Attention to Detail on Indepednence Blvd

How many workers looked at this sign, knew it was misspelled, but probably said, “it’s not my job?”  Or worse, didn’t realize it was misspelled.  Major fail.  I wonder how much money and manpower it will take to fix it. According to the Charlotte Observer, there will be no cost to taxpayers. Somehow, I highly doubt [...]

Black Girls Lost

Casey Gane-McCalla of NewsOne writes a poignant post on black girls lost, most notably Montana Fishburne and Maia Campbell.  Of particular note: Both Maia and Montana are deeply troubled individuals. Rather than getting the help they need, they’re now surrounded by men who do nothing but prey. Many in urban culture sadly choose to glorify [...]

In “What Were They Thinking?” News

Flight Attendant Gone Wild CNN Reports: A flight attendant cursed out passengers, grabbed a beer then triggered an emergency chute Monday at a JFK Airport terminal, authorities say. New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said it “appears” Steven Slater was quitting. “It’s a strange way to quit, let’s put it that way,” he said. “I [...]

Timbuctoo

There is a fascinating article in the Washington Post detailing an excavation in Timbuctoo, New Jersey. The excavation has found artifacts from over 200 years ago and open a view into the lives of freed blacks in the 1800s.   The project is being spearheaded by community leaders in New Jersey and archeology students at Temple [...]

Shouldn’t We Be Able To Fire Bad Teachers?

Most people will answer, “of course” but it’s not that easy. Teachers belong to unions that prevent bad teachers from getting fired. Parents and students in Chicago Public Schools are dealing with this conundrum at the moment. And the Chicago Tribune editorializes on the issue: Bad teachers aren’t so hard to identify. Students know who [...]

African American Columnists Roundup

Bob Herbert discusses depressing plight of the City of Detroit, once one of America’s great cities: The city of Detroit is using federal money to destroy thousands upon thousands of empty homes, giving in to a sense of desperation that says there is no way to rebuild the city so let’s do the opposite: let’s [...]

Little Girls Lost

When I heard about the now infamous 7 year olds mimmicking Beyonce’s Single Ladies video I shook my head in frustration. The parents just don’t get it. One thing you can never get back is your youth. And as a young girl, there is a delicious slice of life when all you care about are [...]

Reasons 684 and 685 Not to Tweet/Blog/View Stuff at Work

Reason #684:  Inc. Magazine writes about the recent firing of an employee Tweeting on the job and how delete does not equal delete: A St. Louis-area nonprofit has fired a 37-year-old office worker – after discovering that in her own time, the woman blogs about her polyamorous escapades. The blogger – a single mother whose blog is [...]

Africans and the Slave Trade

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. writes in last week’s New York Times about the dirty little secret of the role of Africans in the slave trade: How did slaves make it to these coastal forts? The historians John Thornton and Linda Heywood of Boston University estimate that 90 percent of those shipped to the New World [...]

What’s Making Me An Angry Black Woman Today

Violence and our Youth: The questions that come to mind after reading these news stories are: Where are their parents? Why aren’t they in jail? And, how inept can city government get?  Colbert King opines in the Washington Post on the recent killings in Southeast Washington, DC and the failure of DC government:   One of the [...]

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