Leaving the principles of the doctrines of parenting; let us go on to community. The popular phrase among Black intellectuals "it takes a village to raise a child," seems to be only rhetoric, lacking actual action. Instead, the national focus is on the failures of Black parenting. Well what about Black cops and Black teachers....[more]

Drop in Black Military Recruits Coincides with War
by Guy Raz

All four service branches of the military are reporting dramatically lower rates of enlistment by African-Americans. Traditionally, a quarter of all new recruits have been black. But since the start of the war in Iraq four years ago, the number of new black recruits has dropped by almost half. Despite an aggressive push by the Pentagon to recruit among black youths, the campaign has faltered....[more]

How the Black Baby-Boomers Compromised the Black Community

We've been had. We've been swindled, conned, and fleeced: it has been going on for two generations and if we do not get wise now, it will disfigure our next generation. Many (which is an understatement) Blacks over the age of fifty were the victims of the smoothest game played on the Black community since the deal that went down in the hills of Africa that set in motion centuries of African slave labor....[more]

Embracing The Black Community Yourself

No more should we depend on government funding to assist in the development of our communities, but should organize to take our communities into our own hands. When the government has control of the funds, they also have control of what information is dispatched and what agenda is set for the Black residences. This is not what we want........[more]

A Profile of Section 8

During today's economic crises and for the past 10 years, is it considered of low moral to live on a Section 8 voucher? How many people within arms reach are currently living on Section 8 and how many people would honestly admit they do?........[more]

The Life of an Urban Black Family

The challenges faced by low-income Blacks are significantly different from any other racial ethnic and class group in America. Because many critics are determined to prove that life in America is a simple matter of opportunity and personal responsibility, maybe after they live as an urban Black for the next 10 minutes, they will change their stereotypical prototype and definition of equal opportunity........[more]

Forty Acres of Urban Ground

Now that we have gotten over the broken promise of the 40 acres and the mule we were suppose to get after slavery, let us turn to the one who does keep promises, God Almighty. Though sharecroppers were disappointed, we do not have to be. We must look at what we do have, to what God placed in our path, so the next time you ride through the hood you can proudly claim your 40 acres.......[more]

An Effort At Oppression
Reported by Wendell Cox and Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D. of The Heritage Foundation
Interpreted by Afromerica

An environmental group called the Surface Transportation Policy Project (STPP), suggest that low-income urbanites ride bikes and use public transportation (buses) to get to work and around town instead of buying a car. This group is typical of liberal politicians who work daily to keep the poor, poor and dependant on government. This policy comes from the mind of Democratic thinking. If a republican had suggested this, the public would be up in arms claiming racism against the poor, mainly Blacks......[more]

Housing Discrimination Persist

The nation is making real progress in combating housing market discrimination. New estimates from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), based on Urban Institute research, indicate that while discrimination persists against African Americans and Hispanics searching for homes in major metropolitan areas, its incidence has generally declined since 1989.....[more]

The Face of Poverty: Family and Schooling in America's Low-Income Areas

Economist finds that people in America's poorest neighborhoods are more likely to live in female headed households and have less formal education than residents of wealthier communities......[more]

The Urban Renewal Delusion:
establishments that destroy black communities

What community development in heavy populated metropolitan areas mean to some, does not mean the same to most urban residents.....[more]