"Shannon was the valedictorian when she graduated from a city school, only to find out when she enrolled in a community college that her education was so slipshod that she needed remedial classes. (Only 58 percent of the city’s black high-schoolers graduate within four years; of those, 13 percent are prepared for college, according to the New York State Education…
Here is the proof: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/31/arts/music/andre-3000-is-moving-on-in-film-music-and-life.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=1 "Part of art is knowing when not to put paint on. And when to change your medium." "I hate cages, and sometimes nostalgia is a cage." "What I get off on is doing things people said could not be done. And so if I’m at a place where I feel like I’m regurgitating or doing…
Plus this wonderful interview about his barbershop http://www.blackenterprise.com/small-business/kille-mike-interview-swag-barbershop-airport-atlanta/
The situation in Ferguson, Mo. was brought up at the United Nations convening in Geneva as a part of the world's check-up on America's progress in racial disparity issues. Trayvon Martin's mom and Jordan Davis's dad were present. This is serious. Just this morning Al Sharpton said, "while we lecture others about their police state, we can't have one ourselves,"…
It is one of my pet peeves when white people refer to a neighborhood as "sketchy" as a code word for black or brown and this is why http://valleywag.gawker.com/smiling-young-white-people-make-app-for-avoiding-black-1617775138/+sambiddle I'm sad that I haven't seen more of the films on this list http://flavorwire.com/467279/50-essential-feminist-films/view-all Actual time, energy and effort from this country's newspaper of record was put into this http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/03/upshot/that-honeydew-melon-looks-good-but-does-anyone-eat-it.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes
"There is so much emphasis on IQ in organizations, and not enough on leadership. Now we have a bunch of technological geniuses who are socially and emotionally inept." I wish I could shout this from the rooftops of every building in America. This article on Linked In about micromanagement is amazing. What was the defining moment that changed your life? I…