By The Admin on February 8, 2012
The three men received short jail terms after previously pleading guilty to intentionally attempting to intimidate African-American students at Beekman Junior High School in Morehouse Parish.
Yesteday, the three appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Hayes in Monroe, Louisiana, after having pled guilty to the charges last summer. James Lee Wallis, 25, received a sentence of [...]
Posted in Louisiana, Race
By The Admin on February 7, 2012
The movie, “The Help,” has been nominated for four Academy Awards. The musical, “Porgy and Bess,” has gotten raves for star Audra McDonald on Broadway. And the HBO television series, “The Wire,” has been cited by television critics as one of the greatest series ever made.
But all three have raised objections in the African American [...]
Posted in Race
By The Admin on February 7, 2012
Last week marked the beginning of Black History Month. This year, we have twenty-nine days during which we will celebrate the many contributions of African-Americans to our nation’s history. This is a month when we make heroes of people who overcame real, systemic and often legal oppression. We lift up, in President Obama’s official proclamation, [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues, Race
By The Admin on February 7, 2012
Diagnosed with mental illness, Nathaniel Ayers, later portrayed by Jamie Foxx in the movie “The Soloist,” became an accomplished musician.
Black Americans are far more likely than their white countrymen to be labeled schizophrenic, one of psychiatry’s most serious and intractable diagnoses. But a new study suggests that psychiatric bias, compounded by the squishiness of diagnostic [...]
Posted in Health, Race
By The Admin on February 7, 2012
Cleo Manago, CEO and founder of the Black Men’s Xchange (BMX)
- As the founder and national organizer of the Black Men’s Xchange (BMX), the nation’s oldest and largest community-based movement for same gender loving (SGL), gay-identifying and bisexual African-descended males and allies, the actions of GLAAD raise great concern to me. A predominantly White organization, GLAAD may want to [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues, Race
