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Tell Us How You REALLY Feel?

Sometimes I feel like I’m one of few folks under 30 who think civil rights leaders of the past still have something valuable to say, but they are obviously trying to prove me wrong.
Here’s was Former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young had to say about Barack Obama:
“Bill is every bit as black as Barack.”
Bill Clinton’s [...]

11Dec2007 | Eugene | 4 comments | Continued
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how to fix middle-class black american mobility

just in case you weren’t aware, black is the new green. more specifically, being in the black is what stepping up your financial game is all about. a recent article in the economist (a magazine i highly recommend you subscribe to) lays it out for us:
…Only 31% of blacks who were children in 1968 and [...]

5Dec2007 | Fredric | 3 comments | Continued
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Africa Update

Some good news updates from The Continent (and a cool pic of Cape Town). I think I’ll try to make this a regular feature. Check ‘em out:
President George W. Bush will visit Africa early next year to check out some U.S.-sponsored HIV/AIDS programs and pressed Congress to approve a doubling of funds to combat [...]

2Dec2007 | Eugene | 0 comments | Continued
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Black Balled

On the heels of the death of Sean Taylor, Barry Bonds’ inevitable perjury case and the obligatory O.J. story, I discovered that a fellow UNC alum and a professional peer of mine Bomani Jones will be teaching a class called “The Black Athlete in America” …. at Duke University of all places … during [...]

28Nov2007 | Eugene | 0 comments | Continued
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another young, black professional…dead

inescapable is the emptiness in my stomach of having read the story of redskins’ pro-bowl safety sean taylor, a 24-year old professional athlete who was murdered in his home. the number one cause of death of my young, black brethren is homicide. between the ages of 15 and 24, that statistic is higher and more [...]

27Nov2007 | Fredric | 6 comments | Continued
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Coming to America

Missionaries to the U.S. from Africa? What impact could this have on the U.S.? African-U.S. relations? Your thoughts?
Here’s an excerpt from a recent article:
“America is fast becoming a mission ground again,” said Sunday Adelaja, a Nigerian immigrant who pastors The Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God for All Nations in the Ukraine.
Adelaja is among [...]

23Nov2007 | Eugene | 4 comments | Continued
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Where’s Booker T. now?

Are we still suggesting people “pull themselves up by their bootstraps?”
By now, some of you have probably read about how getting or remaining in the middle class for blacks is much harder. Here are some excerpts from a recent column on race and class in America:
“The ‘rags to riches’ story is much more common in [...]

23Nov2007 | Eugene | 0 comments | Continued
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World’s Top Black Mind on Racism in America

I had a virtual conversation via instant messenger with my old professor Dr. Spence the other day about a lot of random topics. We discussed the potential economic factors of black blogging, current technology, and recent professional accomplishments. He made a statement to me, however, about saving the chronicling the comments that had been sent [...]

7Nov2007 | Fredric | 5 comments | Continued
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Hip Hop Trends Bleed into the Book Market

This past summer I visited the Borders on Michigan Avenue to buy Edward P. Jones’s latest short story collection. While I quickly scanned the J’s I found myself hoping that the people walking by paid close attention to the sign hanging over the shelves so they’d know I was in the African-American Literature section and [...]

24Oct2007 | Andrea | 4 comments | Continued
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