A few days ago a member of the AfroSpear Google Group asked this question: “It appears that the Afrosphere Google Group has died a slow and unfortunate death. Is the Afrosphere a group in name only? What should be the next steps, if anything for the Afrosphere Google Group?” First, it’s difficult to keep something [...]
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Rejuvenated Purpose? AfroSpear 2.0
Posted in Activism, AfroSpear, Afrospear bloggers, AfroSphere, Blogging, Critical Thinking, Leadership on November 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Black Blogger Network Monthly Blogging Contest
Posted in AfroSpear, Afrospear bloggers, AfroSphere, Black Issues, Blogging, Critical Thinking on October 10, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Hello Afrospear family, I am Jessica Ann Mitchell, the facilitator of The Black Love Speak Column (BlackLoveSpeak.com). A few months ago I started another website, BlackBloggerNetwork.com. The purpose of the site is to support the initiatives of Black Bloggers. In an effort to encourage healthy dialogue about issues important to black communities, I am launching [...]
White Approval Addiction–You Got it!
Posted in Black History, Black Issues, Blogging, Critical Thinking, Education, Knowledge, Media, Race Based Politics, White Approval on June 1, 2010 | 13 Comments »
You know you’re addicted. Tell me you’re not, and I’ll tell you that you are. You actually need a white person to approve of you as a black person in order to feel good about yourself. That’s why you’re so mad that there are still racists out there. It’s so upsetting to you because you [...]
The “New Media” and the potential of the AfroSphere
Posted in Activism, Africa, African-Americans, African/Black Women Blogs, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Black History, Blogging, Culture, Geopolitics, History, Jean 6, Justice, Kenneth Foster, Leadership, Life, News, Politics, Racism, Uncategorized on April 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I watched a fascinating discussion on Sunday afternoon on a program on BBC World called “The World Debate”. The panel, which was made up of Carl Bernstein, the award winning journalist who helped uncover the Watergate scandal; Sergey Brin, one of the co-founders of the internet giant Google; Dan Gilbert, a Harvard Psychologist; Queen Noor of Jordan and the [...]
The influence of religion vs science on public opinion
Posted in Africa, African-Americans, Blogging, Christianity, God, Islam, Life, Religion, Science on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
VS Recently I have been contemplating if the church has any real significant and positive influence on the world today, especially in the beliefs and actions of western society in particular. There was a time when Christian ideology, through the church was very influential (good and bad) in shaping political, social, cultural and even personal beliefs and viewpoints. I [...]
“Poverty is the worst form of violence.” Mahatma Gandhi
Posted in Activism, Africa, African-Americans, AfroSphere, Blogging, Caribbean, Christianity, Education, Genocide, Geopolitics, God, Holocaust, Imperialism, Islam, Politics, Racism, Religion on February 21, 2008 | 13 Comments »
Don’t ask: “Why does God allow this to happen?” Pray: “God… give me the wisdom and strength to do what I must to stop this from happening?”


