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We believe that love is truly blind but as a black woman, I still can't help but flinch when I see a black man with a white woman. I know many people think that's wrong but it's true and many black women feel the same.
After US Attorney General Eric Holder wants the US to "talk about it", chance unfolds in front of me, the white girl saves a black man when black drivers drove by ignoring him. MUST READ!
This is an expose of what is known about Matthieu Da Costa, the first Black man believed to have come to Canada
Can a black man survive its hostile environment without his environment paying its dues?
There's often an ongoing debate throughout many online Black Women and White Man interracial forums about why so many white men will not approach black women. Needless to say, this gets pretty damned frustrating for many black women!
A theory of life through the eyes of a black person in America.
Does it matter that he is black? Yes, not everyone can see pass color. This opinion piece discusses why we can't accept everything we hear about him.
A love letter to Black men Worldwide. I hope you like it fellas!
My endeavor to tell the race baiters to shut up.
Jimi Clanton is outraged by the recent controversy over the comments made by Don Imus earlier this week. Clanton has created his own website to speak his peace. The website, www.nappyheadedhos.net, which is currently receiving hundreds of hits per hour, tells it like it is.
Maybe you can relate to this. Can you dig it?
A black man with superhero powers,his own way of solving crime and his own way of dealing with life-booze! He is not into women,he has no soft spot for rude children , whales or driveways. The first black superhero, Hancock is a thrill.
Arthur Ashe was an African American Tennis Player who was not only the first black man to win a Grand Slam event, but was also a strong civil rights leader.
The struggle of one black man to find his identity, to ascribe meaning to his life, and to produce social change is a model of subjective man's attempt to signify himself and order his life in a chaotic, objective universe.
Black man shot dead at the hands of the police...again.
If a Black man can Rise above the horrible atrocities of slavery If he can lead a nation to envision Unheard of possibilities If a Black man can Lead voter registrations, if he can make decisions That affect our entire nation
A look at George Francis, formerly our nation's oldest man-- a black man in America who endured living in three centuries of this country's history. He died Saturday at age 112.
Even before I was called to preach, my time in the church was spent working with youth who were my age and those who were younger, and the experience has helped shape the way I work in Youth Ministry now, especially in the black community.
"Mr. Man," Oprah's anonymous human leaning post at Grant Park on Election Day, has been identified. His name is Sam Perry. Not much more is known about him other than he worked as an Obama campaign worker in Silicon Valley, California.
2000-2002 Black UNC History. Alpha Phi Alpha MZ versus Kappa Alpha Psi TO NPHC Rivalry is a microcosm of the Black Community.
The racial tension in the presidential race is building. The reality of the face of the America is that most black Americans are mixed. The under tones of racism have rose up clearly and loudly. The questions remains can America look at herself?
No matter how many times we say it, it's just not true, Barack Obama is not America's first black president. The fact is we haven't had a black president, yet.
This is one of my hundreds of letters to the editor. This was to The Stars and Stripes in Europe. This chapter of "Black" history is closed but we must always be prayerful and vigilant.
It is sad that in this country a black man must walk down the street practically naked in order to be safe from the people we pay to protect and serve us.
Description of a southern Indiana home with a cellar under the kitchen that hid fugitive slaves.
This is a poem to a man that I give honor to.
There are several key elements in black literature. This paper uses several books as examples.
Where black history has led us, how it effects us on a daily basis and the presumptions we make due to our perceptions of it.
The Bill Cosby event was very well attended because of his notoriety. The second in this series was on February 8, 2007. The second Ebenezer event was entitled "Being a Black Man". This event was one that was quite extraordinary in its diversity and content.
Of all the stereotypes broadcasted by Hollywood, the Brutal Black Buck is the most controversial.
Recently I read an article about why Mr. Sexton is against Black history month. This is my rebuttal to the article, the history of Black history month, and a response to some of the comments on his article.
