Do we face the same level of racism and victimization? At a recent group meeting among brothers, the point was brought up that sistahs don't always understand what a brother has to face on a day to day basis because they compare it to what they have to deal with.
African American QueenMother Oprah has made me cry like a man shouldn't. I do so hope, when she retires, in her senior years, she returns to Africa permanently? As I know the Blacks in South Africa are hoping for it. Such a move would not just be for tax advantages....
Okay, on Tv I hear people tell another one that they are not black enough. What the heck does that mean?
Does it literally mean that they are not dark enough?
Thanks for your help.
I am reading these posts and I'm suprised at things that are being said. I think that black people are alot more racist than white people.
Honestly, we don't think about race that much.
Hey what's up with the KFC Commercial. The one that shows the Black family sitting at the dinner table talking about there day eating chicken. It's a single Mom with four kids and no father,nice huh. Should we be mad or did reality just hit the main stream in the for...
Many sistahs are upset and fedup at the lack of attention being showed in the romantic front by their partners. Brothers we ask you to answer this question as the sistahs need to know whats up!
What can be done to break the cycle of drug and alcohol abuse within our communities?
Our question centers on the cycle of hereditary drug and alcohol abuse.
In so many cases within our communities, our young have very little options because they are surrounded b...
What do people think about what Bill said. I have discussed this with some friends and even though his words are very controversial i do actually agree with most of what he said. Our kids are growing up talking and behaving like thugs and many parents cannot steer...
COLLIER COUNTY POLICE DEPT REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MULTIPLE COMPLAINS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT , STALKING AND HATE CRIME BECAUSE OF THE PRESTIGE OF THE PERPETRATOR
As a registered nurse for 20 years none of the local hospitals in my area would hire me because I refused...
Good ole Home Depot. I need help and trying to get the word out. I was terminated 2 weeks ago for something that I didn't do and 2 days after that another black woman got terminated for the same thing. Really the same transaction and that is impossible. The young...
Ancient kingdoms, and realms, from Africa to Asia; all converge, on the isles of Greece. Cultures, that once civilized the world; now rid the land, of harmony and peace. So, see the catalyst, which caused the change: a birth of the present, new age. Men of valor, doi...
I think the real question should be this:
(1) Did India and/or Asia, influence Africa; or, did Africa, influence India, South East Asia, and beyond?
(2) Were not the original Kingdoms and Peoples of India, and South Asia, African in appearance?? What happen to...
If you are mixed race please don't be mad or send letter bombs etc.... I am asking this question to provoke debate on the subject. I read an article in the NY post of all places about a study that found that 70% of mixed race children have an identity problem not k...
Racism in Jena Louisiana
Listen to my interview with Alan Bean, an activist who was in the courtroom during the trial
http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/raceinamerica.html
On June 28 2007 a young black defendant Mychal Bell was found guilty of aggravated assault agai...
Our first website, http://www.artquest.com/Browse/ThumbListings.asp?ArtistLastName=Roberson, designed with an amateur's touch and studio! An introductory audience for three years and marketing more. If you have a different tint or makeup? Continue to browse http:/...
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Please give this new dating service a try.
It's very new and very very inexpensive.
I offer safety tips when meeting, so always be careful even when you are not meeting on line.
You are able to browse free, but once you are ready to meet...
Dr Julia Hare tells it how it is.
Share your opinion on what she said. If you have not heard goto www.blackissue.com and play the video on the home page
Black on Black Crime
Understanding our Youth
Over the last couple months the state of life on the streets for our youth has been highlighted by the senseless murders of Adam Regis, Paul Erhahon and Kodjo Yenga to name just a few.
These murders have left many p...
http://groups.myspace.com/BlackandAsianNetwork
New message board that discusses lost cultures, maintaining old traditions - enough talking just check us out!
Bless Brothers and Sisters
With the well publicized killings of young black teenagers killing each other in both the US and UK, we ask the question is this now a global problem or epidemic which until now has gone unnoticed?
Zero-Tolerance approach to smacking.
Is this right for our children?
by L Bedeau
The NSPCC is calling shops to do more to stop parents from smacking their children with a new campaign asking retailers to adopt a zero-tolerance...
Surrey Quays South East London will be the host of the annual National Front March with a theme of "Get the blacks out"
Should marches like this be permitted?
We have contacted the police who say they are powerless to stop the march due to the Freedom of Expressi...
Teenage preganacy has an impact on more than just the teenager and the unborn child. How do mothers cope after finding out their baby is having a baby.
