May 25, 2013

Are Black Males Unemployable and Social Outcasts Due to Hip Hop?

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*Blogger Chico Norwood has written a well thought out essay on young black men and what she thinks hip hop culture, and its negative effects, is doing to a good number of them. It’s her belief that hip hop music in particular is making them unemployable and socially unacceptable for that matter. And when you [...]




Between the Lines: Great Pivot, Tavis: Welcome to the Fight for Young Black Males

Anthony Asadullah Samad

*My friend, Tavis Smiley, has a new documentary out the plight of the black male in America. It’s a subject that has been part of the intellectual and academic discourse for the past decade. For the last five years, it has been the number one issue in public education. For the past four years, it [...]




EUR Special Report: HIV/AIDS Epidemic Maybe Becoming Less of a Problem for Blacks

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*The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the nation’s most authoritative source of information on the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The government agency released its annual report Friday and generally it contained good news for African Americans. The report shows an HIV/AIDS epidemic which has stabilized among Blacks with the only increase taking place among [...]