Category Archives: student
Friday Question: What should be done about black youth and education?
Black youth are not getting a quality education in many of the major centers of black life in this country (NYC, ATL, DC, Baltimore, Cleveland, St. Louis, Chicago, etc.) Not to mention all across the south. Nationally, the graduation rate … Continue reading
Yearbook’s fake names make fun of black students
Officials at a California high school say they are trying to find out why students were allowed to have false names for black students put in the yearbook. Clint Harwick, superintendent of Charter Oak High School in Covina, Calif., said … Continue reading
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Morehouse’s first white valedictorian
I had to share this article because the guy is from my hometown, Kansas City. He’s a cutie too. One of those Spelman girls needs to try “Something New”. LOL Oh reverse racism…you’ll see it in the article. Sad, but…I’m … Continue reading
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So Racist: From Piglet to “Niglet”
I was looking for information on racist comic act “Shirley Q. Liquor” and ran across this info. Oh my! It’s interesting how young white people these days are so comfortable with racist imagery and blackface, to the point where they … Continue reading
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Race and Sex: South Carolina Teacher Student Scandal
Again…I have to say it. I don’t want to say it, but I have to. What the hell is wrong with these White Women who continue to mess with these little boys!!! Come on!!! If this was a black man … Continue reading
Susan Jacoby on African American Studies
“Although Jacoby scolds culture warriors like Allan Bloom, author of “The Closing of the American Mind,” for both misunderstanding and misrepresenting the upheavals on American campuses during the 1960s and ’70s, she also deplores many of the leftist remedies for … Continue reading
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Member of Jena 6 up for assault
Why Bryant? Why? The Associated Press is reporting that a “defendant in the Louisiana “Jena Six” case was arrested on suspicion of slamming a student’s head into a bench at his new school in Texas, police said. Bryant R. Purvis, … Continue reading
The Great Debaters: Loved it, but they debated USC not Harvard
I loved “The Great Debaters”! I saw it on Sunday and I think it’s something that the African American community should be excited about. It’s a must see, especially for young people. Take your children. Take your family. Discuss, discuss, … Continue reading
Jena 6 seeking pardons
Jena 6 seeking pardons…say that five times fast. Dare you! Probably easier to say that five times fast than to find hope that some pardons will happen, huh?? The New York Times is reporting that members of the Congressional Black … Continue reading
