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All Bets Are Off

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DArryl James
When you gamble, at some point, all bets may come off the table, because for some, either there is nothing to lose, or there is nothing to gain.

As a people, Blacks may have come to the point where all bets are off.

We've reached a point where everyone knows that they don't really have to care about us. There is no incentive to do right by us on any level because we haven't done what we need to do to control our communications, our economy or anything that we actually could have controlled.

Thanks To The U.S. Supreme Court: "Separate But (Un)Equal" Is Legal Again In Public Schools

Anthony Samad
Anthony Samad
The United States Supreme Court ruled last week that public education officials may not use race to achieve integration in public schools. Yes, you heard it right. After 52 years, the high Court reversed itself on the venerable case of Brown v. Board of Education, five separate cases consolidated under one oral argument—then called “the Segregation cases.”

There Is No Village to Raise Black Children

Phillip Jackson
Phillip Jackson
“It takes a village to raise a child!” is an old African proverb that hundreds of millions of people have heard or used over the past years and that many people believe. But today in the Black community, that proverb has little relevance or importance.

Black America and The Internet

Mybrotha.com
The African-American web surfer has become a hot target for web developers and the business industry, as more web-based programs are being created with Black users in mind. Black households also continue to spend more than Hispanics, Asians or other minority households in almost every consumer product category. With this trend, many people are taking their money and their time, to the world wide web.

Happy Father’s Day – One Father to Another

Roger Madison, Jr.
Roger Madison, Jr.
Father’s Day doesn’t receive the support that Mother’s Day receives. As I have observed this phenomenon, I have concluded that there are many reasons. There may be an assumption that mothers are loved more, or fathers loved less. I think the real answer lies in performance.

The Comedic Tragedy of Dave Chappelle: Buffoonery Even He Couldn’t Tolerate

Anthony Samad
Anthony Samad
Dave Chappelle finally figured it out. The classic metaphor of Smokey Robinson’s Tears of A Clown, playing out on national television. Before Oprah and the whole world, he realized he had become the latest generation of Stephin Fetchit, Amos n’ Andy, and the long line of comedic buffoonery that, under the guise of comedy, made a fool of him and engrained degrading images of his race for decades to come.