Tag Archives: Black people

The Mis-Education Of The Negroe

On Friday Andy Rooney, a long time correspondent, for CBS died. He occasionally got himself into hot water for saying what was on his minds. After reading the New York Times article on his life a quote caught my attention and got me to thinking. “I’ve believed all along that most people are born with […]

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Black Women & Relationships

Let’s state for the record that I am NOT talking about all Black women. We all know the ones I am referring to and if you take offense to this – then I guess you are the one. Ladies I am not trying to single you out or be unjustly hard on you, I am […]

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The Browning of America

Across from me sits the future of America according to all recent statistics. The small Hispanic child, ignorant of the struggles his family undertakes to provide for him in America, plays innocently. As a million tons of stainless steel races through the tunnel that connects the Bronx to Manhattan, he is oblivious to everything around […]

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Weave Got To Talk

One of the things I miss most from my childhood is that the girls were real.  Real breasts and butts.  Real eye lashes.  And real hair (not withstanding some braid styles).  But since the days when KRS 1, Tupac, Biggie and The Pharcyde all got played on the radio within the same hour, and BET […]

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Where are all the “Good Black Men” ?

Is it really that difficult for Black women to find Black men worth dating? I have heard everything from “all the good black men are locked up, are gay, date only white women.” But this is far from the truth. Most of the women uttering this nonsense are trying to live a video life. You […]

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Black Mancession

To Be Equal #32 August 10, 2011 Mayor Bloomberg Joins Fight Against “Black Mancession” Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “When we look at poverty rates, graduation rates, crime rates, and employment rates, one thing stands out: Blacks and Latinos are not fully sharing in the promise of American freedom and far […]

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Being a Dad

Being a single dad is the hardest job in the world. What makes it the hardest job, you might ask? Well for starters, we have to get over the negative stereotypes and misconceptions that pervade American society about dads in general. Secondly, is this issue surrounding the absence of “Black Fathers” in the traditional family […]

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