I have decided to ask my two school age children what they have been discussing in school as far as Black History is concerned. To my surprise I was told by both of my children they have not been told anything about it.
Hank Aaron is a retired American league Baseball player who showed the world that he was a man first, and black second and did not let racism or death threats slow him down.
Proud black (white) man. Proud black man. He swaggers through the doorway, door never having been opened, it jumps aside. Proud black man, his smile makes me shine, his eyes make me dance.
Black History is a foreign study for me. Therefore, I am writing this series of articles on black history notables to educate the public and myself on black history in the United States.
In short don't blame government, the evil white man, or any other entity for your problems. Blame yourselves and work as a community for a solution. You as a people have never had such an even playing field as you do today, take advantage of it.
I've had very positive experiences with black men, but I've also been mugged by them. How do we avoid letting fear cement our preconceived notions?
A perspective on Ralph Ellison's novel Invisible Man.
What happens when a white guy goes into a black barbershop to get a haircut.
A look into black liberation theology which traces the birth of the belief system to noted black abolitionists.
Black men's struggle with dominance and power in the black community. Women's role in patriarchy society. What men are doing to change their role in society.
Sunshine Boys vs White T-shirt Boys
he Seattle Weekly is quoted as saying Son of man is "more moving than the last Temptation of Christ and smarter than Mel Gibson's Passion." After watching the movie Son of man, I second this opinion fully.
Over 20 top literature-based movies to share the struggles and the triumph of Black Americans. Includes book references and discussion questions. Also celebrates the Black American contribution to theater, movies and television.
As you may know, February is Black History Month in the United States. Hundreds of thousands of citizens across America celebrate African American art and culture, and learn more about the struggles of minorities as they strive to defeat racism in all its forms.
Paul Robeson was at one time the most important figure in black American history. He made a name for himself in sports, the arts and politics. He also made himself an object of neo-fascist post-WWII American politicians.
If a black president is elected, will this make the racial problems between blacks and whites worse?
Gateway's Heliport Gallery brought contemporary meaning to Black History Month with its Spirit Voices exhibit.
Me and my friend Angel regularly find it disappointing when people throughout interracial circles shy away from some of the more brutal and sensitive topics. So in this post, we're addressing some sensitive issues hoping you might take an interest and offer your views.
This article describes what the precept of black inferiority is and how it came to be. The paper tells us the impact of the PBI during slavery, after slavery, and how it impacts people today.
The discussion opens with a review on the relationship between the ADA and institutional racism towards black dentists. Social issues are discussed that give rise to the demand for black dentists.
How important was the political role of the Kennedy Administration to black people?
Will the stereotypes of black Americans will determine the outcome for Barack Obama?
It's seems like it's been a huge issue for a black woman to date a white man lately and I'm a black woman married to a white man and I just wanted to be a voice for the individuals who have been categorized on this issue.
Two prominent black leaders in the Richmond, VA area discuss politics and the importance of the minority vote
Former civil rights Black attorney activist Barrack Obama has recently been elected into the highest government office held in the entire world
So you are a white guy in love with a black woman? This article should put you on track to courting her.
These handsome fraternal twin boys have the same parents, but one twin is black and one's white.
The Black and Jewish relationship in America has dissipated over time. This engaging, thought-provoking article attacks issues that most don't want to talk about and ultimately seeks to revive that powerful relationship.
A question about entertainment, mainly comedy, marketed to black people.
A Man Named Pearl is a rarity in the world of documentary film: an unabashed feel-good film that has little agenda save a look at the work of its fascinating subject.
Examining the theme of integrity in Jane Eyre, Great Expectations, and Invisible Man
Fear, cowards, running.
A chronicle of one of my worst nights and how a homeless man came to my aid.
Ellison's Invisible Man has many major male characters that play an integral role in the plot of the novel. However, the image of women tends to be stereotypical and unimportant at best. This is a look at the representation of women in this famous book.
