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What is a legacy? ...something left by someone before you, some ancestor who paved the way, laid the foundation for the future for others to follow---on which to build. If it weren't for George Washi

Somebody said that you are what you live. Just what does that mean? If you live in a pig sty your are a pig? If you live in a German community, you are a German? If you live in the wilderness, you are

The Documentary, What Black Men Think, corrects some misconceptions about Black Americans and contridicts statistics circulated through out the media about Americans who are black. We need to start a

1. Do not accept minority status by referring to yourself as a minority. 2. Do not dumb yourself down. 3. You can't change people; you can only change you. 4. Make an investment in your

Caught Up Midnight Dessert, a collection of poems that speaks to the lover in you.... It is the magic that comes to life at midnight.... It is passion that sizzles, it is untouchable molten lava, it

Contributing failures in life to slavery is a popular relief mechanism, it is a fact that all people of African descent in America are not desendents of slaves. It is also popular for Blacks to blame

"Black people are saying a very powerful, complex, yet simple thing: "I am a man." The struggle of racism all along has been a struggle to regain the essential manhood lost after the European ex

"I really want to make as big an inpact as I can among younger black people about the vital importance of us going to our oldest people and talking with them and finding out what they know about

This is a salute to Gabrielle Douglass, America's Darling. She made history. I went back and looked at the previous "Darlings" of America and the world and found that she out shined many of the previo

"The use of religion to justify this oppression ...causes people to believe they deserve to be oppressed, exploited, or excluded." Many people in the United States use the Bible and religion to ju

Our greatest danger is that in the great leap from slavery to freedom, we may overlook the fact that the masses of us are to live by the productions of our hands, and fail to keep in mind that we shal

Do we need to celebrate Black History Month? Would our history become more lost if we didn't? How cn this problem be fixed? Is Black History also White History?

The family unit is where a child learns dignity and how to face individual destiny. It is where children learn role modeling and the kind that you do not have to identify. It is in the family where

The break down of the family has caused monumential destruchion in many ways, but the greatest is the lack of teaching that comes from just being a part of a family. All members of the family are impo

"We lost what we had trying to getwhat we thought we wanted." quote of the week.

The first amendment of the constitution grants freedom of speech to all citizens. How far does this go? "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, prohibiting the free exerci

Some people want to raise the age of majority when a kid can legally drop out of school. The age is not 15 and 16, depending on the state. If the age is raised to the legal majority for other things,

We need a fresh perspective on this sight. Where are all of the people who clicks on the blogs but do not speak? This site seems to have dwindled to the same few bloggers and we seem to discuss the s

What does it take for a man to handle his manhood? Growing hair on the face , a little peach fuzz was the mark to strive for. Then it came down to the voice, deep gravelly , trying to be sexy. Then ne

I have something to say because somebody attacked my friend and that , IS A NO NO. There seems to be a problem for members to express unpopular opinions on this site. There were two blogs that discu

I am still whistling Beethoven So you will know who I am Don't run from me--- Don't hide your purse--- don't cross the street--- Don't scream in the dark. I walk on the edge of existance--- Hav

In an essay written in 1986, by Brent Staples, he explores a facet of the dilemma Black men face walking while Black. He expressed the idea that no matter how a Black man is dress, what his educationa

The death of a child is probably the worst of the worst. It doesn/t matter who the child is, somebody loved it. The fact that it is helpless is huge. The innocence of that young life is added to the

I can remember a time when "Black" people were not very interested in politics. They became Republicans because that was the party that freed them and gave them the right to vote. Then, when the new d

Even though the heiracy of the LDS declares racism anti christian, the supremist attitude is alive and well in the LDS. On the outside, they seem to be receiptive to all people, to be put under pressu