One of Chin’s favorite examples of the Asian success at overcoming poverty is Princeton physicist Daniel C. Tsui, who won a Nobel Prize in 1998. He was born to a peasant family in a remote village in Henan province in central China, attended school in Hong Kong and then got a college scholarship to Augustana [...]
For you meat-eaters our there, when was the last time you ate some fried chicken and the first thing that came to mind was the horrors of slavery in this country?
Well, apparently there are some very sick people out there that do see the relation between the two:
The organization says it is targeting African Americans [...]
One of the mistakes that I made during those weeks that surrounded 9/11 was that I did not record any of it. Sure, there have been documentaries that have come and gone, but for the longest time, it has been very difficult for me to actually sit down and re-live that moment. Nevertheless, [...]
It wasn’t too long ago that a little known event referred to as the Civil War took place in this country. This event served as a catalyst that eventually led to the freedom of black slaves that were held captive under the tyranny of slavery. Many soldiers, both black and white, lost their [...]
Yet another ray of hope that more African-Americans are not only heeding the words of Cosby, but dogonit, our ancestors (who would be rolling in their graves now to see how easily we avoid personal responsibility)!
Speak brutha, speak!
How much longer are we going to dismiss tragedies in our community as the result of some outside [...]
…and manditory berets for all citizens!
Not too long ago, I got into this huge debate with a Jehovah’s Witness (I will say JW for this posting). Now, before I continue, someone’s personal religious beliefs do not determine how I treat a person. This particular encounter was quite different.
We all have the stories of the many times JW’s came to [...]
Philadelphia rap artist Beanie Sigel was sentenced to a year in prison this afternoon and fined $25,000 by a federal judge who granted him a major break in recognition of his “post-arrest rehabilitation” and charitable works in the African American community.
Sigel, 30, faced a sentence of 30 to 37 months in prison under federal sentencing [...]
Do you mean to tell me that jim crow is also working for the Democrats as well? Wait a cotton-pickn’ minute!
Apparently, all the ghost stories of those that are peddling the idea that the jim crow laws are in effect for African-Americans during this election season are coming to pass. Except one thing, [...]
Charles Duelfer, the man that was appointed by the US to give a full assessment of the status of WMD in Iraq concluded yesterday that there was no sign of a recent WMD program since the early 1990′s. This came to now surprise to the general public being that there was already a growing [...]
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” –Plato
“When the people fear the government, you have tyranny. When the government fears the people, you have freedom.” – Thomas Paine
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I think that I want to continue this discussion because I think there is a lot here that should be discussed.
It was mainly African-American churches and communities that founded many of the HBCU’s that we have today. Both the AME and the Black Baptist Church traditionally carried the financial burden for these schools. If [...]
In case you have not heard by now, there is a new Black channel on the horizon. Well, actually, they have been around for about 5 years. Some of you may have heard of the MBC network (I am fortunate enough to live in the part of the country that has this channel). But [...]
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