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The March 2010 CDC report stated that nearly half of black women in the U.S. carried the Herpes virus. Here's why those statistics and others like them may be misleading.

The March 2010 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sited startling high levels of the genital herpes virus among African American woman. The report found that 48 percent of African-American women have been exposed to the virus that causes genital herpes. The report gave many African Americans the al

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NYMetro

AFRICANS DO NOT HATE ONE ANOTHER

I wish to take issue with two dangerous and rather irresponsible generalisations that Percy Zvomuya made in "Africans have never liked one another" (May 23). One is that Africans have always hated Africans. The other is that people who originally came from Malawi and settled in Zimbabwe were called derogatory names and discriminated against. Africans have always hated other Africans -- a breathtaking statement. Amazing for a person who is obviously Zimbabwean and should know better.

I was born, b
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Chicago-Midwest

White networks are beginning to charge for their services and instead of black social networks capitalizing on how we differ from them that would encourage blacks to join us these black networks like Izania continue to report and advance white networks while hypocritically proclaiming that:

"There are social networks for nearly every interest group. The iZania online community at www.izania.com was a social network for descendants of Africa before Facebook, and Twitter, but we utilize these tool

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South

African against who?

http://www.thegrio.com/opinion/immigrants-fight-could-pit-black-against-brown.php


So, is this another attempt to play the race card, or is this a simple case of " in your face dislike, jealousy, or fear" that created this debaucle..or perhaps both?

And if neither, what and what can be or should be done?

i have my own thoughts as a native Spanish speaker?

spktruth2power

90milesfromMiami

Would this make a diff?
http://www.catfht.org/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=15&year=2010&month=05&

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Parable of the Butt Kickers

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Parableof the Butt Kickers











Parable ofthe Butt Kickers

They had to kick some butt. Bigbutt, not little butt. After 9/11, they wanted revenge, blood. Got hiton the home front, even if they did it themselves, Hollywood drama. Whatdid they say in the Long Kiss Goodnight? I guess we'll just have tokill four thousand to get our budget! So kick some butt. The big bullywounded, or faking such. Hit in the eyes, two black eyes. Prez can't gohome to daddy with two black eyes. Go after
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South

As a woman from Cuba and A NON

As a non Latina/Hispanic Spanish speaking sistah from Cuba to be exact, i am clear concerning the relentless efforts by the former major society to annihilate, eradicate, stilfle, suffocate, smother and literally murder and remove from the face of the earth " THE AFRICAN MAN".

While traveling recently to Atlanta, as a ProBono Atty and supporter of the Innocense Project, while in my hotel, i began to re-read the book "Yoruga" by Marimba Ani. While reading, I began to

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Chicago-Midwest

Today, Tuesday, April 27th at 7:10 AM, I will appear live on CNN as a guest analyst along with Illinois State Representative LaShawn K. Ford to further the debate on whether or not The National Guard should be deployed to patrol Chicago streets this summer to help stop the rise in violence. Representative Ford has already publicly called for the National Guard as a soltuin to help stop the violence, but I will argue that while Ford and other leaders have done the best that they can do with this
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Parable of the Neo-Haitian Revolution




Parable ofthe Neo-Haitian Revolution


After Palmares(1530-1653) in Brazil, Haiti was the second republic of ex-slaves in theAmericas. Palmares was liberated territory for nearly a century. Haitiwon its independence in 1804 after defeating the Spanish, English andFrench colonizers, including a crushing defeat of Napoleon, Europe'sgreatest military strategist.

Haiti has never been forgiven forher victory of the European slave masters. Since her victory, she hasbeen prescribed to poverty, ignorance an
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Chicago-Midwest

The Chicago Tribune recently had a forum hosted by WVON's Cliff Kelley, and there were no major headlines in the days after the forum, like many others that have put any kind of dent in the continued rise in Chicago Violence. Is one reason that major media seems to make more of the headlines of calling in the National Guard than they do to local community groups who have identified solutions "on the ground" that could truly help stop the rise in Chicago violence, shootings, and killings. It's no

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Justice Inc. is a Non-Profit National Civil Rights Organization dedicated to educating young people about civil and criminal law. We will provide assistance to those in need and be an advocate for the family. The primary objective of Justice Inc. is to educate society about the potential pitfalls of the litigation process while encouraging all citizens to respect the laws. Working with local community leaders, Justice Inc. will conduct seminars across the nation focusing on civil and criminal le
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Sunday, April 25, 2010





