Texas Concealed Handgun License Demographics

Here is the demographic break-down of Concealed Handgun Licenses issue in the state of Texas as of 2008. Click here to view the report!

Black Fatherhood

This week Mateen and I discuss a very important topic in the black community: Fatherhood. Many of us have grown-up without fathers. Many of us have children today that we are not fathering. Why is this? This has to change if we wish to move forward as a group and be productive participants in society. We must learn to become better fathers to our children, husbands to our wives, and leaders in our communities.

Please stop by and join in the discussion.

Warmest Regards,
Mateen Diop and Kai Dupé

Lebron James on 60 Minutes

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/26/60minutes/main4895042.shtml

No Show this week!

Mateen and I are both traveling this week so there will not be a show. Be sure to drop by on the 19th as we will be going strong another great topic with relevance to the development of African American males.

Learning a Second Language

In case you missed it we continued our discussion last week on European (American) Holidays. Kai answered his critics and Mateen started the new discussion on whether African Americans should add a second language to the skill set that they take out into the world. If you missed it please go to the site and download the mp3 at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kaidupe

See you next week.

Kai

Happy Holidays

This week at work while I was enjoying a cup of coffee, a co-worker playfully chided me for not wearing green on St. Patrick's Day. In trying to be nice, I said it totally slipped my mind. He says, well it is hard to slip my mind since I am Irish. Precisely. You are Irish and I am not. Bill Cosby would have you believe European Americans do not connect with their heritage, so we should not connect with ours. Wrong! Even if what Mr. Cosby says is true why are white people the standard. Who cares what their practices are. Let them have theirs and we can have ours. There is nothing wrong with that. My co-worker did not question the color of my clothing during Kwaanza or last month while I was celebrating Black History Month. We need to do what we do for our own reasons and not to follow the standard of others. This week we discuss the meaning of holidays!

Improving Your Presentation Skills

This week on the show Mateen and Kai discuss the importance of having good communication skills in order to be successful in a global economy. We will discuss our experiences as it relates to improving our presentation skills and how the lack of therof has held us back on certain occasions. And as always we will provide resources to help you to improve these skills as your pursue your goals.

Kai and Mateen