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I can think of nothing that represents internalized hatred more than desire to lighten ones skin. There is a thriving market for creams that prey upon the insecurity of others. What is not well known is how damaging these products are. In an attempt to lighten ones pigment, the usage of creams will burn layers of skin. The damage is often permanent. Users are left with highly visible scars. Dr. Persadsingh says some of the products contain steroids and hydroquinone, which are...
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Like millions of others, on Sunday I tuned in for the season finale of survivor. This is the first season that I did not actively follow, as the routine format has begun to bore me. The petty fighting, and the false relationships have become a standard affair. I watched hardly breathless, as Probes promoted yet another season of constructed drama. Survivor is returning to Africa. Gabon to be precise. Probes finally had my undivided attention. I watched the juxtaposition of America and...
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Rev. Al Sharpton, Nicole Bell-Paultre, Trent Benefield, Joseph Guzman, and many others were arrested on May 7 nearby the New York Police Department HQ, One Police Plaza.
The event was peaceful and scheduled to be around 3:00 PM, where protestors gathered together and marched in areas waving posters and chanting “50 shots, fight back” and “we are all Sean Bell” in response to the Sean Bell Shooting and the verdict of the Sean Bell case.
The people who chose to get arrested were crowded...
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In the 1940's Kenneth and Mamie Clark designed the doll test to examine how black children were impacted by segregation. Most of the children were able to identify racial difference. The children also readily assigned positive attributes to the white doll and negative attributes to the black doll. The year is now 2008, and it has been fifty-four years since the Brown V. Board of Education. One would assume that within such a large time span that much would have changed. Unfortunately...
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When asked how the African-American community at large would respond to Sen. Obama's denunciation, Sharpton said that "some are going to agree, and some are going to disagree."
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Before working with the Basic Life Institute, the Rev. Shaw co-owned a group home and was stunned by the number of Black youth that were medicated. "African Americans are 16 percent of the nation's student population but we're 32 percent of students being drugged, but it's so entrenched into the...
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Families Prepare for the Worst After Iowa Raids
"Iowa workers without legal documentation went into hiding Monday and rushed to fill out paperwork for the care of their children and property in anticipation of being arrested, lawyers and immigration rights workers said." Des Moines Register...
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South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu weighed in on the presidential campaign Tuesday in Chicago, praising America's ability to produce the first viable African American presidential candidate while describing the nation as haunted by a racial divide that still offers blacks what he called only...
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Barack Obama's success shows that the ceiling has risen for African-Americans. But many are still too close to the floor. Why are African-Americans so much less prosperous than whites? Why do so many black children flounder in school? Why do so many young black men languish behind bars? Why are...
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Jim McGreevey has a new book and a new attitude . And now the former New Jersey Governor has agreed to appear on " The Oprah Winfrey Show " in the fall. It's time for America to wake up and understand that the down low -- whether we call it "the closet," the "DL" or something else -- is not just...
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At the May Day march and rally in New York City on May 1, among the thousands of people who participated were a significant number of young, energetic African-Americans. Among this number was Latoya Deterville, a 15-year-old African-American student from Clara Barton High School, located in...
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Don't fool yourself for a minute by entertaining the idea that the Clinton campaign didn't know what it was doing. Hillary and Bill knew. It was their plan. They were getting their butts kicked by the Obama campaign and rapidly reaching the point of no hope. If they were going to win, they needed...
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"It's a potpourri of ideas and projects and our efforts to respond to the needs of Africa." More than a thousand prominent African-American leaders, executives, entertainers and activists will head to Tanzania for a summit with their African counterparts to help raise living standards on the...
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By Sonia Oxley MANCHESTER, England, May 13 (Reuters) - Coach Dick Advocaat defended Zenit St Petersburg fans on Tuesday against allegations of racism as the ...
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