Do we really want to be treated as equals?

I wrote about this issue some time ago. First, here’s the story:
======
Dave Alexander is somewhat less than patient when people ask whether his sons, Elias and Kieran, are brothers.
“I say: ‘Do they share the same DNA? Is that the question you’re asking me?’ ” he said from his home in Langley, B.C., near Vancouver. “Then [...]

Read Full Post »

Woman becomes first black female U.S. Coast Guard aviator (AP)

YOU GO SIS!!
(hat tip: Kris and April )
Lt. j.g. Jeanine McIntosh smiled from ear to ear as her father, Conrol McIntosh, pinned golden wings on her uniform Friday, making her the first black female U.S. Coast Guard aviator.
McIntosh, 26, said the experience made her aware that barriers still exist for blacks and women in general. [...]

Read Full Post »

A television show on black success

(blacknews.com)
“Success with Leon Isaac Kennedy” currently airs on The Inspiration Network as a national weekly hour show, Tuesday nights at 10:30 P.M. EST.
Leon, known for his classic action flicks, such as Penitentiary, Body and Soul, and Lone Wolfe McQuade is looked upon as a filmmakers icon. One of Hollywood’s first minorities to take a project [...]

Read Full Post »

Controversal web site says amen to Bill Cosby’s inflammatory comments about the state of black America (blacknews.com)

Controversial website says, Bill Cosby was right. HotGhettoMess.com bills itself as a call-to-arms of sorts to challenge the African-American community to examine how it is living and looking. With over 50 million hits, it is quickly becoming the new darling of the Internet. (more…)

Read Full Post »

Controversal web site says amen to Bill Cosby’s inflammatory comments about the state of black America (blacknews.com)

Controversial website says, Bill Cosby was right. HotGhettoMess.com bills itself as a call-to-arms of sorts to challenge the African-American community to examine how it is living and looking. With over 50 million hits, it is quickly becoming the new darling of the Internet. (more…)

Read Full Post »

Black execs in Dallas-Fort Worth give advice

(from: dallasnews.com)
In 1987, Ron McCray, a young corporate attorney with a freshly minted Harvard Law degree, gathered other black attorneys working at big Dallas law firms for a party at his home.
All seven of them,” Mr. McCray recalls from his expansive office atop the Irving headquarters of consumer-products giant Kimberly Clark Corp. (more…)

Read Full Post »