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Medical and construction supplies, food, water filtration equipment, in addition to supporters from abroad sailed toward Gaza (a tiny strip of land controlled and blockaded by Israel but inhabited by Palestinians) in attempts to provide relief, or rather…sustenance. (…because even these flotillas would not have been able to relieve the suffering in the occupied Palestinian […]

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 […]

CNN | May 19, 2010 CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Soledad O’Brien talk with Essence Magazine and a book author about kids’ views on race.

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 […]

Fighting violence on Mother’s Day: ‘We’ve got to change the madness’ Tara Malone, Chicago Tribune, May 9, 2010 Maria Ramirez got out of bed Sunday and tried not to think about Mother’s Day. The Chicago woman, whose only child, Matthew Ramirez, 16, was shot four years ago, instead gathered at St. Sabina Catholic Church with […]

BlackVoices.com | May 3, 2010 This week, journalist Bonsu Thompson (XXL.com/Vibe.com) and author Tionna Smalls (‘What Chilli Wants’) stopped through to tackle the topic that everyone seems to be talking about, “Why Can’t Successful Black Women Find a Man”? This is a good one, folks! This panel has definitely got a unique take. Also, Tionna […]

Last week, Erica Jong wrote the most random “book review” (or something) I have ever read in my life.  In her Huffington Post blog, Jong, apparently charged with discussing Kitty Kelley’s recently published unauthorized biography of Oprah Winfrey, essentially writes about knowing both Winfrey and Kelley, and admits that she hasn’t actually finished the text […]

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, […]

In 1964 at the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Convention, Fannie Lou Hamer said, “All my life I’ve been sick and tired . . . Now, I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired.” Even though these words were distinctively about Southern racism, I find myself unconsciously gravitating to these words to talk about the […]

From 8:00 AM to 3:04 PM, 5 days a week, I am a high school student, meaning that there are teachers, administrators and other faculty members all around who can tell me what to do. On top of being a student, I am also only a sophomore. And that means that not only are there […]

Today was a good day. Got to sleep in (always a treat), attended my graduate course taught by Professor Cathy Cohen (Race & Politics—always interesting), and I had an interview for the Office of Multicultural Affairs on campus (which I nailed by the way). In fact it has been a good week so far. I’m […]