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Support Brown Babies
Published on 13 Apr 2007 at 12:47 am.
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Filed under positivity, inter-minority relations, collective action.
A friend of mine has started a non-profit organization called, Brown Babies. This is a fledgling North Carolina-based organization that is dedicated to uplifting children of color (hence the name). Here is a quote from their “theory of unity,”
Brown Babies seeks to advocate for EVERY child of color and believes that by working TOGETHER, we […]
“I Can,” Engage the Community
Published on 29 Mar 2007 at 10:43 am.
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One of the main goals of Blackademics.org is to use the internet as a resource to educate people and engage young brothers and sisters in discussion. However, the Black freedom struggle cannot be waged entirely online. The internet lacks a certain intimacy that Black people need to cultivate critical thinkers, activists, intellectuals and a real […]
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Superheroes: Urban Style
Published on 23 Mar 2007 at 9:18 am.
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Filed under positivity, black culture, entertainment, black image, art.
Okay, here’s my chance to speak on something I’m really passionate about: comic books. Yall can call me a lame if you want to but comic books have always appealed to me as a Black man. In the Marvel universe for example, mutants (X-Men) had to deal with racial discrimination, forced segregation, hatred and lynch […]
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Problem, Meet Solution
Published on 20 Feb 2007 at 3:56 pm.
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Filed under positivity, academia, men's issues, collective action.
Here at Blackademics, we have a tendency to dwell on the problems that afflict the black community, but we rarely talk about any of the strategies that people are using to counteract them. It is my distinct pleasure to do so now: today’s Washington Post features an article about an informal group of black families […]
2 Black Coaches in the Superbowl!!!
Published on 23 Jan 2007 at 1:49 am.
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Filed under positivity, television, sports.
Yesterday, two Black coaches made professional football history. Lovie Smith, of the Chicago Bears, led his team to a 39-14 point victory over the New Orleans Saints. Hours later, Tony Dungy led his Indianapolis Colts to the AFC title in a 38-34 victory over the New England Patriots. Finally, after 4 decades, one of the […]
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Umoja: Black CommUNITY
Published on 26 Dec 2006 at 11:15 pm.
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Filed under positivity, black culture, spirituality.
Greetings Blackademics! Today is the first day of Kwanzaa. For those of you who don’t know, Kwanzaa is not some imitation Christmas or Hanukkah, it is unique annual festival/celebration for people of African descent, observed from December 26th through January 1st. Founded by Maulana Ron Karenga (who we will interview here on Blackademics in 2007) […]
Classic Pac, Still Relevant Today
Published on 25 Nov 2006 at 3:46 pm.
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Filed under racism, positivity, radical politics.
I don’t know about y’all, but I’m still enjoying my Thanksgiving torpor (well, that and I have two papers due next week, which is why there aren’t more words in this post). So here’s a video of Tupac speaking at a 1992 meeting of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, which I’d never heard of until […]
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The Roundtable
Published on 7 Oct 2006 at 6:11 pm.
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Filed under positivity, academia, black culture, inter-minority relations.
Every month, my roomate Sundiata and I host an event at our home called The Roundtable. The Roundtable is like Blackademics with home-cooked food. It’s a pot-luck, a house party, a place to network, get to know your community, engage in a dialogue and break bread-kind of like an extended family reunion. We started this […]
got 8 bucks?
Published on 3 Oct 2006 at 2:51 am.
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Bill Cosby has requested eight dollars from every American to contribute towards a National Slavery Museum-something Cosby and Mayor L. Douglas Wilder have been working on for the past ten years. They’re specifically asking for eight bucks because,
The figure 8, in shape, is both of the shackles, which is the symbol of slavery… If you […]
Black students.. get on this ASAP
Published on 29 Jul 2006 at 3:21 pm.
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I just stumbled across a gem. The following companies/institutions are looking for black grad and undergrad students for internships: Adobe, US India Political Action Committee, Womens Sports Foundation, ABC News Broadcast Journalism, Amazon.com Software Development Engineer, Foundation for Contemporary Art Event Organizer in Ghana… and that’s only the TIP of the iceberg!
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