Podcasts about africans americans

Beginning in 1880s Africans Americans became the targets of a lynching craze that claimed thousands of lives.  In Beyond the Rope: The Impact of Lyching on Black Culture and Memory, University of Oklahoma historian Karlos K. Hill argues that narratives are key to understanding not just what drove the lynching craze but how African Americans responded.  It was the narrative of the black beast rapist that fueled and justified the lyching mania.  African American activists and cultural actors responded with their own victimization and consoling narrative to galvanize public support and to offer examples of courage and heroism to inspire future generations.  Victimization and consoling narratives were both examples of how African Americans found usable pasts to fight against racial violence and injustice.  

I talk about the racist grifter officer Tatum. And improve why conservative Africans Americans like him are willing to throw their own race under the bus. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/trae-fields/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/trae-fields/support

Kenneth L. Shropshire is an African-American author, attorney, consultant, educator, CEO of the Global Sport Institute and ADIDAS Distinguished Professor of Global Sport at Arizona State University (ASU). On this episode we speak with Kenneth Hall of Fame alumni of Dorsey High school in Southern California. Education is a foundation for Ken playing Center and as well as Linebacker at Stanford where his Coach helped him understand the important in a way only a football coach can do! So much historical context and early experience with racial climate, no black coaches on the Stanford football team & they just completed the Cardinals name change letting go of the Indiana's affiliation. Ken was able to use his economic and lawyer background to go on and help so many athletes. One in particular Ray Anderson, former teammate now AD of ASU. After helping Ray negotiated his deal, Ken was presented with an offer they wouldn't let him refuse. We also discuss The Future of Africans Americans in MLB and women in college basketball. Talked about the great work the Adidas Global Sports Institute is doing. Tap into this one!For more with Kenneth L. Shropshire:https://www.kennethshropshire.com More on Global Sports ASU follow @GlobalSportASU For more Black in Sports additional content on our podcast see linktree: https://linktr.ee/blackinsports |Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/blackinsports | YouTube - @blackinsports | Instagram - @blackinsports | Twitter - @blackinsports | Website - https://www.blackinsports.com/ | Thank you & we appreciate you! #awardwinningpodcast #bestsportspodcast #blackpodwinner#fortheculture #blackinsports #sportsbusiness #podcast #tellingblackstories #blackowner #Blackeffect #sportsbiz #BlackPlayersForChange #sportsnews #blackowned #blackmedia #HBCULeaguePass #blackpodcastmatter #globalsports #Adidas

Charles Butler ​is a talk show host, based in Chicago, in the third largest market in America. His podcast program, 'The Reality Check with Charles Butler', addresses cultural issues and current topics of interest.  Now that the pandemic has spread around the world, we are seeing patterns in how is spread across the nation.  Consequently, cultural differences have apparently played a role in the susceptibility to this contagion.  African American communities tend to have a more social closeness in communal gatherings which are often more intimate than many European American activities.  Unfortunately, closeness in family gatherings and social affairs hastens the spread of the disease.  Statistics show that Africans Americans have be hard hit by the pandemic because of this and other reasons.  We focus on these issues as all Americans must continue to modify habits and not get over confident.Find more at: https://w420radionetwork.com/s3-e18-veteran-suicide-awareness-market-analysis-dj-igor-beatz-pandemic-patterns/

To whom do you feel indebted for your civil rights and citizenship status in America?  Your parents or your parents’ parents? Or yourself? Frankly, I had never considered this question until I came across Eileen Huang’s critical letter  urging the Chinese American community to confront their anti-Black racist statements and stereotypes.  In her words, “We owe them (referring to Africans Americans) everything.” In Season 5 True Colors: Episode 5 “We Owe Them”, Eileen makes a case for Asians to acknowledge what she perceives as our racist attitude against Black people in America, and to begin difficult conversations with our parents' generation. Eileen Huang is a creative writer, and a junior at Yale University. Music used: One in a Billion Theme Song by Brad McCarthy Break Through by Pictures of the Floating World Inside the Moon by Stephan Seibart The Place I Called Home by Julie Maxwell As the Crow Flies by Axeltree Dreaming Days by Ketsa True Colors - a Season 5 Special Series - is about the color of one’s character in a time of crisis. In this 10-part podcast series, we have expanded our focus beyond Asians to include the African American experiences in Episode #1 and Episode #3. We want to include you in this conversation. To send us your comments or stories, email us @ info@oneinabillionvoices.org Or go to our Facebook page or our website at OneinABillionVoices.org under “Pitch a Story.” Share your thoughts? Pitch us a story? “One in a Billion” connects Asians and Americans through storytelling, one person at a time. Subscribe to “One in a Billion” below: PRx | iTunes |SoundCloud I RadioPublic   Support Us? One in a Billion podcast is produced by One in a Billion Productions Inc - a non-profit media productions. (501c3).  Support us! Donate.