Read A Mothers Thought by K Lapierre
Go to www.blackissue.com
Calling All Girls and Boys,
FilmDaze TV is looking for two boys and two girls from South East, East,
North or North West London to talk about gun crime. There is a good
chance that your comments will end up on Choice FM and ITV tomorrow
morning, so sensible
p...
Grandmas are doing crack. Grandpas, dads, uncles, and cousins are in jail. Moms working two jobs; just to, make ends meet. So, who raises the kids?? The Street???
In ancient times, tribal elders would take young men and women; out into the bush. A small com...
Polygamy in NYC...as usual, done in error again by the men folk:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/23/nyregion/23polygamy.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Yet you asks yourself, how better are the monogamous folks doing it in the US? Number 1 ranked country for d...
Museum Partners with Center for Southern African-American Music for Jacob Lawrence Programming
17 panels of the artist’s renowned series on view at the Columbia Museum of Art
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Columbia Museum of Art provides a rare chance to see work by one of...
We live in a New Age. An age, were the great grandchildren, of a once moral nation, have become godless.
Medicine treats, but rarely cures. The legal and political system, is often for, the moneyed. And, our institutions of learning, prepares one to dream; but, no...
In most black communities, you will find many Asian businesses flourishing off of our money. In many cases these business owners look down on the black community and see us as a cash cow.
So why is it, we still find it difficult to support black businesses which...
Why are most black men afraid to commit?
I am a single mother, looking for a decent man. Every time I get close to a guy they start to back off as if commitment is a disease. My question to the men on this site is what are you afraid of. I would really like to un...
"Tyrese Investigated for Allegedly Punching
Pregnant Girlfriend
AllHipHop.com
Singer/actor Tyrese Gibson has come under the microscope following allegations he punched his pregnant girlfriend twice.
TMZ.com reports that authorities are conducting a cr...
Are the Black African muslims of Somalia going to follow such Arab terrorism advice:
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"DUBAI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's top aide urged Somali Islamists in an audio tape posted on the Internet on Friday to l...
Your African History lesson for today:
The late, Great African Ancestor James Brown indirectly killed a
Yoruba tribal man in Nigeria, unknowingly! LOL
The Nigerian man came to the US,in the
60s, as a young musician and studies at music at various white
schoo...
"Tension in Neke community over chief's kidnap
By Tony Edike
Friday, December 29, 2006
Enugu—TENSION is mounting at Neke community in Amanyi Local Government Development Centre of Enugu State following the alleged kidnap of the former secretary to the centre,...
Keep up the good work Pius, I too went to Howard in the early 70s. Have been to Africa many times. As an African American, having been to Ghana many times also, I understand the limited thinking/short-sighted views many Africa-born have today. I understand the type o...
Have you read the article "LIVING SINGLE IN 2006
Anecdotes of unmarried black women part 1"
by Rachel Ramone?
It raises the question:
We all want and deserve to be treated with respect and admiration, but is it truly necessary to cross the race line in hopes...
British MP Camila Batmanghelidjh says (have your say) you can read the full article @ http://www.blackissue.com/black_women_also_cause_splits.htm
"Black women are "hugely responsible" for the family breakdown which fuels crime, MPs have been told.
Camila Batmang...
This is really terrifying, simple.
I believe when one steps out of the confines of God's direct command on how to live...chaos is the result.
If women would simply wait and read the signs they see, stop and identify the smoke they smell.........act on what has been...
While we are waiting for the resources, that are long over due; we, as a race of people, should take advantage of all the opportunities offered. Many of our brothers and sisters, from nations near and far, come here with nothing; came from nothing, yet within ten yea...
Many black women like Author Terry McMillan Get married then find out their husband is Gay
(On the Down low)
How can a woman detect if a man is gay? Is it posible?
People of African descent from the Bayou to the Banks of West Africa, from Southeast Asia to the shores of Cuba know the disalignment that comes from having inherited the historical and spiritual fog left in the wake of our enslavement . . .
http://terryhowcott.co...
This board is beautiful, and I thank Denise for introducing me to it.
I'm Terry Howcott. I'm writing to alert you to my relatively newly launched online experience WWW.TERRYHOWCOTT.COM
You'll quickly see that it's much more than a website. It's a publishin...
Why is it so hard to find a good man, this is a question many women ask and discuss with friends.
But many men disagree with the comment that there are know good men, they counter this argument with the point that many women fail to recognise a good man and fall for...
