It doesn't seem like racial comments, actions or blame will stop anytime soon. If you happened to watch the news, be on social media or even see CNN this weekend - you could not have missed the one statement by TNT Academy of Stone Mountain Director, Nancy Gordeuk, that abruptly ended a high school graduation. Gordeuk, was recorded saying, "Look whose leaving! All the black … [Read more...]
CNN Mistakes Zeta Phi Beta Sorority for Gang Members
On Tuesday, members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. sat together in a Baltimore Town Hall, CNN anchor Erin Burnett mistakenly called them gang members! “We’ve got gang members right there….” said the Erin Burnett Tag @CNN ?? Zeta Phi Beta sorority Inc. is #NOT a gang?? #CNN?? #BS #gs4tp A video posted by Greek Shenanigans™? (@greekshenanigans3.5) on Apr 29, 2015 at … [Read more...]
VIDEO: Where is the Black Middle Class? You Don't Have to Look Far
From the CNN Black in America Blog, Dr. Kris Marsh talks about the black middle class: … [Read more...]
Angela Benton of CNN’s Black in America 4 Tells Us How To Get Our Daughters Into Technology
Before launching BlackandMarriedWithKids.com in December 2007, there were two conversations that I had that gave me massive insight into the blogging world and whether my concept for a site based on promoting black marriage would be viable or not. One of those conversations was with the woman you see pictured above Angela Benton (@abenton on Twitter). Since that time we've … [Read more...]
Diary of a Reformed Kid-Phobe
by Gwen Jimmere Flashback to October 2009. If someone had told me then that a year and a half later I'd be a mother, I would have run away screaming at the top of my lungs with my arms flailing in the air. You see, I was never the girl who dreamt of the day she'd be a mom. I'd only prematurely picked out baby names to keep from seeming like a freak to those who'd ask how … [Read more...]
Money Monday: Black in America: Almighty Debt, A Hit or Miss?
by Dr. Charles Alonzo Peters On Thursday night I sat down like many of you to view Almighty Debt, CNN's latest installment of its Black in America series. I'll admit I was a little apprehensive. How was a mainstream media outlet going to handle an institution as complex as the Black Church and a subject as delicate as debt without resorting to standard … [Read more...]
Why Parents Should NOT Pay for College
by Lisa Maria Carroll Are you a parent who struggles to give your child the best of everything, including a house that's not a home because you're losing sleep at night worrying about how you're going to keep it, vacations charged to credit cards that will take you the next 20 years to pay off, and a college education that you can't afford to pay for? If this is you, then I … [Read more...]
Safe Haven Nebraska: Cambpell Brown
CNN's Campbell Brown talks about Nebraska's safe haven law that we highlighted yesterday. Check out this video it's pretty interesting and gives more details on some of the parents who have dropped off their kids. Embedded video from <a href="https://www.cnn.com/video" mce_href="https://www.cnn.com/video">CNN Video</a> … [Read more...]