Since this topic is featured, I just wanted to share my thoughts...
This is not yet another rant about how young Blacks are portrayed in the media. We all have a fairly decent understanding of what that problem is. The question that always remains ...
Posted Sunday, May 6th 2007 at 4:46PM
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A man in control of himself has infinite power.
Ultimately, we make decisions which govern our lives and opportunities. When we are born, there are others who have advantages over us, and those with less advantages than we have.
I believe that ...
Posted Wednesday, April 18th 2007 at 9:23AM
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I really can't understand why there is a general perception that HBCUs will soon be disappearing.
In fact, there seems to be a wide misunderstanding about HBCUs in general - that they are poor, struggling schools that aren't well managed, and that ...
Posted Wednesday, April 18th 2007 at 7:31AM
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What do you do when the world seems to get the best of you? When despite giving it a good fight, you're getting tired and your problems are here to stay?
At times like this, life seems unfair. The enemy has all the advantages, while we're trying o ...
Posted Saturday, March 31st 2007 at 1:03PM
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I originally wrote this a couple years ago during my junior year at Hampton. I kept it posted on the door of my dorm room as motivation.
Going through some of my old papers today, I came across the creed. Ironically enough, I'm going through some ...
Posted Wednesday, March 28th 2007 at 8:47PM
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Dear God, I was hoping we could talk.
I know it's been too long, but you said your door was always open.
I've just got a few questions, and for your wisdom I was hoping.
Why am I here?
What is my purpose?
Why does it seem like sometime ...
Posted Sunday, March 25th 2007 at 1:00AM
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Today was a typical weekend afternoon... sitting at my desk, with yet another reporter on those "young black men in distress" news bulletins telling me how unlikely it is that I should exist.
As a black, twentysomething professional with a colleg ...
Posted Monday, March 19th 2007 at 11:45AM
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Hampton Alumni leads The Baltimore Renaissance Foundation
For Immediate Release / 19 March 2007 Monday
Hampton alumnus Jonathan Carter today formally announced the development of The Baltimore Renaissance Foundation, a nonprofit youth leadership organization promoting social change through entrepreneurship.
The Baltimore Renaissance concept orig ...
Posted Sunday, March 18th 2007 at 7:38PM
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Why did I choose to attend a HBCU?
I almost didn't... in fact, I probably would have attended University of Maryland.
Critics say that HBCUs in the 21st century are irrelevant; a reminiscence of segregated Southern colleges and post-slavery ind ...
Posted Friday, March 16th 2007 at 12:37PM
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(Leader's Survival Guide #5)
What is the most intimidating place on earth?
At the bottom of a mountain, looking up.
Starting at the beginning of anything is the most difficult part of any journey, simply because of the psychological fear tha ...
Posted Friday, March 16th 2007 at 11:01AM
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Why me? (Leader's Survival Guide #4)
Why does it always seem that life's challenges always have to fall directly upon you? Why is it that others who are less deserving prosper, while people like you suffer?
I was thinking about this the othe ...
Posted Thursday, March 15th 2007 at 7:49PM
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Hardly a day passes that some well-meaning Brother or Sister doesn't complain about the lack of positive role models for young people, especially with regards to their families.
I would be the first to agree... and disagree. Our social system is i ...
Posted Friday, February 9th 2007 at 7:09AM
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A friend of mine and I were talking about growing up, and he was telling me about playing on his high school basketball team. He recalled one player with lots of potential, who just never seemed to get anywhere.
Curious, I asked why. He told me; " ...
Posted Thursday, February 8th 2007 at 3:17PM
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This morning I found myself standing in a crowded restaraunt where a few feet away from me, another customer was the victim of one of those dreaded winter colds. Her constant coughing and sneezing and exhausted appearance let us other patrons know t ...
Posted Wednesday, February 7th 2007 at 3:08PM
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