(Akiit.com) Most of us are aware that African Americans face the most dire job prospects of any ethnic group in America. As of last month, black unemployment stood at 15.4 percent, compared to 8.6 percent among white Americans. Additionally, the economy is showing signs that it may not recover the ...
(Akiit.com) When I was younger, I remember hearing cliches like, “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” Of course I didn’t believe any of that stuff. I didn’t do very well in high school, but in college, I was a study machine. I just knew that pushing hard ...
(Akiit.com) Even if we could convince 95 percent of white people that black Americans are still mistreated in the U.S., there’s no chance for a second civil rights revolution… It’s good music, this idea once again in the air in the wake of L’affaire Sherrod — that America needs to ...
(Akiit.com) I now know the terror of gun violence firsthand. A carload of teens fired four shots at me and drove away, laughing. Fortunately, they missed… Last week a 13-year old boy named Robert Freeman was shot 22 times while riding his bicycle in front of his home on Chicago’s ...
(Akiit.com) It’s been nearly a year since Kanye West made a spectacle of himself as the MTV video music awards by declaring country singer Taylor Swift an undeserving winner of the “Best Female Video” award over Beyoncé during her acceptance speech. While he tried his best to keep things moving ...
(Akiit.com) In the wake of the House Ethics Committee formerly charging Charles Rangel (D-NY) with thirteen ethics violations, another member of congress is poised to have an ethics trial in the House. It has been reported by numerous sources that Congresswoman Maxine Waters will be charged with improperly intervening with ...
(Akiit.com) I can only imagine what actor Laurence Fishburne is thinking about right now. For the last week the Internet has been buzzing about his 19-year-old “actress” daughter Montana Fishburne who recently announced she will be starring in a Vivid Entertainment-produced porn film due out later this month. She claims ...
(Akiit.com) Discussing religion in the context of sports has always been a sensitive and touchy subject. When Cassius Clay became the legendary Muhammad Ali, his conversion to Islam wasn’t exactly welcomed by the public. When Lew Alcindor became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, he admitted to similar troubles (albeit to a much lesser ...
(Akiit.com) A year ago an exasperated White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said that the legions of so-called “birthers” that are adamant that President Obama is an illegal alien and should be dumped from the White House will never go away. A year later, the president celebrates his 49th birthday, ...
(Akiit.com) As the president’s poll numbers sag among whites and other Americans, conservatives claim that racial allegiance keeps numbers high among African Americans. Here’s what they haven’t factored in… Beginning last week, President Obama’s approval rating is now the lowest it’s ever been, with just 45 percent of Americans saying ...