Rashidah Sabreen









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Marvin X






The African American Library/Museum

659 14th Street @ Martin Luther King, Jr

Downtown Oakland

Proudly presents

A benefit read-in/teach-in

Book party

Celebrating the release of

Marvin X’s

The Wisdom of Plato Negro

Parables/fables

Saturday, May 15, 2pm

donation for book $100.00

RSVP 510-637-0200

Participants include

Rashidah Sabreen, Augusta Collins, Michelle LaCha

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Chicago-Midwest

Today, veteran Black poltical activists Wallace "Gator" Bradley and Mark Allen accuse Illinois Senator Bill Brady of being non responsive to their overtues on behalf of few hundred Black community activists who said they would help expose Senator Brady and his campaign to Black voters who were upset and withdrawn their support of Governor Quinn and heard Brady on Black talk radio station WVON-AM that he wanted to reach out to Black voters in trying to earn their support. Bradley and Allen now re
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Chicago-Midwest

How does a simple deployment of new police officers address the state of mind, social conscioussness, lack of respect of law enforcement, and the ongoing street battles over desperate economic conditionns that drive the vionece, plan to stop it ? ?

Where are the plans to deal "hands-on" with the mindet of a people, OR the plans to find more innovative ways for people to make money this summer from something other that the illegal street environments?

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Chicago-Midwest

Norman Bolden is a former award winning radio executive at radio station WGCI and currently a local proprty owner which includes ownership if the new popular banquet facility called Room 43, and again it appears that Norman Bolden is planning another run for Alderman of the 4th Ward. Friends of Bolden began to call around and let his poosible plans be known to run again, after a headline story appeared on the front page of a major Hyde Park newspaper which featured what many viewed as a sure thi

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Chicago-Midwest

Norman Bolden is a former award winning radio executive at radio station WGCI and currently a local proprty owner which includes ownership if the new popular banquet facility called Room 43, and again it appears that Norman Bolden is planning another run for Alderman of the 4th Ward. Friends of Bolden began to call around and let his poosible plans be known to run again, after a headline story appeared on the front page of a major Hyde Park newspaper which featured what many viewed as a sure thi

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Chicago-Midwest
Republican Mark Kirk and his aides STRETCH the truth regarding Alexi Giannouilias and Bank employees and depositors
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Parole Bid for Malcolm’s Assassin Halted?

By LittleRed:

A funny thing happened while on the way to a press conference officially condemning the release of an assassin of Malcolm X from the NY state prison system, Zayid Muhammad, the press officer for the Malcolm X Commemoration Committee, got one of the most polite phone calls he had ever received.

The call came from of all places the NY State Parole Board.

“We had already made our condemnation known to the governor. We sounded the drum for the community to do the same. I guess someb
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Lessons from Confederate History Month

By Ezrah Aharone:

Next year in April commemorates the 150th anniversary of America’s Civil War. So under the pretext to “encourage tourism” in Virginia, which has over 100 Confederate monuments, GOP Governor Bob McDonnell dusted-off an old proclamation that declares April as “Confederate History Month.” Not only did he revive it, he removed a clause stating “that slavery was one of the causes” of the war.

President Obama called this “an unacceptable omission,” while members of Virginia’s Legisla
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Friday, April 23, 2010

BlackBird Press Benefit Read in/teach in


Black Bird Press/Academy of Da Corner
Benefit
Read in/teach in
Book Party

To celebrate the publication of The Wisdom of Plato Negro, Parables/Fables,I am asking poets, writers and community people to join in readingfrom the parables/fables. The following are especially invited toread:

Ishmael Reed, Cecil Brown, devorah major, Ayodele Nzingha(confirmed), Linda Johnson, Phavia Khujichagulia, Tureada Mikel,Paradise (confirmed), Art Sheridan,
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Haley's Comet

April 22, 2010

Raynard Jackson

Just like Halley’s Comet only comes around every so often, so does a politician like Mississippi governor, Haley Barbour. He is completing his second term as governor and is term limited from seeking another term. Barbour, a lawyer by training, has one of the most impressive backgrounds of anyone on the political scene today.

He ran for the U.S. Senate in the early 80s (lost), worked in the Reagan White House, the campaign of Bush 41, and served as chairman of the pa

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