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Byts and Bytes

Posted in Africa, African Diaspora, Afro-Futurism, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Black Issues, Byts and Bytes, Critical Thinking, Cyberspace, Education, Exploitation, Geopolitics, Jazzuloo, Leadership, News, Revolution, Television on March 6, 2011 | 3 Comments »

1. Psycho-Slavery: Black Boys, White Female Teachers & the Rise of A.D.H.D. 2. How China has created a new slave empire in Africa 3. Afro-Futurism: The Marketing of Revolution

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“The Education Race Man on Black History Month 2011 (Exhibit V)” by José Luis Vilson

Posted in AfroSpear, Afrospear bloggers, AfroSphere, Black History, Education, Life on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Submission from educator, writer and AfroSpear Googlegroup blogger José Luis Vilson Click on image for article:

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An Education: One Moore Book

Posted in Africa, African Diaspora, African Literature, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Education, Wayétu Moore on February 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »

This article in the Huffington Post was forwarded to the AfroSpear by Wayétu Moore, one of the creators and publisher of onemoorebook: When Liberia was my home, they called it sweet. Sweet was the word I remembered the most during the war. I was five and my father, two sisters and I fled Monrovia and [...]

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elementary my dear Watson, elementary

Posted in Africa, African-Americans, AfroSphere, Black History, Culture, Education, History, Life, News, Politics, Racism, Science, Work on January 15, 2011 | 11 Comments »

Updated repost of one of my favorites. Thanks to Sister Anna for bringing it to my attention again after 3 years. I remember watching a couple of the Sherlock Holmes movies when I was a kid. I never thought much of them as the story lines didn’t really hold my interest, plus they were shown [...]

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“The Reason Why The Black Male ‘Crisis’ Is a Hoax” by José Luis Vilson

Posted in Activism, African-Americans, AfroSpear, Afrospear bloggers, AfroSphere, Black Issues, Critical Thinking, Education, Life on November 16, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Interetsing article in the Huffington Post by educator, writer and AfroSpear Googlegroup blogger: José Luis Vilson. Joel Klein’s recent resignation had an interesting alignment to a report that showed that black males in the United States aren’t doing well in this country. You’ve read the statistics. Only 12 percent of black fourth-grade boys are proficient [...]

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“Between Truths and Indulgences” by Wole Soyinka

Posted in Africa, African Diaspora, African-Americans, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Black History, Critical Thinking, Education, Nigeria, Slave Trade, Slavery, Wole Soyinka on July 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Powerful commentary by Nigerian writer, poet, playwright and 1986 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Wole Soyinka, on Africa’s role in the slave trade and it’s consequences. These are 2 must read articles posted in the online magazine theRoot: Part 1, Part 2

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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 [...]

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Out of the Mouth of Fools

Posted in African-Americans, Black Issues, Comedy, Education, tagged Black Men, drop out rates, Education, higher education, irresponsible on April 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »

In a recent interview with the New York Post, Actor/Comedian Tracy Morgan stated: “I’m glad I dropped out of high school, man. I wouldn’t be where I’m at. I would have had a net. I’m glad I didn’t have anything to fall back on, man, because that made me go for my dreams that much [...]

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