Father and Son Both Graduate From Morehouse College Together
Typically teenagers feel that their parents or the most embarrassing people ever and can’t wait to go off and explore the college life and become their own person. So, how what you feel if your father came to you to inform you that he would be joining you at college? You would think it is [...]
Seattle Schools Disciplining Black Students At Alarming Rate
By Staff Washington state has been called the liberal Pacific Northwest, which conjures up romantic notions of a place were people are more sensitive to and encouraging of racial difference, particularly in public spaces such as American schools. But recent information from the U. S. Department of Education has launched an investigation into disturbing allegations [...]
MyTenSense: This is the stupidest financial advice ever!
It’s hard to find a financial advisor you can trust because they get a nice commission when you roll your 401k and investments over to them and many of them seem to be unfazed when you try to reach them to inquire on why your investments are losing value. So how can you tell if [...]
My Ten Sense: Shame on Montel Williams for endorcing “bad credit loans”
Montel Williams received noteriety for his late 1980s tour, Mountain Get Out of My Way, that motivated teenagers to overcome obstacles, and he was rewarded with his own talk show, The Montel Williams Show, that ran from 1991 to 2008. But now Montel is contributing to the demise of so many Americans by endorsing “bad [...]
Three Black College Students Create “Instagram For Fashion”
One weekend, Darian Demetri, Kris Jordan, and Eric Chisolm were hanging out, like most college students do, when they realized that they were all entrepreneurs but had nothing to preneur. They quickly began brainstorming about what was missing from society that they could create and profit from. That night, the idea for Faddest.com was born. [...]
My Ten Sense: Back to school money lessons for high school and college students
I’m always willing to use my mistakes to help others. So I freely admit I’ve had a car repossessed. I almost went to jail three times for writing bad checks, and I climbed out of poor credit to build my first house. I wish I knew as a teenager or college student what I know [...]
Education blogger fired for calling black studies ‘claptrap’
‘What a collection of left-wing victimization claptrap,’ she said of the dissertations. ‘The best that can be said of these topics is that they’re so irrelevant no one will ever look at them.’ ‘Seriously, folks, there are legitimate debates about the problems that plague the black community from high incarceration rates to low graduation rates [...]
Don’t Call Him Shaq, Call Him Dr. O’Neal
When Shaquille O’Neal graduates from Barry University this weekend, he’ll receive a Ph.D in organizational learning and leadership. More than 1,100 students will graduate from Barry University on Saturday, but only one will be wearing a custom-made size-XXXL gown — seven-foot-one, 325-pound Shaquille O’Neal, the former Miami Heat and NBA superstar. Among O’Neal’s many nicknames [...]
Dr. Boyce: Student’s Violent Reaction to Trayvon Martin Sends a Strong Message
I watched in shock as a young black woman at Florida Atlantic University FAU became violent in class during a discussion on the death of the late Trayvon Martin. The student cursed at her classmates and eventually attacked people in the room. Jonatha Carr, a 24-year old student who may have trouble getting [...]
We must do more to protect the gay community
In this video, I discuss the recent rise in attacks on members of the gay community in Washington, DC and how it is truly troubling. You can believe that gays are going straight to h**l, but let the God you claim to believe in deal with that. All human life is equal and no one [...]
A challenge to those who blame blacks
In this video, I discuss the many commenters to my prior post who are quick to mention the fact (as if it’s a revelation) that black people kill more black people in our neighborhoods than any other group. They say it as if we have no right to speak on the Trayvon Martin killing. My [...]
African American Student Instructed By His Teacher To Read Langston Hughes Blacker? [VIDEO]
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A black ninth-grader in Fairfax Country, Virginia was reading a Langston Hughes poem in class when his teacher instructed him to read it blacker, The Washington Post reports. As Jordan Shumate recalls the incident to The Post, the teacher didn’t hold back in punches in expressing her displeasure with how he was reading the [...]
Amazing Video on Black Female Media Images – a Must See
This video shows how black women have been historically portrayed in the media.
Cussing, Cooking and Beating Your Kids: Black Motherhood Re-examined
by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Black Like Moi Janelle Harris wrote an interesting article at Essence.com discussing stereotypes of black mothers in America. The title of the article was quite compelling: “Black Moms Do More Than Cook, Cuss and Beat their Kids.” Like everyone else, I thought back to the women who’ve influenced me in [...]
Facebook Threats Get Student Arrested
A 15-year-old Brooklyn student was arrested for threatening on Facebook to blow up his high school, police said Friday. The teen, whose name is being withheld because he is a minor, was arrested at his home Thursday and charged as a juvenile with making terrorist threats against Lincoln High School in Coney Island, police said. [...]