iZania Blog Entries by parentadvocate68

Shame, Shame, Shame, John McCain!

jfaulk28@nc.rr.com — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Note: Originally posted on September 1, 2008 to the "Black in America" Social Network (www.blackinamerica.com).

On Monday, September 1st, I received word that Bristol Palin, the 17-year-old daughter of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, is five-months pregnant. To say that this news caught me off guard would be an understatement. How much more drama can John McCain's bid for the American presidency withstand? But when I learned that McCain knew about the younger Palin' [...]

I AM THE BLACK COMMUNITY

jfaulk28@nc.rr.com — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Note: Originally posted to Jeffery A. Faulkerson's blog, A POSITIVE LIGHT: Discovering the Good within the Black Diaspora (http://apositivelight.blogspot.com/).

No one ever said being black in America would be easy. And on Monday, August 25th, I discovered just how true this statement can be.

Five days earlier, I had received two wristbands from a representative with the "i am the black community" company (http://www.myspace.com/i [...]

Have You Seen the White Jesus Doll?

jfaulk28@nc.rr.com — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Note: Originally posted August 15, 2008 on www.blackinamerica.com.

Earlier today, I was shopping at Wal-Mart with my son when I ran across a white Jesus doll. After taking a few moments to look it over, I just shook my head. I then asked myself, "How are they (the manufacturers) going to explain this to black, brown, yellow and red children and their parents?" Do they plan on making black, brown, yellow and red Jesus dolls?

Don't count on it.

I have been a bo [...]

White America and The Need for Enlightened Sensitivity

jfaulk28@nc.rr.com — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Note: Originally posted August 14, 2008 on www.blackinamerica.com

Recently, it was brought to my attention that a select group of white Blogtalkradio (BTR) hosts have been critical of the new "Black Talk Radio Network" (www.blacktalkradio.ning.com). This ning.com network was created by BTR host One Black Man to provide a meeting place for black BTR hosts and give listeners one-stop accessibility to the shows of their favorite black Blogtalkradio hosts. It also allow [...]

Should We Be Doing More to Protect the Sanctity of Marriage?

jfaulk28@nc.rr.com — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Note: Originally posted on August 13, 2008 on Black in America (www.blackinamerica.com).

Last night, I got a chance to participate in an online debate about black people and homosexuality. The blog by the same name was posted by E Private. I enjoyed reading E Private's quick comments and those of others. However, I kept asking myself, "Should we be doing more to protect the sanctity of marriage between one man and one woman?"

As most of you know, I am a happily [...]

Dysfunction within the Functional Family

jfaulk28@nc.rr.com — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Originally published in 2007 in the online publication Keeping Family First ( http://www.keepingfamilyfirst.org./ ).

The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC), America's only nationwide Black Gay civil rights organization, poses a very poignant question in a three-minute commercial posted on its YouTube page at http://www.youtube.com/NBJCDC. The video prominently features Julian Bond, a black man who just so happens to be the Chairman of the National Association for th [...]

Should Parents Be Held Responsible for the Sexual Activity of Their Children?

jfaulk28@nc.rr.com — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:00:00 +0100

On Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 9:00 p.m. EST, I will be hosting another roundtable discussion on my Internet talk radio show "FIRM...but fair" with Jeffery A. Faulkerson. The question that I will be posing to my listening audience is, "Should parents be held responsible for the sexual activity of their children?"

I hav [...]

Black Family Restoration: The Missing Covenant

jfaulk28@nc.rr.com — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Excerpt from "Raising My V.O.I.C.E. (Verbalizing Orderly Impressions through Creative Endeavors)" by Jeffery A. Faulkerson, MSSW

Published July 2007 by Infinity Publishing.com

March 2007

On February 10th, I had the privilege of traveling to Virginia to attend television and radio personality Tavis Smiley's State of the Black Union 2007. This event, held annually in different cities across the country to commemorate Black History Month, was significant fo [...]

Man Down! Somebody Has Already Saved Us - PART TWO

jfaulk28@nc.rr.com — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:52:36 +0100

By Jeffery A. Faulkerson, MSSW

Visit me online @ www.practicalwritingeditingconsulting.com

Manning down (becoming selfless) is not a popular sentiment among members of the Black Diaspora.� It is considered a sign of weakness rather than strength.� But when we give credence to God the Father, ultimately accepting his son Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we are better able to separate persons from their sinful behavio [...]

Man Down! Somebody Has Already Saved Us - PART ONE

jfaulk28@nc.rr.com — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:49:05 +0100

By Jeffery A. Faulkerson, MSSW

Visit me online @ www.practicalwritingeditingconsulting.com

Several months ago, I received my copy of Steve Perry�s book Man Up! Nobody Is Coming to Save Us (Note: Buy this book at http://www.manupbook.com/home.html. It will make you think.). The book is a quick read, taking a �hard-hitting, hip, introspective look into what the Black community must do to save itself.� As a black American ma [...]

Marion Jones Loses Fortune

jfaulk28@nc.rr.com — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:09:25 +0100

Why is everyone hating on Marion Jones?

She has only been accused of using anabolic steroids; she was never convicted. More specifically, the only positive test that she failed proved to be invalid, resulting from the negative results of a B sample. Marion Jones is still the greatest, womens sprinter competing today, and she is DRUG-FREE.

Florence Griffith-Joyner, God rest her soul, ran some amazing times (10.49 in the 100, 21.32 in the 200), Because she ran as f [...]

On Becoming a More Functional Family

jfaulk28@nc.rr.com — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:25:19 +0100

Julian Bond, Chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and others contend that we Christians use religious teachings to deny rights to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.� This contention was made public in a three-minute commercial posted on the National Black Justice Coalition�s (NBJC�s) YouTube page (www.youtube.com/NBJCDC).

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