2031 Search results for "family"

June 14, 2010 – June 20, 2010
Youth center awarded grant Cynthia Roby, South Florida Times, June 21, 2010 Youth conference aims to help teens Seth Stratton, The Dispatch, June 18, 2010 Explaining The Fall of Hip Hop Professor Plum, Seattle Pi, June 18, 2010 Youth Day: Through eyes of young journalist Liz Clarke, Washington Post, June 16, 2010 How the Rebellious […]
On Jumping the Broom and Adventures South
My sister got married Saturday. (Take that, Steve Harvey, et. al.!) Since I’ve just arrived back in town mere hours ago, and feel like 8 pounds of crap in a 5-pound bag, I have no faith in my ability to compose a complete sentence let alone an entire blog about the news and culture of […]
A Father’s Day Reflection: Do Black Fathers Matter?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A2Ap3DyvLg For the past 15 years of my life, Father’s Day was a day to be tolerated if not ignored. Unlike Mother’s Day where I actually thirst for the presence of my mother or someone else’s mother, I feel completely indifferent about Father’s Day. And, perhaps, my indifference has much to do with the fact […]
Do Black People Watch HBO’s True Blood? or Do we Only watch BET's the Game?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk5BXZOCJhY&feature=related I am very excited about the première of the third season of True Blood—dashing Bill, virginal Sookie, stereotypical of black women Terra, sinisterly charming Eric, and rogue-like Jason Stackhouse. To say the least, I am a fan, but not a cult-like fan. I would never attend a True Blood movie première dressed as a […]
Crime, Punishment and Black Politics
Crime, Punishment and Black Politics Katti Gray, Colorlines, May 28, 2010 The day bullies dared to gang up on a lone teenager smack atop Jimmy Smith’s meticulously kept lawn, his reflexes kicked in. “Sanctuary over here!” he hollered, dashing out of his Chicago home and firing his Beretta revolver skyward. “Ain’t nobody dying up in […]
5 Myths About College Admissions
5 Myths About College Admissions Richard D. Kahlenberg, Washington Post, May 23, 2010 This spring, more than 3 million students will graduate from America’s high schools, and more than 2 million of them will head off to college in the fall. At the top colleges, competition has been increasingly fierce, leaving many high school seniors […]
White Families Now $95K Richer Than African-American Families On Average, According To New Study
White Families Now $95K Richer Than African-American Families On Average, According To New Study Ryan McCarthy, Huffington Post, May 18, 2010 In the last 23 years, the gap between the average net worth of African-American families and white families has more than quadrupled, according to a new study by researchers at Brandeis University. In examining […]
It's Happening Again. What Aiyana Jones' Death Tells Us
It’s Happening Again. What Aiyana Jones’ Death Tells Us Juell Stewart, RaceWire, May 17, 2010 It’s an all-too-familiar occurrence: A young person of color gets killed by the police, the community rallies around the victim’s family, and everybody wonders what can be done to prevent it from happening again. Well, it’s happening again in Detroit, […]
"Until I Am Free:" Prisoners of their Youth
Last night I had the privilege of experiencing an event where the voices of people who are removed from our society in every way, physically and intellectually, were heard, listened to, and represented. “Until I Am Free: Voices of Youth Sentenced to Life without Parole” is a project, facilitated by Chicagoan poet, artist and youth […]
Distant Relatives Speak Truth To Power
What happens when you take one of the illest mc’s of all-time and put him on a track with a “toasting” reggae sensation? You get distant relatives. I’m not referring to your typical long lost cousin kind of distant relative, I’m talking about the family member who you never met but instantly click with. Although […]
Worried about Bottles of Water, while People Wade through Floods: What about Nashville?
“Our visions begin with our desires.” –Audre Lorde For the last three weeks I’ve literally sat on pins and needles worried about my family/friends in Nashville. I’ve clicked channel after channel hoping for a news update about the widespread flooding in the city. Each time I went searching for news I was bombarded by corporate […]
Jury acquits cop in shooting of Texas ballplayer
Jury acquits cop in shooting of Texas ballplayer Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press | May 11, 2010 A Houston-area police officer was acquitted Tuesday of shooting an aspiring major league baseball player who he mistakenly believed was armed and in a stolen vehicle. Jurors deliberated for nearly four hours before finding Bellaire police Sgt. Jeffrey […]