“Racist behavior in our society is largely static, unnoticed, unremarked, and unconsciously accommodated by Americans of all colors. Everyone essentially behaves as everyone always has. Habit dulls senses, even the victims, especially when the victim sees that that crimes against the voiceless do not count.” -From, “The Debt: What America Owes To Blacks” By: Randall […]
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Be Wise When It Comes To Fools
“Do not send a fool in an important matter when you can send one that is wise. Do not instruct a fool lest he hate you for it. When one instructs a fool, he or she says ‘What they are doing insults me.’ The friend of a fool is a fool. The friend of a […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Excerpt Of The Week: “Selections From The Husia” By: Maulana Karenga
“Be diligent as long as you live, always doing more than is commanded of you. Do not misuse your time while following your heart, for it is offensive to the soul to waste one’s time. Do not lose the daily opportunity to increase that which you have. Diligence produces gains and gains do not endure […]
Read the rest of this entry »Definitions Better Than Webster’s: Learning
LEARNING: “Learning refers to a short-, intermediate-, or relatively long-term change in perception, ways of integrating and organizing information, of communicating, expressing and applying processed information in the world by both verbal and nonverbal means that occur as the result of experience, imitation, deliberate and/or repeated practice, and the inferential construction of concepts, procedures and […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Excerpt Of The Week: “The 8th Habit” By: Stephen Covey
“I have found that by making four simple assumptions in our lives we can immediately begin leading a more balanced, integrated, powerful life: (1) For the body- Assume you’ve had a heart attack; now live accordingly. (2) For the mind- Assume that the half life of your profession is two years; now prepare accordingly. (3) […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Excerpt Of The Week: “Sweet Poison: How the World’s Most Popular Artificial Sweetener Is Killing Us” By: Janet Starr Hull
“It is daunting to go up against a big corporation. In some instances, it is even illegal. In Texas, where I live, the state legislature passed House Bill 722 into law in 1995. HB 722 states that anyone who speaks out against a perishable food product is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to several […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Excerpt Of The Week, “Women In Prison” By: Kathryn Watterson
“Another area worthy of investigation is the big business of building prisons; who is getting the contracts to build these billion dollar facilities that cost millions to run? What political donations have led to the sites chosen for new prisons, and to the many contracts made as part of the building process? Taxpayers should demand […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Dangers Of Waxed Food
“Avoid waxed foods. You can tell if something is waxed by smelling the stem; if it does not smell like the food, then it’s likely waxed. the problem with wax is that it locks in pesticides that can be found on fruits like apples, pears, and nectarines. Other big pesticide offenders include berries, potatoes, peppers, […]
Read the rest of this entry »Definitions Better Than Webster’s: Culture
Culture: “Culture is the matrix on which the fragile human animal draws to remain socially healthy. As fish need the sea, culture, with its timeless reassurance and its seeming immortality, offsets for the frail human spirit the brevity, the careless accidentalness of life. An individual human life is easy to extinguish. Culture is leaned on […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Excerpt Of The Week: “Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome” By: Dr. Joy Leary
“Some families take time to consider all that went well for them the previous day, to explore ways of making things even better, and plan what will go well the next day. Imagine every Black family doing this every day. It wouldn’t take long for you and your children to get in the habit of […]
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