Tag: New Visions Commentary

Our Private Sex Lives Matter, by Patricia Funderburke Ware

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As a recently re-married African-American woman who was a single mom for about twenty years, I strongly believe our private sex lives do matter. I believe they have an indirect but significant impact on many of the economic, educational, health, ...
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It’s OK to Leave the Plantation: A Book Review, by Kimberley Wilson

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Author and commentator Clarence Mason Weaver has a message for Black America: It's OK to Leave the Plantation. That's the title of his new book, and the sum of his message. Some people might wonder just what Weaver means. After ...
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Do Standardized Tests Add Up? by LisaRose Blanchette

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As a teacher preparing to enter my 11th year at the front of the classroom, I feel the need to comment about the weight placed on standardized test scores. It's not about improving the students. Instead, it is all about ...
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Marion Barry: Last of the Black Emperors, by Kimberley Wilson

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On May 21, 1998, Marion Barry announced to the world that he would not be a candidate for a fifth term as mayor of Washington, D.C. I hardly know whether to laugh or cry. Marion and the city of Washington ...
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Morality Over Money, by Mike Ramey

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I recently saw a very interesting and funny video entitled "Afros and Bellbottoms." It featured the well-known African-American comic and television talk show host Sinbad. I'll admit I was a bit skeptical. With many comics making fortunes by tossing around ...
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He’s Got More than Game. He’s Got Perspective, by B.B. Robinson

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Spike Lee has done the right thing again! His new movie "He Got Game" touches almost every nerve and fiber of the African-American contemporary experience. More importantly, Lee provides a valid metaphorical perspective on that experience. If you want a ...
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James Earl Ray is Survived by a Family of Troubling Questions, by Deroy Murdock

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Dead men tell no tales, but the questions they inspire can be immortal. This is true for James Earl Ray, Dr. Martin Luther King's convicted assassin who died in prison April 23 of liver failure at age 70. Alive and ...
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Working in a White Man’s World, by Kimberley Wilson

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For many people, The Black Man's Guide to Working in a White Man's World is going to be hard to read. This is not because it is a dry, scholarly tome, but because it will make quite a few readers ...
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Lower the Lifeboats, Now! Public Schools are Sinking, by Phyllis Berry Myers

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Inner-city public schools are like a sinking ship, and the children on board need to be rescued before it's too late. Their schools are sinking fast and educational opportunities are being lost. Roofs leak. Boilers are busted. Science and computer ...
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Slap in the Face of the Reverend Floyd Flake, by Jackie Cissell

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Former Democratic congressman Floyd Flake of New York was recently uninvited to the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus Prayer Breakfast. Now, if anyone should be welcome at the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus Prayer Breakfast, it should be Floyd Flake. Rev. Flake ...
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