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The Black Anglo Saxon, Part II Print E-mail
Written by Darryl James   
Thursday, 24 May 2007

Darryl James
Darryl James
A key characteristic of The Black Anglo Saxon is his comparison to a group of people he defines as "Niggers," who are all things wretched and all things horrible about the Black race. The Black Anglo Saxon defines "Niggerish" behavior and then assigns that behavior to some lower economic portion of the Black race.

However, the Black Anglo Saxon has a relationship with Niggers that is inextricably interdependent. In other words, the Black Anglo Saxon must have Niggers beneath him in order to define his exaltation above the Nigger experience.

 
What's The Greater Obstacle To Black Progress: No Black Agenda, or Too Many Blacks With An Agenda? Print E-mail
Written by Dr. Anthony Asadullah Samad, PhD   
Thursday, 24 May 2007
Anthony Samad
Anthony Samad
The Great (great) Frederick Douglass, once said, "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." Malcolm said, "We struggle in different ways" talking about the similarities between integrationist (access) and nationalist (identity) struggles for progress. . . . Certainly, the great leaders and change activists of the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries, and even in the Twenty-first century recognize the inherent relationship between struggle and progress. Yet, more than ever, the Black community, in the collective sense, has become increasingly conflicted about what the struggle is and what progress has been made.
 
Hip Hop Ain't Nothing But the Young People's Blues Print E-mail
Written by Michael O. Grafton   
Friday, 11 May 2007

Hip Hop
Around the turn of the century some 119 years ago, Dr. W.E.B. DuBois, a Harvard-educated Black scholar, was shocked at the impoverished blues he found in a distressed Philadelphia community inhabited by Blacks: "Murder sat at their doorstep, police were their government, social and academic paucity prevailed, and philanthropy dropped in with periodic advice," wrote Dr. DuBois. If he was alive today, Dr. DuBois would be even more appalled by the sheer mass of distressed Black communities that still suffer from the exact impoverished blues he witnessed some 119 years ago.

 
Lessons from Teen Mothers: "Sex is fun until..." Print E-mail
Written by Black Star Project   
Thursday, 10 May 2007

Black Star Project
Teenage mothers are more likely to drop out of school, be financial dependant on family members, be government dependent, and suffer low-wage jobs. Additionally, their children do less well in school and are more likely to live in poverty.

As young women prepare for their junior and senior proms, they should be aware of these lessons based on conversations with several young mothers between the ages of 14 and 18:

 
Show Me The Money! Print E-mail
Written by Beverly Mahone   
Tuesday, 08 May 2007
Beverly Mahone
Beverly Mahone
I was doing a search online recently and came across a rather interesting site. A company called NextMark (http://www.nextmark.com) had released some statistical information on African-American baby boomers. It included the number of black women in each state; the number of black women with children per state; the number of magazine buyers; book readers, etc.

But what really caught my eye was the number of African-American baby boomers making $75,000 or more and what states they were concentrated in.
 
The Black Anglo Saxon Print E-mail
Written by Darryl James   
Tuesday, 08 May 2007
Darryl James
Darryl James
For all the talk of defining ourselves as African Americans, there are those of us who define ourselves based on the culture we have adopted, which is mostly European.

While most of us pretend to be African American, many of us are really Black Anglo Saxons.

James Earl Jones, an icon of the Black Anglo Saxons once mused that there is no Black culture, because culture is shaped by language and our language is English, therefore, our culture can not be anything else.
 
To Be Black In America: An Unflinching Necessity Print E-mail
Written by Larry Pinkney   
Friday, 27 April 2007
Black Commentator
The Black Commentator
We are well into the 21st century and it continues to be absolutely essential to be Black in America. Beyond mere color, being Black is first and foremost a conscious political, social, and economic commitment to the struggle for the collective betterment of the descendants of the Black slavery holocaust, in what has now become the United States of America, in conjunction with other people of color and humanity as a whole.
 
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