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Confessions of a Mega Church Member |
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Written by Kandise Lucas, PhD.
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 Senator Grassley's most recent actions have compelled me to make a confession as a mega church member. He is exposing what an increasing amount of us have known for years. These "CEO-Pastor- Reverend-Doctor's" have been fleecing the flock for years. For them, money does matter, in fact it is the only thing that matters.
Some may ask why this piece was not coined 'Confessions of a Former Mega Church Member". My response is simple, I choose to remain there in order to continue my efforts to expose them and reveal the truth to others, whether they can handle the truth or not.
Now, there are those in the flock that follow these "ÇEO-Pastor- Reverend-Doctor's" blindly. They are fully committed to upholding their spiritual shepherds, inspite of. I recently viewed a broadcast in which a mega church member was asked her opinion regarding the fact that her "CEO-Pastor-Reverend-Doctor" was being investigated by Senator Grassley's committee. Her response was that her leader was an anointed and blessed man. She went on to say that he has done nothing but good for her and the others within the mega church. She vowed to give him her last dime if asked to. After making these cultish comments, she drove off in her broke down automobile, which had duct tape on the windows and a license plate hanging from the fender, yelling, "Praise God for him!".
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P & G Targets Black Women |
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Written by Dan Sewell, AP Writer
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 There's a little-girl memory that Najoh Tita-Reid recounts, as a way
of explaining what's behind a new campaign by the nation's biggest
advertiser.
As a young child in suburban Pittsburgh, she goes to
play dolls with her neighbors, all of them white. Her doll stands out
with its black color and features, and one girl says pointedly: "Najoh,
our dolls can't play with yours." Why not? "Because your doll is ugly," comes the reply. Fast-forward
30 years, and Tita-Reid is helping lead a Procter & Gamble Co.
campaign called "My Black is Beautiful," which combines marketing with
forums meant to foster dialogue about black women and the way they are
portrayed in popular culture. The marketers involved say it's a
movement, not just advertising. But it aims at a group with growing
buying power, estimated at more than $400 billion and is tied to brands
including Olay skin care, Pantene shampoo, CoverGirl cosmetics, and
Always and Tampax feminine care products.
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Study Finds Racial Income Gap Wider |
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Written by Stephen Ohlemacher
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 Decades after the civil rights movement, the income gap between black
and white families has grown, says a study that tracked the incomes of
2,300 families for more than 30 years.
Incomes have increased among both black and white families in the last
three decades -- mainly because more women are in the workforce. But
the increase was greater among whites, according to the study being
released today.
One reason for the growing disparity: Incomes
among black men have declined in the last three decades, when adjusted
for inflation. They were offset only by gains among black women.
Incomes among white men, meanwhile, were relatively stagnant, while those of white women increased more than fivefold.
"Overall, incomes are going up. But not all children are benefiting
equally from the American dream," said Julia Isaacs, a fellow at the
Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank.
Isaacs wrote a
series of three reports that looked at the incomes of parents in the
late 1960s and early 1970s, and of their grown children 30 years later.
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Frank Lucas: Business Professor? |
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Written by Administrator
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Recently I had the opportunity to watch a movie starring
Denzel Washington by the name of American Gangster. While the name suggests that this movie would
glorify shooting and killing and all the other staples of American media, this
movie encompassed so much more. Perhaps
it was the different perspective that this movie took on because it highlighted
the main character as essentially a CEO of a very successful distribution
company during an era in American history when blacks controlled very
little.
The movie centers around Frank Lucas who started out as a
henchman for a highly-influencial gangster in Harlem who
recently dies. What Frank realizes very
quickly though is that in order to be profitable in a world controlled by other
groups, he must own the distribution channels.
A part of me feels guilty for even liking the character. I mean after all he's a heroine dealer who
has no problems with killing people who get in the way of profit. I suppose that the trait that I most admire
in Frank is his ability to focus on the goals at hand.
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