What do you tell your kids about the history of slavery in the United States? In recent years we’ve seen Hollywood’s perspective on history, telling stories from The Help to 12 Years a Slave with the perspective of Blacks as victims, inferior, or struggling to get by unless aided by a white savior. However, in early 2016, WGN America’s new series “Underground” is looking to … [Read more...]
The Confederate Flag: The South’s Anchor to History and Black America’s Slap in the Face
By: Phil Stevens The Confederate Flag. It is, without a doubt, a blatant slap in the face to the African American community. Yet, family and descendants of Confederate soldiers who served in the Civil War argue that the flag is a symbol of their heritage, their history. Others dispute it carries a symbol that is irrefutably linked to hate, racism and white supremacy … [Read more...]
Money Monday: National Urban League Report Reveals a Black America in Crisis.
The National Urban League’s State of Black America report is the foremost report card on Black America’s progress. And according to Urban League president and CEO Marc Morial, “Black America is in crisis — a jobs crisis, a justice crisis, and an educational crisis." Each year the State of Black America report calculates an “equality index” that compares how African-Americans … [Read more...]
Money Monday: Has President Obama Done Enough To Address Black Unemployment?
The Chicago Sun-Times captured the state of Black America with its recent headline, "The Disappearing Black Middle Class." At 16.2%, the unemployment rate for Black Americans under Obama has reached historic levels. As the old saying goes, when America catches the cold, Black America catches pneumonia. "Some see a bitter irony in soaring black unemployment and … [Read more...]
The Reconstruction of Black America
by Harriet Hairston On Tuesday, Dr. Shane Perrault wrote an article about the Civil War between black men and women in America. The issues we face as a people were made painfully obvious, but what about the solutions? Nwenna Kai commented, "I'm ready to discuss an action plan...we have too many discussions on the problems and not enough on...action." That comment … [Read more...]