Steve Harvey's Mentoring Weekend Donate Now

Mr. Harvey has challenged himself to ride a stationary bicycle for 4 hours everyday that he is in the studio. At first he was only going to do it for 3 months but he realized that the need to help young boys is very serious in America!

I told myself that I would find a cause and stick to it; last year I helped in the First Annual Steve Harvey Mentorship Weekend in Dallas and I vowed to help again this year! If you are trying to make a difference and are looking for a cause, I challenge you to donate $100 to the cause. To read more please go Steve Harvey Foundation.com and for more specific information on the weekend click here Steve Harvey Mentor Weekend!

$100 - Can be broken down into just $25 a week!!!

Since 2001 the Steve Harvey Foundation has given over $400,000 to schools and organizations in the United States and the Caribbean. Thank you for your support! Click here to donate!

The Steve Harvey Foundation
PO Box 52817
Atlanta, GA 30355

Check the Stats:

Prisonsucks.com is a clearinghouse for useful, verifiable statistics about the crime control industry. Too often prison activists use statistics that are out of date, provided without citation or simply wrong. One of these days the public will start listening to prison activists, so let's be prepared to win without being sidetracked by arguments over defective statistics. In some cases, the numbers we need don't exist. In others, the facts exist but activists don't know where to find them. Now you do.

Incarceration is not an equal opportunity punishment

On December 31, 2005, there were 2,193,798 people in U.S. prisons and jails. The United States incarcerates a greater share of its population, 737 per 100,000 residents, than any other country on the planet. But when you break down the statistics you see that incarceration is not an equal opportunity punishment.

Look at just the males by race, and the incarceration rates become even more frightening, June 30, 2006:

• White males: 736 per 100,000
• Latino males: 1,862 per 100,000
• Black males: 4,789 per 100,000

If you look at males aged 25-29 and by race, you can see what is going on even clearer, June 30, 2006:

• For White males ages 25-29: 1,685 per 100,000.
• For Latino males ages 25-29: 3,912 per 100,000.
• For Black males ages 25-29: 11,695 per 100,000. (That's 11.7% of Black men in their late 20s.)

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Black In America 2

I happened to be in front of the television the other night and caught the viewing of
CNN: Black In America 2 by Soledad O'Brien. I was compelled to watch it after a few minutes of debating to opp for something not so serious at such a late hour about 30 minutes later I was glad that I had not changed the channel. It made me wonder how did other people feel about the special? I asked myself is she just singling out Blacks and if so why? Then as it went to commercial I noticed Latino In America (if you are on Facebook here is the link for Latino In America. {Synopsis: CNN’s Soledad O’Brien journeys into the homes and hearts of a minority group destined to change America. Is it the ultimate clash of cultures or the ultimate melting pot?}

Not to be funny but then I wondered since she is exposing how it feels to be Black and Latino in America is she going to go through the other ethnicity groups. I personally would like to see a special on each considering nobody really knows how other groups feel and we all will not take the time to explore other cultures past asking, "What ethnicity are you?" Maybe the special will enlighten us? Maybe the special will give us a different perspective on the person that is standing beside us in line at Kroger or who we are competing with for our next raise? Maybe the special will make us all a little more sensitive to others struggles everyday? I'm not sure but I know I will sit and watch, the truth hurts but I would like to be enlightened!

Here is a link to the NY Times take on the Special (click here)
"Being black, or anything else, in America is far more complicated than one demographic characteristic."

Below are just a few facts...
Blackinamerica.com- Black In America is an online community for African American men, women, and families, and want to shatter negative stereotypes and misconceptions. This platform stimulates positive ideas, dialogue and solutions. This site is not affiliated with CNN, but does compliment their "Black In America" special reports.

Race and Ethinicity:

The U.S. population's distribution by race and ethnicity in 2006 was as follows:

• Total population: 299 million
• White alone: 74% or 221.3 million
  • Not including the 23.2 million White Hispanic and Latino Americans: 66% or 198.1 million
• Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, of any race: 14.8% or about 44.3 million
• Black or African American alone: 13.4% or 40.9 million
• Some other race alone: 6.5% or 19 million
• Asian alone: 4.4% or 13.1 million
• Two or more races: 2.0% or 6.1 million
• American Indian or Alaska Native alone: 0.68% or 2.0 million
• Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander alone: 0.14% or 0.43 million

These figures add up to more than 100% on this list because Hispanic and Latino Americans are distributed among all the races and are also listed as an ethnicity category, resulting in a double count. {Courtesy of Wikipedia, 2006 was the last official stats that I could find}

According to the US Census Bureau, in 2097, 50% of the entire US population will be Hispanic.

I'm not done with this post but I am interested in your thoughts so this will do for now... ;)

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Daughters and Diva's

I had an event to shoot this weekend, "Daughters and Diva's" thanks to Tari for booking me! I had a great time, click here to see pics!
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Keri Hilson... Who? Remake Take 3

FYI this is only a joke, none of the words that are being said are serious.... I like Keri Hilson I just thought that video that dude did was hilarious and hey we are Bored @ the house while I'm on the clock, this is what we do.... lol! ♥ Enjoi! ♥
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