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People love using band-aids. As a little kid I can remember the security I felt after scraping my knee on the asphalt and receiving the ritual of having my grandmother comfort me through my childhood tears by offering a dab of Neosporin and a fresh band-aid. The band-aid made everything feel better. It covered up […]

Parks department still molding our youth, employing competent staff Patty Martone, The News-Sentinel, July 25, 2010 Mentoring siblings of gang members Lawrence Harmon, The Boston Globe, July 25, 2010 Alabama Reading Initiative critical to continued student success Jim Cook, Dothan Eagle, July 25, 2010 Kruzan to NAACP youth: ‘Never underestimate yourselves’ Christy Mullins, Herald Times, […]

Assata Shakur, like many of her contemporaries, is a product of her circumstances. As the hopeful and peaceful Civil Rights era gave way to the more ardent struggle for Black empowerment, Shakur was at a critical time in her life. Campuses and cities across the country were struggling with the Vietnam War and the continued […]

Last week, the folks over at Racialicious re-posted a piece by Macon D., the creator of the blog, Stuff White People Do.  The article, “Stuff White People Do: Warmly Embrace a Racist Novel,” addresses the 50th anniversary celebration of Harper Lee’s only novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, published in the summer of 1960.  Macon D. […]

How To Understand “Acting White” Richard Thompson Ford, Slate, July 5, 2o1o Some black students in the 1990s had a derisive name for their peers who spent a lot of time studying in the library: incog-negro. The larger phenomenon is all too well-known. Many blacks—especially black young men—have come to the ruinous conclusion that academic […]

Budget cuts more painful at inner-city LA schools Christina Hoag, Associated Press, June 28, 2010 LOS ANGELES (AP) — When state budget cuts imperiled city schools, a group of parents fought back by enlisting Hollywood stars to spread a message targeting one of their own, Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggar. The satirical video featuring actors Megan Fox […]

It is a G.R.E.A.T. program Larry Brock, The Richmond Register, May 29, 2010 Local students visit historically black schools Annie Martin, The Enquirer, May 29, 2010 Youth violence fight goes online Kirsty Noffke, Twee Daily News, May 28, 2010 Basketball helps Stop the Violence Ben Roberts, WALB News, May 28, 2010 Got a steep college […]

Eleven out of eleven campuses of University of Puerto Rico (UPR) are closed. The strike began on UPR’s Rio Piedras campus and has now spread to all the others. Students are in the fifth week of their strike in resistance of the budget cuts and reduction and elimination of financial aid in the UPR system. […]

Diversity is more than race Casey Peeks, LA Youth, May 23, 2010 How Equal Was This Separate School? Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, May 23, 2010 Communists demand jobs for young people Khethiwe Chelemu, Times Live, May 23, 2010 Which students suffer most from teacher layoffs? Anyone surprised it’s poor, minority students? Maureen Downey, Atlanta […]

Champions of youth march for future T. Scott Boatright, Rustin Daily, May 16, 2010 Twitter is especially popular among blacks Eric Frazier, Charlotte Observer, May 15, 2010 Urban Youth Violence New York Times, May 14, 2010 Grant to offer at-risk youth alternative to gangs Sabra Stafford, The Turlock Journal, May 14, 2010 Black youth are […]

When I tell people that I am learning sign language the most popular response that I get is “why?” Or other people have laughed and called me a slacker for not taking a “real” language. It is amazing how ignorance can cause people to dismiss a whole culture of people.  I believe I can identify […]

On the eve of the 2010 Kent Lecture I must admit that I am a bit nervous about the lecture. To give a little background, the Kent Lecture is in honor of Dr. George E. Kent, the first tenured Black professor at University of Chicago. In past year’s Dr. Cornel West, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, […]