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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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bitch fest

bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch!
Does that word even mean anything anymore? Does it mean anything to you when you hear it? How about when you hear it on prime time television, not once, but five times in the span of an hour. Last night my husband and I watched The Game followed by [...]

27Nov2007 | Kimberly | 7 comments | Continued
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‘This Christmas’ I am mad!

I must start by saying I have not seen the movie starring the incomparable, utterly divine Regina King. But, I don’t need to have seen it to address my concern.
I don’t buy into a lot of things associated with the movies. I can probably count on two hands the number of films I’ve paid [...]

25Nov2007 | Garry Bevel | 9 comments | Continued
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And the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Civil Rights …

may go to … the House of Representatives (and I hope later the Senate), who on Wednesday approved the Employment Nondiscrimination Act protecting gays, lesbians and bisexuals from discrimination in the workplace. In a New York Times article, Representative Kathy Castor, a Florida Democrat, is quoted as saying, “On this proud day of the 110th [...]

8Nov2007 | Garry Bevel | 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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Sisters Against Breast Cancer

I couldn’t let October fly by without acknowledging the fact that it’s Breast Cancer Awareness month. Female YBPs listen up- Breast Cancer is the most common cancer among African American women. African American women five-year survival rate of breast cancer is 74%, compared to white women of [...]

23Oct2007 | Kimberly | 1 comment | Continued
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