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  A More Diverse Class of 2015: Harvard Accepts Record Numbers of Black and Latino Students Liz Dwyer, GOOD Magazine | April 13, 2011 It’s a record breaking admissions season at Harvard University. The Ivy League school received the largest number of applications for admission this year—almost 35,000 students. Then the school admitted a record […]

Before I begin this post, let me start off by saying that I do not have all the answers.  If I did, gas prices would be lower, alternative energy would no longer be alternative, and discrimination of all kind would be a thing of the past. Although I’m not quite sure how to end bigotry […]

Young Americans and Blacks Remain Optimistic Depsite Struggling Economy Yannique Benitez, Black Voices | April 18, 2011 Due to today’s struggling economy, many young people are less inclined to believe in the “American Dream” than their parents and grandparents. “More than 4 in 10 predict it will be tougher to raise a family and afford […]

Seriously, folks, I want to put my basketball blogs in the Disney vault, but since it’s the only thing I find worth watching, I kind of have to continue writing about the sport. Go with what I know.  Last week, Kobe Bryant got into all kinds of trouble for spazzing the bleep out at a […]

Beyonce is ready to unleash her fierceness upon us once again. But does she still rule the world?

Black homicide rate solution is elusive The Tennessean | April 13, 2011 Nashville can do better. Nashville must do better. It should be very disturbing to most residents that the city’s black homicide rate has reached a “crisis.’’ In fact, that puts Nashville’s rate above the state’s, and Tennessee ranked fifth- worst in the nation […]

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sN5VALvrVE&sns=fb Given the last couple of weeks of heavy posting, I’ve decided to today to write about something light. I want to share a video that I think black youth are going to enjoy dancing to this summer. Matter of fact, I am having a hard time not replaying the song and annoying my downstairs […]

Award goes to NY officer who killed Mass. student Jim Fitzgerald, Associated Press, April 13, 2011 WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—A police union has given its Officer of the Year award to the policeman who shot and killed a college football player during a disturbance in the New York City suburbs. Parents of the student, 20-year-old Danroy Henry […]

Dedicated to Theo Hike III, Lawrence, and Jalyn – One Love   Adulthood feels strange and comes early when all your clubhouse friends (from kindergarten up) become institutionalized. We tell time by the progression of life’s complexity: homework piles up undone, small crushes that explode into sexual exclusivity, and before you know it your comrades […]

You heard me. Let’s pay college athletes? Pay them with what? Pay them how? Let’s face it, this will never happen and the perceived greed of the NCAA is not even the biggest obstacle keeping college athletes from reaping the financial benefits of their talents. There are legal and business issues that stand in the […]

When grappling with history, truth is a difficult commodity to come by and contradiction is far too common. I believe that the learning process of history has the potential and power to teach lessons of identity, narratives of building community, and the necessity for people to choose to participate in society around them. But I […]

The Price of Choosing Jails Over Schools Latoya Peterson, The Root | April 9, 2011 As federal, state and local governments across the nation slash their budgets to close looming shortfalls, there is one clear winner in the budget battles: correctional systems, which cost the nation nearly $70 billion annually. During the last two decades, funding […]