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Sociological, biological and health research and findings about race and ethnicity; and personal reflections, anecdotes, and commentary on family values, traditions of different racial and ethnic groups to explore and communicate larger truths about the importance of family, the changing definition of family, across racial and ethnic groups.
May 24th, 2013
Written by D. A. Barber in All About Family with 0 Comments
As politicians courting the Latino vote, the Human Rights Watch advises the U.S. government to end the unnecessary prosecutions of “illegal immigrants.”
Imprisoning immigrants with minor or no criminal records before deporting them often affects people seeking to reunite with their families in the U.S. or fleeing persecution, notes the 82-page May 22 report, “Turning Migrants Into Criminals: The...
May 16th, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in All About Family with 0 Comments
Unimaginable as her ordeal might be, Amanda Berry’s plight stands as even more of an anomaly than many may want to think.
A 2010 academic study finds that roughly 80 percent of the news coverage devoted to missing children focuses on victims who are not black, which raises anew in the face of the Cleveland-based tragedy primarily centering on a now 27-year-old local.
A wandering Charles Ramsey...
May 10th, 2013
Written by Manny Otiko in All About Family with 1 Comment
With Mother's Day coming up, the African-American community holds several special events such as church services, music concerts, and dinners. However, there is often less fanfare when it comes to Father's Day.
Many African-American experts say it is not surprising that the black community overemphasizes Mother's Day. They say that mother's have a special place in the black community.
"Mother's...
May 3rd, 2013
Written by Marlene Caroselli in All About Family with 0 Comments
According to a 2010 Associated Press article, “Blacks struggle with a 72 percent unwed mothers rate,” Women’s health on NBCNews.com, statistics reveal that children of unmarried mothers of any race are less likely to succeed academically, and more likely to be imprisoned, and the victim of drugs, poverty, and continuing the out-of-wedlock cycle than children born into two-parent homes. Not many...
March 23rd, 2013
Written by Cara A. Anthony - The News-post of Frederick in All About Family with 0 Comments
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - At age 88, Kenyon Parker still goes every day to the gym, where he shares stories of his time as a World War II soldier.
The Frederick resident spent three years in the then-racially segregated U.S. Army, enlisting at age 18.
Parker was a junior in high school when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. A year later, he enlisted and traveled to England, France, Germany, the Panama Canal...
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