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12 years later

Today is the 12th anniversary of the Million Man March, a “day of atonement” for black men across the nation that took place on the Washington Mall. Since then, Oct. 16 has been known as the Holy Day of Atonement. Minister Louis Farrakhan will speak about it today at the Atlanta Civic Center. Read about [...]

16Oct2007 | Eugene | 2 comments | Continued
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The Path from Victims to Victors

In their new book, “Come on People: On the Path from Victims to Victors,” Bill Cosby and Alvin F. Poussaint, Professor of Psychiatry and Faculty Associate Dean for Student Affairs at Harvard Medical School, consider the ways black people can rise above a history of oppression, seeming hopelessness, fear and lack of education on the [...]

15Oct2007 | Garry Bevel | 5 comments | Continued
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Paper Bag Test 2007

It’s not really surprising to me that a Detroit party promoter thought he could get away with having a party just for light-skinned women. Read about it here. Depending on your environment, such coontastic ideas are the norm; go unchallenged and are often encouraged.
But I wonder if he would have gotten the same negative backlash [...]

15Oct2007 | Eugene | 4 comments | Continued
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Bell Returns

So am I the only one who doesn’t have a problem with this?
The Associated Press reported that a judge sent Mychal Bell back to jail because the infamous fight violated terms of his probation for a previous conviction.
He did agree not to get in any more trouble, no?
Read more about it here and discuss.
Eugene is [...]

12Oct2007 | Eugene | 7 comments | Continued
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The Diversity of Blackness

Washington Post Columnist Eugene Robinson wrote:
What do Fox News polemicist Bill O’Reilly, nappy-headed radio jock Don Imus, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the leading Republican presidential candidates, the National Urban League, the NAACP and much of the national media have in common?
They don’t see, or don’t want to admit, that “black America” is an [...]

9Oct2007 | Eugene | 2 comments | Continued
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Guess whose back in the …. house?!

The National Association of Black Journalists is encouraging Citadel Broadcasting chief executive Farid Suleman and Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes to stop negotiating the return of former radio personality Don Imus to radio and television.
Imus is supposedly in informal talks with Ailes and is finalizing his contract with Citadel Broadcasting.
As you all know, Imus was [...]

9Oct2007 | Eugene | 6 comments | Continued
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Black Film Spotlight: Chisholm ‘72: Unbought & Unbossed

I watched this 2004 film just a few weeks ago. To call it timeless doesn’t fully appreciate it. It transcended motivational. Afterwards, I was tempted to enter my hat in the 2008 Presidential Race.
Chances are, however, I lack the drive, vision, singular passion and discernment she displayed so fearlessly. I don’t mean this in a [...]

3Oct2007 | Garry Bevel | 4 comments | Continued
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How do YOU self-identify?

The comments and conversations about how Egyptians self-identify reminded me of a conversation I had with a YBP some time back.
She asked me how I self-identify and in what order. After thinking about it, I told her that I view myself as a Christian first; person of faith second; black third; so on and [...]

1Oct2007 | Eugene | 7 comments | Continued
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Best/Worst Week Ever: HBCUs

Have historically black colleges and universities ever had a more newsworthy week?!
Learning from Virginia Tech
On Monday, Delaware State University police arrested a suspect believed to be responsible for shooting two fellow DSU students and shooting at a third individual last Friday. While there’s some ongoing controversy about why the suspect was allowed to remain [...]

27Sep2007 | Eugene | 7 comments | Continued
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