We’re not going to start off with the obvious point of how great it is that an awards show exists to honor Black women; we’re going to start off by commending the fact that BET took this bold platform, started by DJ Beverly Bond, and promoting it via a televised awards show that will air […]
The research will aid the community.
Afrocentric values and cultural alignment are critical. The premise is that black youth violence can be ascribed to the deculturalization of Blacks, the forced assimilation of Eurocentric values, and the lingering effects of slavery.
The US Department of Justice estimates that 87 percent of inner-city high school youth have been exposed to violence in school within the last year.
It has been predicted that by 2020, 63 percent of all African-American males between 18 and 34 will be incarcerated.
(The Atlantic) — Is it possible that school desegregation actually hurt African American students? That’s the argument Stuart Buck advances in a new book called Acting White: The Ironic Legacy of Desegregation, sparking earnest debate among reviewers and bloggers.* He suggests that desegregation is part of the reason for the “acting white” phenomenon, part of […]
I recognize that the World Cup is very significant to many of my brothers and sisters throughout the African diaspora, but I wonder if it will ever hold deep meaning for most of us.