March 2010
March 8th, 2010
Written by Sticky Wicket in "Sticky Wicket" Questions with 0 Comments
Dear Sticky Wicket,Why are Muslims whitewashed in the news media? Name one Muslim news anchor on BET, CNN, FOX, NBC, ABC, WGN or columnist at any major newspaper.~Patrick KuehnDear Patrick,We spent days navigating various research engines, trying to locate any mention of a Muslim print or broadcast journalist employed at a major network. The result, we couldn’t find any.The closest we found was...
March 6th, 2010
Written by Manny Otiko in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Gangster. Thug. Deadbeat.Many Americans attach those labels to black males. Even today, when you have Black men running Fortune 500 companies and a Black man as president, many people still harbor negative images of African-Americans.Many Americans obtain their images of African-Americans from electronic media, namely Internet and television.Pearl Jr., an author and activist from Southern...
March 4th, 2010
Written by Rachel Garlinghouse in All About Family with 0 Comments
The decision to adopt was a major step. My husband and I willingly subjected ourselves to mountains of paperwork and questions about everything from our childhood to our finances. They fingerprinted us twice, interviewed three times— both as a couple and individually—, and inspected our home. We attended required educational classes to prove our worthiness as future parents.After all the major...
March 3rd, 2010
Written by USARiseUp Staff in Travels' Tapestry with 0 Comments
No city reflects the tumultuous journey of African-Americans more vividly than Memphis, a Mississippi River port city whose many cultural landmarks inevitably invoke both smiles and tears.In the years before the Civil War, the city’s economy soared thanks to King Cotton and the backs of slaves that worked the fields for the white landowners. After the war, waves of newly freed African-Americans...
March 2nd, 2010
Written by Lisa Waterman Gray in The Welcoming Table with 0 Comments
Whether boiled, baked, mashed, quartered, or fried, potatoes star in everything from Italian potato gnocchi to Mexican soups and salads, to African potato stews.With nearly two-dozen varieties, potatoes are the fourth largest crop of fresh produce grown throughout the world.Potatoes were widely grown in the United States during the early 1700s, although most Americans considered them animal food...