Posts Tagged ‘Community’

Oak Bluffs – Summer’s Home For Elite Blacks

Posted in African American, Black Blog Posts, Community, History, News, The Americas on September 15th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment
Home of the black elites

Washington Post Staff Writer DeNeen L. Brown wrote an interesting? August 20, 2009 About how Americas Elite blacks are flocking to Martha's Vineyard to take their annual holidays. Over the 4 page web article. Brown highlights the fact that this isn't a new phenomenon, but a generational thing. Black families have been attracted to the ...

The Only Black Man on the Titanic

Posted in Black Britain, Caribbean, Education, History, News, The Americas on September 11th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment
Hatian family on the titanic

There was a Haitian man on the Titanic There was a Haitian man on the ship! His uncle was President of Haiti! Joseph Phillippe Lemercier Laroche was the only black man, a Haitian man, to perish in the Titanic; that's after he saved his wife and kids. Laroche was born in Cap Haitian, Haiti , on May 26, ...

Music, New Markets, African and Caribbean Biodiversity

Posted in African, Caribbean, Community, Events, Media, Music on May 4th, 2009 by alexbbake – Be the first to comment

I'm browsing the shelves of my office bookshelf. This is, in fact, the philosophy section at the local library, but i'm sure that many of the web community out there will be familiar with this analogy. I'm also very excited at the impending Summer launch of the BBake entertainment service. BBake at www.bbake.com will allow you to ...

Taking the BNP seriously: Simplistic condemnation is not enough

Posted in African on April 30th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment

Edmund Standing, April 19th 2009, 4:07 pm What the BNP’s ‘modernisation’ reveals about modern Britain The BNP’s rebranding strategy reveals something very interesting about Britain, and white British people in particular. For years, by promoting ‘racial nationalism’, the BNP remained an utterly marginal organisation, largely attracting hardcore racists, skinheads, and social misfits. The fact that the BNP ...

12 Things The Negro Must Do

Posted in African American, Community, History, Men, Politics, Racism, Slavery, The Americas, Women on March 30th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment
Nannie Burroughs

Found an Interesting post today called 12 Things The Negro Must Do – How Not To Become Scapegoats For Degenerate Black Community Behavior. It was written in around the turn of the last century by a woman called Nannie Helen Burroughs. Nannie Helen Burroughs - Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879-1961) was an educator, orator, religious leader and businesswoman who ...

Is marriage outdated?

Posted in African on March 25th, 2009 by admin – 1 Comment
Has Marriage had it

[poll id="3"] Every day I trawl the web looking for interesting articles to bring to your screen. Tonight I happened to chance across an article called... " Do we need Black Mariage Day?" Personally, & I have to be honest here, I hadn't actually heard of the initiative and so proceeded to read the whole article. The author made ...

Obama may be President but don’t take your eye off the issues!

Posted in African American, Black Blog Posts, Community, Education, History, Men, News, Politics, Students, The Americas, Women on March 25th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment
Use your exposure, Mr President!

Blogger John Ridley points out that whilst the President of the worldsmost powerful country enjoys cosy nights on comfy chatshows, and other African American high flyers like Eric Holder, Michael Steele and Richard Parsons are making headlines the situation is considerably worse for the average African American male. My response to this is, "Yeah, tell us something ...

Do Community groups make a difference?

Posted in Community, Education, Law and Order, Men, Politics, The Americas, Women on March 24th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment

AUGUSTA, Ga. - It was a gathering to reclaim black manhood--a conference for all ages, men and women, held at Paine College. “You can achieve, you can believe, you can conceive, that truly this country is made for you and you need to use the world as your oyster," said Dr. Mike Weaver, organizer. Men and ...

Was OPD’s Treatment of Inner Circle racist?

Posted in African American, Arts, Community, Music, Politics, Racism, The Americas on March 24th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment
Revellers at Inner Circle

Last week, Geoffrey Pete--long a well-respected figure in Oakland's African-American community, and the owner of Geoffrey's Inner Circle nightclub--held a press conference outside Oakland City Hall to announce he's considering filing a complaint against the OPD for unlawful harassment. Pete has previously raised allegations that OPD and former mayor Jerry Brown instituted a crackdown on Oakland's ...

Ethiopians Discover What Israelis Really Think

Posted in African, Community, History, Middle East, Religion, War on March 6th, 2009 by Maurice2014 – Be the first to comment
Ethiopian Jews Protest

Israel refuses to let them give blood Israel got caught throwing away Ethiopian blood from the blood banks. A similar disclosure a decade ago sparked protests and widespread outrage in a community that has long complained of racial discrimination. "We are healthy people, like everyone else," said 24-year-old Galit Maarat,  "It's unjust, a terrible affront."  There are ...


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