Marva Collins is the teacher I was looking for all my life. She started a school on Chicago’s Westside one block from where we lived when I was growing up but it wasn’t until I got to Spokane after graduate school that I discovered her – too late for me and for my son. We don’t know about these things until we start communicating with each other. What are the resources in our community that could improve our children’s futures?
Every time I hear the word disproportionate in conjunction with African Americans I cringe. The reason is, is the information that follows is never good. Here are a some examples of what I am talking about: There are a disproportionate amount of African American males incarcerated, there are a disproportionate amount of African Americans with high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, who are unemployed and live in the filthiest neighborhoods in America. I am sure you get my drift. This list is not conclusive. We have a lot on our plates. The list just got bigger. Did you know that we have the largest rates of people who are newly infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)? The following information comes from the Center of Disease Control. . . . .
The rate of new infections among Black NHs is approximately 6.0 times higher than White NHs in Spokane County and 6.4 times higher in Washington State. Full story . . . .
What would you ask President Obama?
Tomorrow, President Obama will deliver his State of the Union address at 9:00 p.m. ET. During that speech, he’ll lay out his vision for an America where hard work and responsibility are rewarded, where everyone does their fair share, and where everyone is held accountable for what they do.
There is a range of ways to get involved with this year’s State of the Union address. . . . .
The New York Times
Blacks are about twice as likely as whites to wind up in the more onerous and costly form of consumer bankruptcy as they try to dig out from their debts, a new study has found.
The disparity persisted even when the researchers adjusted for income, homeownership, assets and education. The evidence suggested that lawyers were disproportionately steering blacks into a process that was not as good for them financially, in part because of biases, whether conscious or unconscious.
