CNN Student News Special: Black in America

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Open To The Floor

For a while now I have been writing post on topics that interest me and that I feel people reallyneed to know about. I’ve written about incarceration; why it happens and how to improve your living afterwards. I’ve written about education and the need to update it to the current style of the economy. I’ve written about [...]

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Time Dollar Youth Court

Very few inner city neighborhoods have organizations that are trying to deter youth away from facing imprisonment. We have youth today that have no guidance, no self esteem, and don’t know how to make positive decisions for themselves. Time Dollar Youth Court, Inc of DC offers first time non violent youth offenders a pre petition diversion program, [...]

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The Miseducation of the Negro Woman

As a black woman and black mother, I often raise my son to the best that I feel I can. I try to instill proper manners and influences ni his life. I feel woman can teach their sons to be respectable but they cannot teach them how to be men. It would be like asking a [...]

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Jena 6

Racism has been in this country for many years. It was present during slavery, the civil war, and the industrial revolution. Many have come to believe that equality is getting closer. However, what has come to be known as Jena 6 is a classic reminder that racism still exists. At Jena High School in Central Louisiana [...]

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