The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Black People

Join the discussion as Dr. Diop and Kai discuss whether mainstream success advice by experts such as Steven Covey and Peter Senge are relevant to the Black male experience in America.

Resources Worth Paying For

In this information society there is much information that is made freely available. However there are still some resources that one must pay in order to enjoy. Some of these are well worth it and should be a part of information gathering tools. Here are five that I consider must haves that I use constantly to stay abreast of what is going on in the black community as well as keep up with opportunities and tools that will improve my life. Just yesterday I learned of BlackAtlas.com while reading the latest issue of Black Enterprise magazine. Below are my 5 must have information resources:

1. Black Enterprise Magazine subscription
2. XM Radio subscription (particularly for talk radio Joe Madison, Al Sharpton, Warren Ballatine, and Mario Armstrong)
3. Fast Company magazine subscription
4. Cable or Satellite Television (Mainly for TVOne)
5. Wall Street Journal

Let me know what you think of these. What would you add to the list?

Kai

New Dress Code for Moorehouse College

You can read more about the new dress code here.

Maafa 21 - Black Genocide in the 21st Century

Everyone should see this film. For a link to the trailer please click here.

The N-Word

This week Mateen and I discuss why no one should use this word, no matter what comedians and young people say. This word was used to denigrate and destroy a race of people for hundreds of years and it needs to be laid to rest. We are the only people on the planet who have embraced a word used to destroy us. If this is not true please show me a Jewish person who says we used the word 'kike' among ourselves because we have made it a term of endearment or the Mexican who has redefined the word 'spic' in a loving way amongst themselves. We need to dispense with this nonsense and correct those who are behaving in error and making a mockery of our ancestors. Perhaps our desire to continue using this word is a manifestation of the Stockholm Syndrome.

If you want more information regarding the origin of this word, please check out 'Malcolm X On Afro American History'. Another great work is 'Chains and Images of Psychological Slavery' by Na'im Akbar.

No Technology, No Future

5 Things You Must Have in the Digital Era

1. An understanding of how computers work
2. How to use computers to solve problems
3. How to use computers to save you time and money
4. An awareness of how technology is changing
5. A willingness to try and adopt new technologies in a timely manner

The Black Male Reading List

The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Miseducation of The Negro
The Autobiography of Frederick Douglass
Visions for Black Men
Chains and Images of Psychological Slavery
Stolen Legacy
The African Origin of Civilization
Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys
Souls of Black Folk
From Slavery to Freedom
Before the Mayflower
What Makes The Great Great
Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice
The Spirit of Man
The Destruction of Black Civilization
The African Origins of Major Western Religions
Nutricide: The Nutritional Destruction of the Black Race
Vaccines Are Dangerous
Tapping the Power Within
Civilization of Barbarism