May 20, 2013

Dana L. Stringer: Black Consciousness and Those ‘Benjamins’

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*I can’t imagine life without music and entertainment.  For African Americans, music and entertainment has always served as the creative outlets for expressing, interpreting,  understanding and surviving struggles that are unique to the black experience.  And when given the opportunity, I believe it’s important that we support our artistic endeavors. But unlike many of us, [...]




Dana Stringer: Divided Faiths of America

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*It’s been nearly two weeks since I sat inside a packed theater in West Hollywood, adorned in a chic pair of 3D glasses, watching the sci-fi blockbuster, Prometheus.  And in an on-screen inquiry about faith in God, one of the characters responds by saying, “Because that’s what I choose to believe.” Obviously the statement was [...]




Dana L. Stringer: ‘For-Profit’ Career Colleges Prey Upon Low-Income Minorities

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*It’s graduation season—that time of the year when diploma candidates impatiently sit through commencement addresses while family and friends boisterously cheer from the stands.   Candidates transition into graduates after proudly walking across the platform to receive their diplomas (or at least the folder that will hold their diplomas.)   They then turn their tassel from the [...]