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Re: 5 Ways to Boost Your Credit Score

ybpreader — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:16:14 -0000

I still don't get how not paying your bills-rent, utilities affect your credit score. You're not paying back 'borrowed money' cos that's what credit is.

Re: Integrating Success and Opportunity

ybpreader — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:01:14 -0000

It really is a catch-22 situation. If he opposes integration so much. He should give back to the community so that others coming after him don't have to suffer the drawbacks of coming from a 'sub-par' academic background.

And this should apply to everyone. Professional societies like NABJ, NSBE, BMBA should really ramp up efforts to give back. I listened to an interview a while ago about a group in California who selected a relatively small group of grade school kids and have basically tutored and mentored them and will do so up to and long after college/law school.

It's not so much as granting scholarships and creating after school programs for a few hundred or even thousand kids, but follow-up/ mentoring which is where people drop the ball.

So my suggestion would be to follow that group's model, work with a few kids from grade-school all the way up to professional level and it will create a domino effect because these same kids will mentor younger kids while they are in college and so forth.

Re: Integrating Success and Opportunity

ybpreader — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:33:56 -0000

Story link
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?st...

Re: Why do people hate on Tyler Perry?

ybpreader — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:15:41 -0000

@Big Man Films, one of the messages I get from Perry's plays, especially with reference to your comment, is that black women be more open to getting into relationships with blue collar men. And also as the saying goes... all that glitters is not gold.

Re: Born in the USA … A as in Africa

ybpreader — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:53:59 -0000

Most African countries have at least 3 distinct ethnic groups each. I know for certain Nigeria has over 200, Ghana has over 60 ethnic groups. Basically what I'm saying is 3 is a major understatement on the number of ethnic groups from each African country.

The main problem with most African countries today is ethnic divsion. So why would these African leaders want to merge into one big government umbrella? If we can't manage the little pools of mess that are currently brewing in each country how can they manage thousands of ethnic divisions?

I honestly think that the African leaders who support this idea just want to have a bigger pool of African money to steal from.

Re: hbcu’s in america’s high-tech future

ybpreader — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:34:44 -0000

What is the return on pursuing an advanced degree in a STEM field these days? I can be an investment banker and earn more than double what an engineering Ph.D would earn annually?
And you have to contend with 'plantation tax', 'glass ceilings' and everything else. Here's an interesting story I listened to on NPR about a black Professor's struggle with MIT.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?st...

Re: ‘beyonce falls and the world held its breath’ edition : tech news 7/25

ybpreader — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:12:57 -0000

I dunno if I agree with #1 on the tech tips list, free wireless has saved me on quite a few occasions!

Re: the 5 most racist college nicknames

ybpreader — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:16:39 -0000

IU Hoosiers is true.

Re: Sanctity Now, Insanity Later

ybpreader — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:48:25 -0000

umm GIB and ? interesting convo.
I just want to point out that the Bible does talk about homosexuality.

1 Corinthians 6:9 (New International Version)

Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders

...carry on y'all :)

Re: Sanctity Now, Insanity Later

ybpreader — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:59:28 -0000

oh and I also want to point out that in my opinion, I do not think we as humans should use the Bible as justification for 'ostracising' people. If Jesus did not throw stones at Mary Magdalene, why should we?

Re: The New Face of VIBE…

ybpreader — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:50:04 -0000

^^ I sure hope not

Re: black blog under assault by resident evil fanboys

ybpreader — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:06:44 -0000

@ Seth the reason why blacklooks and other African bloggers don't take as kindly to this as Spanish bloggers is because it is perpetuating a stereotype about Africa being the dark continent.

When Tears of the Sun with Bruce Willis came out, I remember a campaign by Nigerians to boycott the movie because of the painful stereotypical inaccuracies being portrayed in the film. I remember complaints about the movie, Interpreter with Nicole Kidman and even the Constant Gardener. My point is you probably did not hear about these complaints because the movies and Africans' perceptions of them weren't that important to you.

As a gamer, you obviously are aware of our complaints because gaming is of interest to you.

Re: Talk to ME, Hollywood!?

ybpreader — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:09:48 -0000

It is really sad, I didn't hear about Pride until it came out on DVD and it was very well produced too!
I was so excited about Talk To Me and last night when I went to the movies, just like you said, it wasn't being shown in ANY of my local movie theatres.

Is there anything we can do, sign a petition or something?

Re: 10 things that are not ybp (young, black, or professional)

ybpreader — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:36:38 -0000

lol i really have to work on my promptness.

