Tag: NPR
‘My Name Is Jamaal … I’m White’
Read the entire pice HERE: http://www.npr.org/2015/05/06/404432206/six-words-my-name-is-jamaal-im-white The question of someone’s name, particularly if it has ethnic overtones, can have real consequence. One study found that after responding to 1,300 classified ads, applicants with black-sounding names were 50 percent less likely to get…
For These Inner-City Dads, Fatherhood Comes With Homework
Courtesy of Carde Cornish About two dozen dads — all African-Americans, ranging in age from their early 20s to late 40s — are standing in a circle participating in a call-and-response exercise: Call: You done broke them chains. Response: From…
Obama Cares
This is someone off topic for me since my blog is dedicated towards fatherhood and issues surrounding men and boys in our new millennium…but…I have some thoughts. So I heard 30 million were supposedly uninsured a few years ago. 5…
Let No Court Put Asunder
.From This American Life. Listen to the audio HERE: Ira Glass Act Three: Let No Court Put Asunder. Now, we have this example of somebody trying to make break-ups less horrible than they are. Barry Berkman used to be like…
Black Men Want Committed Relationships?
I found this at NPR: So Single Black Men Want Commitment. Really? by GENE DEMBY June 08, 2013 We recently found that single black men were much more likely to say they were looking for a long-term relationship (43 percent)…
45 women’s colleges vs. 3 for men?
I feel this exchange says everything about modern feminism. What happens when a political movement becomes the very thing it fought against? When the movement is part of the establishment, then what? MARTIN: Speaking of Simmons – and if you’re…
Dating at 50?
I agree with this comment: from tua07485 d : “Whats up with the word “dating?” Its dated to me. someone should find appropriate substitute to the word. one the goes with the circumstances of the “dater.” The word suggests that dating…
Women Can Be Abusers Too
“Things started out pretty good the first couple of years. Then, she slowly changed. She always had a temper, but then we got into some money problems, and it got worse. She would get mad, and it would escalate all out of proportion. She’d…
