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Ignoring race doesn’t make racism go away, it perpetuates it

the subjectiv ― Ignoring race doesn’t make racism go away, it perpetuates it ∙ There’s a popular sentiment – especially, but not exclusively, among individuals who might identify as “left leaning” or “liberal” ...

Tags: Editorials, African Americans, Civil Rights, Colorblindness, Constitution, Discourse

Llowell Williams ― 10 hr ago

Survey: Americans Gravitating Toward Urban Environments, Smaller Homes

Survey: Americans Gravitating Toward Urban Environments, Smaller Homes

The Storage Facilitator ― Could we be on the brink of the downsizing of American households? A survey conducted by the Urban Land Institute found that 61 percent of Americans would prefer living in a smaller home with a shorter commute to work rather than living in a ...

Tags: Self-storage News, African-americans, Baby Boomers, Generation Y, Homes, Latinos

SpareFoot ― 1 week 3 days ago

VIDEO: BET Award Nominees Announced

VIDEO: BET Award Nominees Announced

Skyline Empire ― VIDEO: BET Award Nominees Announced is a post from: Skyline EmpireSkyline Empire - .....because knowledge is the new couture Register now!! ∙ VIDEO: BET Award Nominees Announced is a post from: Skyline EmpireSkyline Empire - .....because...

Tags: Celebrity Gossip, Videos, African-Americans, Arts And Entertainment, Award Shows, BET Awards

Skyline Couture ― 1 week 3 days ago

Black History Month: Diane Judith Nash

Black History Month: Diane Judith Nash

Welcome to the blog of author Lawrence D. Elliott ― Diane Judith Nash was born on May 15, 1938, in Chicago, Illinois. She was a leader and strategist in the African-American civil rights movement in the 1960′s. Nash initially attended historically-black Howard University in Washington, D.C.,...

Tags: Accomplishments, African American, African Americans, Black, Black History Month, Civil Rights

Lawrence-D-Elliott ― 1 week 3 days ago

Black History Month: Walter Francis White

Black History Month: Walter Francis White

Welcome to the blog of author Lawrence D. Elliott ― Walter Francis White was born on July 1, 1893, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was an American civil rights activist. From 1931 to 1955, he led the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (also known as the NAACP), the nation’s...

Tags: African American, African Americans, Author, Authors, Black, Black History Month

Lawrence-D-Elliott ― 1 week 3 days ago

Black History Month: Madam C. J. Walker

Black History Month: Madam C. J. Walker

Welcome to the blog of author Lawrence D. Elliott ― Madam C. J.Walker was born as Sarah Breedlove in Delta, Louisiana on December 23, 1867. She was one of six children born to Owen and Minerva Breedlove. As her parents and older siblings were were born into slavery, “The Madam” was the...

Tags: Accomplishments, African American, African Americans, Black, Black History Month, Business

Lawrence-D-Elliott ― 1 week 3 days ago

Black History Month: Shirley Chisholm

Black History Month: Shirley Chisholm

Welcome to the blog of author Lawrence D. Elliott ― Shirley Chisholm on November 30, 1924, as Shirley Anita St. Hill. She was an African-American politician, educator, and author. In 1968, she became the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress and represented New York’s 12th...

Tags: Accomplishments, African American, African Americans, Author, Barack Obama, Black

Lawrence-D-Elliott ― 1 week 3 days ago

Black History Month: James Zwerg

Black History Month: James Zwerg

Welcome to the blog of author Lawrence D. Elliott ― James Zwerg was born on November 28, 1939, in Appleton, Wisconsin. He was member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (also known as SNCC) and the Freedom Riders movement to desegregate interstate travel. Being white, he’s a...

Tags: Accomplishments, African American, African Americans, Black, Black History Month, Bravery

Lawrence-D-Elliott ― 1 week 3 days ago

The South

Tay's Way ― Last week I was all over the Lowcountry (South Carolina, Georgia and Florida) I just didn’t go to Florida but Augusta, Savannah, and parts of South Carolina oh I was there. See pics of some of the places I toured, I had such a good time...

Tags: Just Flicks, African Americans, Augusta, Churches, Freedom, Historical Sites

Tay Way ― 1 week 4 days ago

Hispanics Targeted by the Mortgage Finance System

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Tags: HIspanics News, African-Americans, Hispanics, Mortgage Lenders, Mortgage-finance-system, People Of Color

Jackie ― 2 weeks 1 day ago

Hispanics Targeted by the Mortgage Finance System

dm2hispanics ― “[...]CARR: These lenders targeted people of color, particularly African-Americans and Hispanics, knowing that they were less familiar with how the mortgage finance system worked and took advantage of their lack of information. A lot of ...

Tags: News, African-Americans, Hispanics, Mortgage Lenders, Mortgage-finance-system, People Of Color

Jackie ― 2 weeks 1 day ago

African American DNA Leads to Major Scientific Discovery

UrbSocietyMagazine ― Analysis of an African American man’s Y-chromosome shows that the most recent common ancestor of all humans with a Y-chromosome (men) lived in Africa about 338,000 years ago. Previously known modern human fossil records “only” ...

Tags: Urban America, African Americans

Lateef Watson ― 4 weeks 5 days ago

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