African americans let's learn how to supports and engage with one another. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-dennis30/support

As the country is trying to wrap their minds around the killing of those Africans Americans, specifically George Floyd ,all over the country decent people decided it is enough, by protesting they are calling for justice, accountability, stop the violence against their follow citizens. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/adner-delhomme/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/adner-delhomme/support

This was a remarkable podcast. Eric and I were blown away by the eloquence of our guests, who were able to speak to this moment in which our country is hurting in so many ways. Today's topic is the impact of COVID19 on minority communities, but we start with a check in about George Floyd's murder and subsequent protests across the country. Our guest Monica Peek, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Research at the MacLean Center of Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago, notes right off the bat: COVID19 and the reaction to Floyd are related. The covid epidemic has created an economic crisis, a heightened level of worry, and a disproportionate number of deaths among the African American community. When we add COVID on top of the long history of police brutality that has been heightened over the last several years that has been ignored by the federal government - in that context, it's not surprising that we're seeing protesters put their lives on the line to stand up for what they believe in. These protesters are putting their lives on the line due to the twin risks of reprisals from police or national guard, as well as the risk of acquiring COVID during a protest. As we turn later to the topic of COVID19 and impact on minority communities, Alicia Fernandez, Professor of Medicine at UCSF and Director of the UCSF Latinx Center of Excellence, notes that so many people reach for a biologic rationale for the excess exposure and mortality among minority communities - it's a genetic factor, it's racial/ethnic differences in ACE receptors, or it's the higher rates of diabetes and kidney disease among minority communities. How is it then that Latinos, and immigrants in particular, who tend to be younger and healthier, have higher mortality rates? What COVID19 is exposing are the underlying disparities in social determinants of health. For example, Africans Americans and Latinos represent a disproportionate share of essential workers, are more likely to live together in multigenerational households, and may reside in areas with less access to testing and high quality hospital care. We turn finally, to what we can do. As Monica says, "This is the fight of our lives. And this may be our last fight." Alicia notes that we need better reporting about detailed race, ethnicity, and language of people impacted by COVID for public health reasons. We talk about the need for professional interpreters for all goals of care conversations with patients (and Yael Shenker and Alicia's must read article for all clinicians on this topic). And we return to Doug White's framework that persons who reside in areas with a high Area of Deprivation Index score get a boost in their chances of obtaining scarce treatments for COVID. Finally, I encourage you all to watch this YouTube video of the song Seriously (song choice for the Podcast), sung by Leslie Odom Junior (Aaron Burr in the original Hamilton), about how Barak Obama might have reacted aloud to the 2016 election. It's speaks to this moment as well. The link is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI8TCA3fJcs -@AlexSmithMD

In honor of Black History DC, we are sitting down with Director Ashley Emerson, the Executive Director of the Mayor's Office of African American Affairs (MOAAA) to talk about how innovation impacts Africans Americans in the DC area, the community, #BlackHistoryDC, and more! Follow @MOAAA_DC and visit http://MOAAA.dc.gov for the city-wide calendar of events. And as always, make sure to follow us for new episodes of the lastest #OCTOpod @octodc!

Do you think it was right that White plantation owners were paid $300 each for the releasing their slaves in 1862 by Abraham Lincoln and in 2019 Congress has a problem with reparations for all Africans Americans. Speak-out and share your thoughts. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dennis-s-murray-sr/support

Michael Imhotep host of The African History Network Show on 910 AM Superstation WFDF on the 1-27-19 discussed: 1) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Republicans love to praise him while they work year round to dismantle his legacy.  2) Rev. William Barber III calls these Politicians out. 3) Trump's Government Shutdown ended after 35 Days and Africans Americans were hurt the most. Many of our businesses were destroyed because of this shutdown. 4) Actor Michael Jai White is enstooled as a Ghanaian Chief during the Full Circle Festival in Ghana which commemorates 400 years of Slavery in the U.S. 5) African American History Month is almost here and the City of Inkster, MI has events planned for all 28 Days. Sandra Watley joins us to give us the details. 6) Trump claimed African Americans and Hispanics are hit hardest by Illegal Immigration while he has Undocumented Immigrants working at his golf course in New Jersey. We'll deal with the facts.  #DrKing #MLKDay2019 #WilliamBarberIII #TrumpShutdown #KamalaHarris DETROIT: Saturday, February 2nd, 2019, 2pm -6pm at Nandi's Knowledge Cafe, 71 Oakman Ave., Highland Park, MI. FREE EVENT – Donations Accepted -  "Black Wall Street: from Destruction to the Resurrection of Economic Empowerment for African Americans" presentation by Michael Imhotep host of “The African History Network Show” deals with a lot of the little known history of North Tulsa, Oklahoma and its African American business district called The Greenwood District or “Black Wall Street”. We had 35 blocks of over 600 businesses in the early 1900s. Follow our Facebook Event Invite https://www.facebook.com/events/240244820187071/ Visit http://www.AfricanHistoryNetwork.com.

