Posts tagged with African

Introduction to Black History Month Remix By: Eric Blair

0 comments, 30/01/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Because I love you, Blair History Month, my people

And we're back! This week’s blog will be very brief; more like a remix to last year’s introduction for Black History Month. I am excited to showcase famous African Americans or Black people throughout history each day of the month of February. Each individual I’ve picked has one thing in ... Read more...

New York Daily News Gets Slammed For Racist Jay-Z Article

4 comments, 23/01/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in News, Stupititity All Stars

The New York Daily News is in hot water with its Twitter followers. Early Friday (January 20), the newspaper published an article that exemplifies Jay-Z’s “Glory” track, a song dedicated to his newborn daughter, as a long-awaited anthem for Black leaders and family advocates. The piece voic... Read more...

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Among Minorities, a New Wave of ‘Disconnected Youth’

8 comments, 18/01/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in News, World News

Men and women in their late teens and early 20s are struggling, but some are especially hard hit. According to U.S. Census Bureau figures, the unemployment rate last year among high-school dropouts between ages 16 and 24 was 29%-up from 17.7% in 2000 and seven points higher than that of their p... Read more...

African American Male Teacher Shortage & Programs Fixing The Problem

6 comments, 17/01/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Edu-tainment

It's a nationwide problem, the shortage of black male teachers. Only two-percent of the nation's nearly five million teachers are African American. Twenty-eight-year-old Craig King has taught third grade at Whittaker Elementary School for six years. His students say there's never a dull moment in M... Read more...

Dwyane Wade: Basketball Star Turned Beacon of Fatherhood

5 comments, 12/01/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in News, Sports

In many ways, basketball superstar Dwyane Wade leads a double life. By day, the Miami Heat guard is an NBA legend, but by night, Wade is a single father to his two young sons and his nephew. Moms dropping their kids off at school didn't know what to make of him at first. "I was like one o... Read more...

Watch Night or Freedom’s Eve?

0 comments, 10/01/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Do The Knowledge, Factoid, Freeing Slaves, From The Vault, News

Whether It Is New Year's Eve or "Watch Night" or "Freedom's Eve", the Black Community in America Celebrates Freedom from Slavery as of 11:59 pm, December 31, 1862. "On that night, Blacks came together in churches and private homes all across the nation, anxiously awaiting news that the Emancipati... Read more...

Highlight: The Portrayal of African American Women in the Entertainment Industry (Video)

10 comments, 02/01/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Interviews, Video

On 12/9/2011 Lana Adams,andLatiaynna Tabb, hosted (and planned) a community panel discussion at Saint Joseph's University on The Portrayal of the African American Woman in the Entertainment Industry. The panel was moderated by Philadelphia's WRNB midday radio host, Moshay Laren and hip-hop... Read more...

Study Finds Minority Students Get Harsher Punishments

1 comment, 02/01/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in ipod, News

Black and Hispanic students are far more likely to be kicked out of school when they break the rules, including some that often have nothing to do with keeping students safe, according to a new report from a civil rights research and advocacy group. And school discipline records are t... Read more...

Becoming Barack (Full Movie)

6 comments, 28/12/2011, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Documentary, Movies, Politics As Usual, Video

I'm not sure how much of this is true... but its entertaining. So I guess Barack is black...again? An Intimate Portrait of a Young Man Destined to Make History, Including a Never-Before-Seen “Lost” Interview Becoming Barack: Evolution of a Leader traces the early path of a man destined t... Read more...