Happy "National Shame Day II" 2008 [UPDATED]

(Originally Written for Tuesday, November 25, 2008)Definitely Opinion(ated) As it was in 2007 for Jace, being too worn out to rant, so too it is for me, Intransitivus (who said she quit) this year in 2008....

Descendants of the Enslaved Held by the McCain Family

The first video is footage from CNN, which aired today, October 20, 2008, a segment called The Black McCains, that serves as an introduction to the Black side of the McCain family, who trace their...

Part of My American Story

The Sankofa bird is an Akan symbol, representing the African adage : "Always remember the past for therein lies the future, if forgotten ...."   In my family, my generation,...

What's Wrong with African Americans?

No all encompassing study has ever been commissioned, in the United States or elsewhere, to fully explore the psychological and societal consequences of an entire group of individuals, kidnapped and stripped of...