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  This week, an American ritual will repeat itself. Something that within the past century has morphed into a rite of passage for armies of…

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The “what’s wrong with Black males” chorus has been one long sung by the national media. Lengthy, well-reported articles in the Washington Post, The New…

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President Barack Obama’s (pictured center) new “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, aimed at addressing employment and education challenges for young men of color, has been lauded…

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A new study about skin bias shows that people remember intelligent Black males as having had lighter skin. RELATED: UPDATED: See Doctor Explain Why Racism…

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Half of all Black males in the United States have been behind bars by age 23, according to a new study published by academic journal…

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A new registry compiled by two major universities reveals that more than 2,000 prisoners were incorrectly imprisoned for serious crimes since 1989. After perusing the registry, it has been uncovered that more than half of the newly exonerated prisoners were African American, according to Newser. The University of Michigan Law School and Northwestern University School […]

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When I went to the screening of Spike Lee’s movie Malcolm X , Rodney King was sitting in the front row and I was seated next to Alice Walker. At that time he was the proof of what Black men had been saying for so long: The police are trying to kill us unjustly and […]

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via:blackamericaweb.com The American Council on Education last week released its “Annual Status Report on Minorities in Higher Education,” and it showed some disturbing trends when it comes to black males on the nation’s college campuses: Their populations are not only declining, but they have the lowest graduation rate of any other group. According to the […]