Do I know enough about me?

This week in class we watched the movie "The Debut" in a particular scene the whit husband of a Filipino woman seemed to know more about their culture than the Filipinos. Not from experiencing their culture first hand and learning it that way but he had educated himself with facts. That led me to ask the question "Do I know enough about me?" Of course I learned about influential African Americans who did things first or were a benefit to my race but do I have enough facts? Often times the scholars of the African American diaspora or the African American experience are not of my race. So why are there not more scholars on my culture by people who have lived and experienced it and not just read a book? Not that others don't have the right to explore my history but the fact that as an African American man I should do more to explore and understand my own history and culture.

There's a problem in Portsmouth, VA!!!!

There is an apparent problem in Portsmouth, VA. The is problem is at Woodrow Wilson High school where 4 out of 10 students repeat the ninth grade causing many of them to be high school dropouts. This school come in second to Petersburg High school in central Virginia. This school suffers from a trend in American high schools call the "ninth grade bulge". This occurs when students enter the ninth grade and don't pass the first time. Ninth grade has been the place where most students decide on whether they are goingto be high school droputs or not. This problem occurs in urban high school settings where students come from non traditional low income homes. Someone needs to help these kids becasethey are Americas future and it's not fair no matter what school school students go to they need to be encouraged to go further with their education. Who's going to save their souls?

Does he deserve it?

Last week our current president Barack Obama received the Noble Peace Prize. immediately after winning my twitter was in an uproar. From many who supported and congratulated the win while others like myself questioned it. So I had to ask myself, am I the only black person who thinks this was a little premature? Of course all of the conservative pundits share my thoughts but what about my peers and the millions of others who voted for President Obama in the past election. I don't want to seem like the one who rains on the parade but the question had to be asked. I was part of Obama mania but I'm over it so enough what the awards about what may happen for the future. Let's focus on the current and save the peace prize for later.

My first blog

This is my first time trying this blog thing so here goes nothing!!!