Black Children

What Do We Tell Our Children?

Janus Adams | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Trayvon Martin, Talking to Your Child About Racism, Black Children, That Talk, George Zimmerman, Stereotypes, Racism, White Children, Amadou Diallo, Andre Burgess, Erroll Maitland, Patrick Dorismond, Parents News
Janus Adams

In truth, "the talk" cannot save African-American boys. The larger talk that should be had with all children might.

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The Black Mother's Burden

Avis Jones-DeWeever | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Parents, Women, Politics, Black Children, Trayvon Martin, Black Mothers, Black Boys, Bv-Parenting, Racial Profiling, Black Voices News
Avis Jones-DeWeever

I do not know Sybrina Fulton. Nor can I claim to understand the depth of her pain. Yet, we share a deep connection. You see, Ms. Fulton is living my nightmare. A constant worry that has lingered in the back of my mind since the birth of my eldest son, some sixteen years ago.

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Anna Almendrala

PHOTOS: LA Rallies For Trayvon Martin

HuffingtonPost.com | Anna Almendrala | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Black Children, Video, Trayvon Martin Rally Los Angeles, Trayvon Martin, Slidewide, Trayvon Martin Death, Trayvon Martin Rev. Al Sharpton, Trayvon Martin Personal Safety, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES -- For Sonia Mongol, a 28-year-old mother in Crenshaw, Calif., the decision to tell her children about Trayvon Martin's death wasn't an ea...

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Black Motherhood Re-Examined: Are We Always Doing Our Best?

Dr. Boyce Watkins | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Black Mothers, Black Women, Black Children, Black Voices Life, Black Voices News
Dr. Boyce Watkins

Janelle Harris wrote an interesting article at Essence.com, discussing stereotypes of Black mothers in America. Like everyone else, I thought back to the women who've influenced me in my life, namely my mother, aunts and grandmothers.

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Top 4 Media Exploitations Of Black Children

newsone.com | David Moye | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Black Children, Derrion Albert, Chicago Crime, Chicago, Gun-Crazed Kid, Weird Florida, Antoine Dodson, Weird Crime, Media Eploitation, Latarian Milton, Weird News News

Oftentimes the news is not newsworthy. A lot of times it’s just entertainment. Sometimes the media will exploit children for ratings, whether it ...

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Protect The Children

The Rev. Jacqueline J. Lewis, Ph.D. | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Religion, Black Children, Christianity, Budget, Poverty, African American Children, Child Poverty, Child Care, Children, Minority Children, Poor Children, Black Voices News
The Rev. Jacqueline J. Lewis, Ph.D.

Nobody loves like children. They don't come to earth with the ability to hate; they learn that. They aren't born with prejudice and fear; they learn that. They often continue to love through rejection, humiliation and abuse.

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Food Stamps Will Feed Half Of US Kids, Study Says

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: How Many Kids Are on Food Stamps, Welfare, Social Justice, Poverty, Food Stamps, Children, Economy, Parenting, Food Stamp Statistics, Recession, Kids on Food Stamps, Black Children, Usda, Food Research and Action Center, Education, Nutrition, African Americans, Food, Income Gap, US Department of Agriculture, How Many People Are on Food Stamps, Food Stamps Study, Sociology, Food Stamps Data, Poverty Line, Minorities, Politics News

CHICAGO — Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout...

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Kids from the 'Hood: Wendy Williams, Barack Obama and The Prep School Negroes

David Kaufman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Children, Prep Schools, Edcuation, Wendy Williams, Barack Obama, Entertainment News
David Kaufman

As the Obama presidency and economic downturn confirm, we're living in a period of both unprecedented possibility and vast economic inequality for African Americans.

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About That Piece on Transracial Adoptions in the New York Times...

Deborah Douglas | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: National Association of Black Social Workers, Black Children, Interracial-Adoption, Black Adoptees, New York Times, Asian Adoptees, Race, Transracial Adoption, African Americans, Adoption, Healthy Living News
Deborah Douglas

The Asian-adoptee identity crisis reported in the Times might finally lend credence to what black social workers have been saying all along: Ethnic and racial identity matters.

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Colorado Poverty Rates Up According To Latest Census Data

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latino Children, Poverty Rate, Census, Colorado Poverty, Colorado Census, Pueblo Colorado, Latino Poverty Rate, Bloomberg, Black Children, Poverty, Denver News

The AP reports that new census data indicates the poverty rate--defined by the "a family of four earning less than $22,050 a year... or an individual...

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Uh Oh, Here We Go Again with Ebonics 2.0

Natalie Holder-Winfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teacher U, Black Children, Education, Teach for America, Ebonics, Race, Diversity, Inner City Schools, Inner City Culture, Media News
Natalie Holder-Winfield

A collaboration of teaching organizations made a frail attempt to exhume the 1990's Ebonics debacle by acknowledging African American English in their training curriculum.

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