This month, as we are reminded of the contributions Blacks have made toward the building and maintenance of the American civilization, it is important to note that the observance of Black History Month is more than just being made aware of leaders, inventors and other prolific personalities from the ...
(Akiit.com) Think you’re free? Take a close look at the choices you don’t have. “I freed a thousand slaves,†Harriet Tubman famously said. “I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.†With a black man occupying the White House, and the nation grappling with ...
(Akiit.com) I heard someone ask the question, “Are you spending more time balancing your checkbook, than you are balancing your life?†During these tough economic times we now live, people are running scared. They are pre-occupied with job security, having enough money to pay the mortgage, medical and credit card ...
(Akiit.com) With national unemployment hovering around 10 percent and black male unemployment at a staggering 17.6 percent, it’s just not true that undocumented workers are doing the jobs that we won’t do. In October 2008, amidst claims that one of its subsidiaries was knowingly hiring illegal immigrants, North Carolina poultry ...
(Akiit.com) Have you ever wondered why you do some of the things that you do? Asking ourselves ‘why?’ helps us to dig deeper into our motives — why we do what we do. Often times we do things for the wrong reasons and when our motives are wrong or unclear, ...
(Akiit.com) If Dr. Conrad Murray is guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson, well then so am I and about half of America. For the record, I’m not currently on any prescribed medications. Nor am I one of the eccentric Jackson fans still living in Neverland and ...