DID YOU KNOW…

There's ignorance at all levels of the educational structure. The lower one is--that is, the less informed one is--the easier to exploit. This, however, does not mean that those at the top of the educational structure are not necessarily exploited as well. They are simply rewarded a little better yet exploited all the same. For …

BROTHERHOOD NOT GANGS: THE MEASURING STICK OF LEADERSHIP!

The gun is your source of power on the street when it should be your brain and brotherhood…                           -Muhammad Bashir Today's gangs are yesterday's political organizations that have come to be our grass-root movements. They are our power-base; the iconoclasts of the era who have been manipulated into a community-destructive force. This is why …

A PRISONER GIVING BACK TO SOCIETY!

The United Black Family Scholarship Foundation would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the contributions of all our benefactors. Especially, those of incarcerated author Ivan Kilgore, who has donated the proceeds of his recently published book--Domestic Genocide: The Institutionalization of Society--to the United Black Family Scholarship Foundation endowment. His message is clear and authentic …

CHANGING THE HUMAN VALUE SYSTEM THROUGH EDUCATION AND THOUGHTFUL INTROSPECTION!

That all men are created equal before the eyes of God and the U.S. Constitution is of little, if any, importance before the eyes of men who measure equality in terms of political and economic power. It is through the educational process that this sort of power is either constructed or deconstructed. Naturally, the question …

THE TRAINERS LION: DOMESTICATED BY AMERICAN EDUCATION!

"The loin," explains Dr. Na'im Akbar, "that will jump through a fiery hoop because on the other side you have a big fat steak for him, is a trained loin, not an educated loin." He goes on to explain: "… education is a process by which you are actively capable of manifesting what you are. When …

BUILDING FUTURES: INVESTING IN PRO-COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS!

That all men are created equal before the eyes of God and the U.S. Constitution is of little, if any, importance before the eyes of men who measure equality in terms of political and economic power. It is through the educational process that this sort of power is either constructed or deconstructed. Naturally, the question …

THE MISEDUCATION OF THE NEGRO 2014

The Miseducation of the Negro, published in 1933 by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, has been one of the most controversial reads for the Black community over the years. Despite it's profound impact and insight on the black educational directive, American educational institutions remain intent on miseducating people of African descent. Here, white America is not …

A MOTHER’S STRUGGLE: DRUGS, MENTAL ILLNESS AND MURDER!

It's been said that life is like a series of rooms and the people we get stuck in them with are who we usually become. They rub off on us like wet paint on a door jam. Like a sponge, we absorb their beliefs and values, and to a great extent-their character. For those who grow …

THE RHETORIC OF IMPRISONMENT!

Back home, I recall that first county jail bid.  It was a learning experience.  Through, not the kind one immediately warms up to.  My first lesson was to learn to repress that general sense of claustrophobia one experiences when feelings of being trapped begin to settle in.  Despite my attempts, often the panic of this …

THE VIOLENCE OF OPPRESSION!

In all my years of study and experience with violent behaviors-be it that of my own or another's-it would not be until I began research for this article that it became abundantly clear there exists a direct correlation between violence and oppression. When I reflect on my personal experiences coupled with the studies I have …