Re: Increasing Diversity in the Sciences

ybpreader — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:16:53 -0000

YBP has interviewed a few engineers who have decided against pursuing a higher ed STEM degree. You could start by asking them why.

Re: Separation…

ybpreader — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:31:26 -0000

wow you have a beautiful family!

Re: Kaysha @ Last fm

ybpreader — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 02:31:50 -0000

Thanks for adding me to your friend's list on last.fm :)

Re: Happy 2K6

ybpreader — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 04:04:13 -0000

Happy New Year!!

Re: I’m sexy @ UltraSkin

ybpreader — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 22:57:17 -0000

lol what's your number again? lol just playing!! :p

Re: This Picture’s Thousand Words…

ybpreader — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:34:53 -0000

Honestly I don't see what the brouhaha over the this cover is about.

Re: Our national “birth defect”: Condi Rice talks about race

ybpreader — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:08:28 -0000

Hi Carmen, I'd like to hear your thoughts on the idea about Condoleeza being a sellout. Do you think what she said is her trying to show that she isn't?

Re: Our national “birth defect”: Condi Rice talks about race

ybpreader — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:55:31 -0000

Maybe sellout was the wrong word. I personally like her. Some people that I've had conversations with about her seem to think that way because she supposedly turned her head the other way after Katrina. To quote what my friend said "she seems to have forgotten where she comes from".

Re: Our national “birth defect”: Condi Rice talks about race

ybpreader — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:30:40 -0000

"If my ideas about politics, life and love are not in lock step with the majority of blacks, does that really make me an Aunt Tom? That concept feels most unfair and stifling." - Chi Chi

Which is exactly what I was trying to tell my friend!

@Carmen I pretty much closed page two myself lol. But you know this article is a summary of an interview with a lot of reporters asking a wide variety of questions.

Re: Does America care about all of her kids?

ybpreader — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:16:30 -0000

Bcos when you lock someone up...you pretty much forget about the person. Education means semester report cards, test scores, cafeteria food, transportation, textbooks...e.t.c

Re: Hillary Wins.

ybpreader — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:26:02 -0000

"But every time Obama expresses impatience with dealing with the Rev. Wright controversy he seems less stellar..."

But why should he have to? No one is calling Clinton out over and over again for claiming she created the health plan that fell through or any of her other half-truths.

It seems to me that Clinton is pretty darned good with gossip and small talk. I feel really let down by her.

Re: Hillary Wins.

ybpreader — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:42:13 -0000

Hi Carmen, this is a comment someone made at J&JP and I really couldn't have said it any better. One reason why I feel like doing what he's doing now (ignoring these irrelevant questions) is for the best.

"Barack is caught in a bind. On the one hand, if he goes after Hillary, people will say he's being just another sexist male. On the other hand, if he continues to stick to the issues, play by the rules, remain "presidential," as they say, white women like Maureen Dowd from the phony liberal New York Times will call him a wimp. That's all what they SAY.

What's behind it is what the post on the field's blog say: white privilege-- this conscious or unconscious mental process that runs like a thread through their mind. Let's see..."I'm white; I'm more entitled than this skinny black guy. Moreover, I was First Lady when Bill, my white husband, was once president. Why shouldn't I be the next president?""

---a comment from http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/04/this...

Re: Hillary Wins.

ybpreader — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:44:48 -0000

I don't really see it as a "woe is Obama" more like he knows what this people are up to and he's trying to stay focused on the prize.

Re: Jeremiah Wright: Obama is a politician

ybpreader — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:46:30 -0000

Tavis Smiley...Rev Wright...-smh-

Re: See it: Reverend Jeremiah Wright Interview with Bill Moyers

ybpreader — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:23:47 -0000

hi Carmen...this is completely off topic, but I just wanted to say thank you for highlighting the RIF petition on your blog, I signed the petition and one of my senators (or is it congressmen?) (Lugar) sent out a letter saying that he and some of his colleagues will be taking it up to congress!

Re: Dear ‘Angry Hillary Ladies’: Welcome to my world

ybpreader — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:15:16 -0000

Could not have said this any better

Re: Open Thread: Colin Powell’s Obama endorsement and reax from the right…

ybpreader — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:58:18 -0000

I was listening to NPR and they said it was good for the Obama campaign to help with the Ayers stain.
But in my opinion, just to avoid these people from raising the ruckus they are now raising, Powell should've just voted for Obama at the polls.