Times are very hard with people all over the world even in other countries ,everyday the same people are singing crying to the drum beat. I am poor don"t have any money there is no jobs i am broke,every morning day in and day out keeping the same fri ...
Posted Sunday, June 21st 2009 at 3:05PM
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All our lives we are taught to love one another
Yet as we get older we learn to love just one
What happens when you reach a point in your life
When you realize your lover and girlfriend is really not your wife
What happens when there is nothing l ...
Posted Thursday, March 5th 2009 at 10:18AM
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When loving her was so wrong, it made me write. Pugnaciously embracing anguished adjectives that describe a hurt boy’s journey to manhood. Understanding my dejection helps decode my truculent exterior. One told me I was “not humble or gracious” and e ...
Posted Thursday, March 5th 2009 at 10:15AM
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Men are dubbed emotionless and often as the antagonists of many situations, but when a man falls in love does he fall "harder" than a woman. ...
Posted Wednesday, March 4th 2009 at 5:23PM
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But now, I must stand for the truth. A truth that asks me to love my ambitions and goals enough not to compromise everything for someone who didn't like me as much as I loved them. ...
Posted Tuesday, March 3rd 2009 at 6:37PM
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# 1. If you want to change the fruits, you will first have to change the roots
If you want to change the visible, you must first change the invisible.
# 2. Thoughts leads to feelings
Feelings leads to actions
Actions ...
Posted Wednesday, February 18th 2009 at 5:38PM
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I recently read an old passage of scripture that gave me new insight. John 5 describes a man who suffered with an incurable disease for 38 years. At some point in his life, he made it to a pool of water that was known for it's miraculous healing pow ...
Posted Wednesday, February 4th 2009 at 6:08PM
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I am conducting research on ex-offender hiring in the DC Metropolitan Area. What is your view of ex-offender hiring and what impact do you believe it has on African Americans? ...
Posted Sunday, February 1st 2009 at 8:40AM
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Why do you feel that education is so important?
Can a person reach their goals without the sheep skin?
Convince me! ...
Posted Monday, December 29th 2008 at 2:11PM
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BUFFALO, NY (Sept. 2008) - New Era Cap Co., Inc., the leading headwear designer and manufacturer, announced that it will team up with Tradition, an Atlanta-based apparel design company, to launch "New Era presents Tradition," a full line of caps and ...
Posted Wednesday, December 17th 2008 at 11:07AM
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Happy Saturday Morning!
As I was laying in the bed with some much needed free time...it struck me that a good number of folks have varied opinions about the state of America (bailouts etc...) and the reactions of the first African (Kenyan) America ...
Posted Saturday, December 6th 2008 at 8:38AM
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Whatz up y'all. On November 11th I posted a gut check (Part XXI- Get Rich Quick) and promised follow-ups...so here's the first.
QUICK BACKGROUND:
I was asked by a BIA member to join a group exploring the ability of building wealth by gifting. ...
Posted Tuesday, November 25th 2008 at 4:13PM
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A few months ago, my neighbors chopped down their thirty-foot oak tree. Though the old tree was green, vibrant and stood for more than forty years, it's outer appearance camouflaged it’s inner condition. Erosion and decay lay just beneath it's exte ...
Posted Monday, November 17th 2008 at 8:11AM
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UPDATE: Dr. Ahmad’s 1st Annual BIA-Take Back Our School Initiative!
Okay, we are getting very close. Are you prepared? What is your local plan?
http://blackinamerica.com/cgi-bin/blog.cgi?cid=10&blog_id=88438
Who:
You, your friends, your ...
Posted Tuesday, November 11th 2008 at 8:15PM
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It's gut check time again. Same rules: If you are not ready to explore your inner feelings and beliefs...leave now...don't read another word!
AS ALWAYS YOU'VE BEEN WARNED
----- Part XXI- Get Rich Quick By Dr. Ahmad
As the economy gets worse ...
Posted Tuesday, November 11th 2008 at 1:16PM
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Well Barack has been elected President of the USA, my book is flying off the shelf…I guess as a collector’$$ item Is Barack Black or White?…and it’s Veterans Day.
What a great time to be an African-American & Veteran!
A few months back I poste ...
Posted Tuesday, November 11th 2008 at 12:14PM
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This is one of my favorite essays from the Harlem Renaissance era, written by legendary Black intellect Alain Locke. It is stunning to see so many similarities between the African American experience today, and the African American experience nearly ...
Posted Wednesday, November 5th 2008 at 11:03AM
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"If you have faith the size of a mustard seed--you can speak to this mountain.
Tell it to be moved and cast into the sea.
It will be done."
On November 4, 2008, America spoke.
The sound reverberated around the globe.
The earth moved!
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Posted Wednesday, November 5th 2008 at 10:15AM
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It's gut check time again. Same rules: If you are not ready to explore your inner feelings and beliefs...leave now...don't read another word!
AS ALWAYS YOU'VE BEEN WARNED
----- Part XX- Who you voting for? By Dr. Ahmad
I wish I had time to wri ...
Posted Thursday, October 30th 2008 at 9:57PM
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I got out and voted Sunday. I stood in a line wrapped around a building and had plenty of time to think about the significance of the moment. I met several people who were in line too. A young Hispanic woman stood behind me excited about casting h ...
Posted Wednesday, October 29th 2008 at 9:13PM
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The phenomena of how we select names for our children just amazes me. Why would you give children names that set up negative expectations them before they even open their mouths?
A school teacher friend sent this to me. This is a childʼs name!
'Le - a'
How would you pronoun ...
Posted Sunday, October 26th 2008 at 10:49PM
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Despite a history of discrimination and marginalization, the African-American consumer base has always been a lucrative and influential market highly desired by leading companies. Today, Black households command $656B in earned income, and African-A ...
Posted Wednesday, October 22nd 2008 at 11:43AM
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