However, the sense of sight has given me visual proof of God's beautiful gift... God's gift to man was a simple plan, extract a rib and present to me the Beautiful...Black...Woman
An comparison between "Black Men and Public Spaces" by Brent Staples and "White Man's Burden".
This paper compares the greek tragedy Antigone to slave revolt leader, Nat Turner. There are two theories about Adam one theory is that he came from the earth and has learned about life as he grew up. The second theory is that Adam was put on this Earth as a full grown man.
It can be argued that one of the reasons that characters were "allowed" by Hollywood to be portrayed as hyper-sexualized studs in Blaxploitation films was because such films contain no strong white male character to overpower/overshadow a main black character.
A test was conducted in the 1950's that showed black girls thought so little of themselves that they preferred white dolls to black dolls. The test was recently repeated with identical results.
The manipulation of black masculinity, whether through the use of hyper-sexualization or hypo-sexualization, in two of the most famous films in the history of the industry, was used to reassert a sense of white masculinity and to promote the white power structure.
The Hamitic theory was based on the racist racial hypothesis created by British explorer...
The homophobia that runs rampant in our community is directly linked to the deep religious roots of the black church who spend far too much time supporting the idea that maybe Michael Sandy, Sakia Gunn and others like them are deserving of their fates.
Analysis of the sexual and racial implications of Shakespeare's use of the word "black" in Othello, The Moor of Venice.
If you are black, and you are a woman why is it your having such a hard time picking a candidate for the next presendential election?
The motif of invisibility as a method of subject and identity formation is traced through Ralph Ellison's influential novel Invisible Man.
A short article I wrote a while ago about Men In Black that has been around on my computer for some time.
Born in 1973, in Hammersmith, West London, where his highly acclaimed first novel, The Scholar (1998), is set, Courttia Newland is fast becoming one of the most significant voices in Black British writing.
Black male unemployment is still high even for those with a good education.
Turning on the Television , looking outside my window, and listening to the radio has lead me to believe that negativity has completely overcame our black men. Sadly, I am witnessing the extinction of good black men, and it seems like nobody really cares!
A Southern tragedy that explores how racism denies a Black man's self-definition and interiority.
The lack of Black fathers and the number of fatherless children is increasing, despite the odds, can we help change the figures.
In the wake of Don Imus' bigoted comments about the black Rutgers basketball team players, comedian D.L. Hughley adds insult to injury.
Black men and their preferences between dark skinned and light skinned women
There are many who take exception to the notion of a Black History Month. Is the socially constructed month a relic of our segregated past?
In the short fiction "Big Black Good Man" by Richard Wright, gives the reader a glimpse of the average racist.
Why is the latest title in the highly acclaimed Resident Evil series drawing anger from the Black community?
Not only does it have touches of humor, but Black Snake Moan is a deep self-help drama with great performances from Samuel L. Jackson and Christina Ricci. Sadly, the film has a few faults that come close to ruining everything good about it.
Barry Bonds was indicted on Thursday for perjury and obstruction of justice. The indictment shockingly did not mention that Bonds is black
Is it logically reasonable for a black person to expect to be treated equally and included into a society that has gone through great lengths to constantly exclude them?
Man believes that his affairs on earth is controlled by destiny. Destiny is in three folds; Individual, Supernatural and Death Destinies.
The man whom mugged a 101-year-old woman was found by police.
With many Black audiences looking for positive images on the most popular networks, it seems BET has been the biggest drawback since wanting to find these positive images.
By now, you may have seen the clips for "Fox News Attacks Black America." In this article, I comment on every single idiotic comment made in that special and support that Fox News does indeed have a very racist, small-minded view of the Black community.
This paper discusses the central theme of loneliness that is found in both Audre Lorde's text "Zami A New Spelling of my Name, and "Black Boy" by Richard Wright.
Comments on Black History Month 2009.
Many Americans, both black and white, experience internal conflict over the image of the 'Great Emancipator' and the reality of his 19th century attitudes.