To succeed, teens need to know - and be reminded again and again from a wide range of responsible adults - what behavior will and will not be tolerated.
"A young man without a mentor is like an explorer without a map."
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To succeed, teens need to know - and be reminded again and again from a wide range of responsible adults - what behavior will and will not be tolerated. "A young man without a mentor is like an explorer without a map."
Study Finds Racial Pride as Important as Self-Esteem in Aiding Young Blacks
(Taylor Media Services) A new study from the journal Child Development finds that pride in one’s ethnic or racial group is as important as personal self-esteem in the mental health of African American adolescents.
Black Men More Optimistic in Obama Era
Almost one year ago, the historic election of Barack Obama to the most powerful position on the globe shattered conventional wisdom about race, culture and identity at its core. However, has anything really changed since the election?
Economic Recovery is Crushing Black America
As bad as the last recession has been for Blacks in America, recovery might be worse. In the absence of federal policy interventions and without an effective "trickle-up" stimulus plan, Blacks will not only have lost ground during this recession, they will also continue to lose ground during and after the recovery.
Study: Marriage and children decline among highly educated black women
Fewer black women with postgraduate degrees are getting married and having children, according to a study by the Yale Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course, which was recently presented at the 104th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in San Francisco.
ColorOfChange.org gets big results in call for advertisers to drop Fox's Glen Beck
Since the advocacy Web site, ColorOfChange.org, created a petition directed to advertisers appearing on "Glen Beck," more than 45,000 have signed on urging advertisers to remove their ads. Among the companies that have agreed to do so are Procter & Gamble, Walmart, Geico Insurance, Men's Wearhouse, Sargento Cheese, Lawyers.com and Progressive Insurance.
