Pastor criticizes NAACP Image Awards for including rappers
Enough is Enough is a group that was formed to protest the commercialization and marketing of negative and derogatory images of black men and women in the entertainment industry. They have ...
Posted Friday, March 4th 2011 at 7:12PM
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Whiter jobs, higher wages: Occupational segregation & the lower wages of black men
In 2008, the year of the election of the nation’s first black president, black men earned only 71% of what white men earned. In a report by The Economic Policy In ...
Posted Wednesday, March 2nd 2011 at 6:49PM
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Attack on Public Employees Deals a Sharp Blow to Blacks
I believe this is a must read whether or not you hold a government or public sector job. I think this article by Steven Pitts helps explain why what's going on with unions in states like Wisc ...
Posted Sunday, February 27th 2011 at 8:59AM
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Blame Chicago's black leadership not Carol Moseley Braun
Carol Moseley Braun is taking a lot of heat for her dismal showing in the Chicago’s mayoral race in which she only got 9% of the vote. But Mrs. Braun had a lot of help in losing and most o ...
Posted Saturday, February 26th 2011 at 10:18AM
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State orders Detroit to close half its schools
Michigan state education officials have ordered Robert Bobb ( Detroit district emergency financial manager ) to immediately implement a financial restructuring plan that balances the district's book ...
Posted Monday, February 21st 2011 at 3:12PM
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Missing Black Woman Alert! Jacquelyn Williams is missing
African American Reports: Missing Black Women Jacquelyn Williams of Georgia is missing.
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http://aareports.com/p/missing-black-women.html
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Posted Sunday, February 20th 2011 at 10:08AM
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Justice in Jeopardy: Black Farmers Face New Troubles
Despite President Obama’s recent signature on landmark civil rights legislation, many black farmers seeking justice for decades of discrimination may miss their chance, according to John Boyd, ...
Posted Friday, February 18th 2011 at 8:48PM
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Interview with Eric Cooper the creator of the super hero Knight Seeker
Interview with Eric Cooper the creator of the super hero Knight SeekerI love to interview black people who do things outside of the so called "norm". Eric Cooper is a comic boo ...
Posted Friday, February 18th 2011 at 5:23AM
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Andrew Breitbart's BigGovernment.com portraying Michelle Obama as fat.
You have to see this disrespectful cartoon to believe it: http://aareports.com/2011/02/andrew-breitbarts-biggovernmentcom.html
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Posted Tuesday, February 15th 2011 at 5:11AM
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Obama to seek changes in Pell Grants
I fully support President Obama but I think we should all pay attention to what is going on. Pell Grants help many low income African Americans through college and any changes could potentially be devastating ...
Posted Sunday, February 13th 2011 at 9:50AM
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Obama gives black leaders bad news about 2011 budget cuts
Among the constituencies bracing for deep cuts in the fiscal 2012 federal budget, African-Americans are as worried as anyone. And with good reason, as President Obama explained to a group o ...
Posted Friday, February 11th 2011 at 6:49PM
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The real problem with the Pepsi Max ad
Many are not happy with the way the Pepsi Max ad aired during the Superbowl negatively portrayed black women. But shouldn't just as many be upset that the commercial was making light of domestic violence/ Sp ...
Posted Wednesday, February 9th 2011 at 7:32PM
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Number of Black-Owned Businesses Increased at triple the national rate
Census Bureau Reports the Number of Black-Owned Businesses Increased at Triple the National Rate From 2002 to 2007, the number of black-owned businesses increased by 60.5 perce ...
Posted Tuesday, February 8th 2011 at 8:34PM
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When will parents really make education a priority?
To paraphrase the late Richard Pryor, " If you follow a dumb mutha F**** home you will find a house full of dumb mutha f*****" Sadly that statement is probably more true than funny nowadays espe ...
Posted Monday, February 7th 2011 at 9:39PM
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African American Reports: Missing Black Women Alert. Crystal Gray of Syracuse is missing. Read more: http://aareports.com/p/missing-black-women.html ...
Posted Wednesday, February 2nd 2011 at 9:06PM
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Positive Black People: Sheneese Starr Founder of The In Your Face Movement
Far too often many people in black communities notice problems & wait for someone else to fix them. Then there are those who are tired of " waiting for Superman" & say to ...
Posted Wednesday, February 2nd 2011 at 8:33AM
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Far too often many people in black communities notice problems & always wait for someone else to fix them. You hear someone should or they should. Then there are those who are tired of " waiting for Superman" & say to themselves, "I Should ". Orrin H ...
Posted Tuesday, February 1st 2011 at 5:41PM
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Teacher loses job, continues to teach students
For Nathan Thomas, a laid off music teacher from a Paterson middle school, his love of music and teaching enables him to continue to teach a violin ensemble of 16 of his former students, for no money ...
Posted Monday, January 31st 2011 at 6:20PM
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The Kelley Williams-Bolar mess: A school board members take
I have sat back and until today have not posted anything about a case in which a poor black woman Kelley Williams-Bolar was jailed for sending her kids to an out of district school. I hav ...
Posted Friday, January 28th 2011 at 6:37AM
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School segregating black students during homeroom
Lancaster Pennsylvania has segregated black students not only by race but by gender during homeroom. The all-black homerooms are part of an experiment to determine if grouping students homogeneousl ...
Posted Thursday, January 27th 2011 at 2:32PM
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Now I'm sure all of you saw the State of the Union Address. Now you can go to cable channels for their expert analysis with all of their political pundits, politicians, and fancy graphics or come here for some real hard core in depth analysis. ( and ...
Posted Wednesday, January 26th 2011 at 8:34PM
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Under the executive order Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad issued last week, ex-offenders first must all fines, fees and court-ordered restitution before being allowed to vote. Read more here: http://aareports.com/2011/01/iowa-makes-it-harder-for-ex-cons-to. ...
Posted Friday, January 21st 2011 at 8:06AM
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Yesterday I posed a question as to whether black bloggers indirectly contibute to negative stereotypes about African Americans. Many took the poll and commented. I emailed some black bloggers and some sent back some very thoughtful answers.
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Posted Thursday, January 20th 2011 at 9:07AM
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Do black bloggers help contribute to stereotypes of African Americans?
I know many black bloggers write on issues we believe are hurting the black community but do we as bloggers unintentionally draw attention to the more negative aspects of Black ...
Posted Wednesday, January 19th 2011 at 11:42AM
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Dr. King wanted opportunity for all and oddly enough in science fiction African African Americans have been put in leadership positions with hardly a blink of an eye. And I'm just not talking about in those bad movies that come on the SyFy channel ei ...
Posted Monday, January 17th 2011 at 1:03PM
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