On this episode we discuss the issue of vaccines and its pros and cons on the body. The negative effects of colonial France in Africa till present day. African Brain drain. Africans and Africans Americans, the difference.

Pour notre season premiere, Mappemonde s'intéresse à la musique noire à Chicago. Pourquoi ? Parce que contrairement à d'autres villes américaines comme Detroit ou Atlanta, la scène de Chicago a toujours traversé les âges pour contribuer significativement à absolument tous les genres de la musique noire : jazz, blues, funk, soul, house, rap... Sans spécificité géographique particulière au sein de la ville, si ce n'est le South Side, plus grande banlieue de la ville de Chicago, majoritairement peuplée d'Africans-Americans. La musique noire à Chicago Earth, Wind & Fire - September Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Thuggin' Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man Chief Keef - I Don't Like Frankie Knuckles - Your Love Jlin - Holy Child Steve Coleman - Morphing Kanye West - Ultralight Beam (with Chance the Rapper) Abonnez-vous dans nos réseaux Pour suivre Mappemonde, vous pouvez vous abonner à la page Facebook  ainsi que le compte Instagram. Vous pouvez écouter l'intégrale des podcasts via iTunes et autres plateformes de podcast (cherchez : « mappemonde radio campus paris » et abonnez-vous aux updates). Photo : Under Chicago L on Franklin Street © John Picken

When the Do Drop Inn opened its doors more than 50 years ago, there weren’t a lot of places where Africans Americans could go and feel safe, but the Do Drop Inn provided just that.

In this episode we speak with Ghanian-born, U.S. based artist Laura Lora. In the interview, Laura Lora talks about her experiences an artist, navigating between Ghana and the United States. Growing up in Los Angeles has definitely influenced her music and style, as she talks about being Ghanian and American. Laura Lora, who majored in Black Studies in college, also talks about her experiences in the African American community, and with the divide between Africans and Africans Americans in the United States.  Her music and work has also placed her in conversations around gender and sexuality, where she chooses to confront ideas on how African, or Ghanian women should dress and behave. In this interview she also addresses ideas of beauty and femininity, which she has also chosen to challenge.  Laura Lora is very conscious and intentional about her music, and the messages she wants to send. She is very intentional about her confrontations with gender and identity. Her most recent video for the song "Rebel" blends hip hop, femininity, Ghanian ascetics, and American sounds and visuals. The colorful video is clear in its expression of all of these identities. You can find Laura lora on: lauraloramusic.com SoundCloud @lauraloramusic Facebook @Lauraloramusic Instagram @Mslauraloa Twitter @akaDeviantLady Continue reading

Trump has no plan to reunite the children he separated from their parents, Republicans in Congress struggle to pass an immigration bill, and Democrats announce a new plan to mobilize young people, Africans Americans, Latinos, and other voters who don’t always turn out for midterm elections. Then Stephanie Teatro talks to Dan and Symone Sanders about her work as the co-director of the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition. 

Hey Afrolit Squad ! Happy February and Black History Year! We are on our Black Panther Joyride and wanted to share our points of view with you, in the SECOND PART of our special episode. We had conversation about the nuances between African and Africans Americans, especially how that play into the movie and society today. Check out Part 1: https://soundcloud.com/afrolit/blackpanther What are your thoughts? Join us in the conversation via Twitter, using the #Afrolit. Do have any storytimes for us? Share them us as well! Send us your questions too! Tweet at us: www.twitter.com/itsAfrolit Find us at: afrolitpodcast@gmail.com Ekua's Info: www.instagram.com/ekua.pm www.twitter.com/ekuapm Bobo's Info: www.instagram.com/thisfashionfiend_ www.twitter.com/BobydahBadu Kareem's Info: www.instagram.com/grlslovethecrls Havanna's Info: www.instagram.com/havannafisher/ https://www.havannafisher.com/ Imagery provided by Jamaican-American born artist akujixxv Instagram: @akujixxv_theartist Web: www.society6.com/akujixxv Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/afrolit/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/afrolit/support

Hey Afrolit Squad ! Happy February and Black History Year! We are on our Black Panther Joy and wanted to share our points of view with you, in the special episode. We had conversation about the nuances between African and Africans Americans, especially how that play into the movie and society today. We will have a part two coming very soon! Check out Part 2: https://soundcloud.com/afrolit/blackpantherpart2 What are your thoughts? Join us in the conversation via Twitter, using the #Afrolit. Do have any storytimes for us? Share them us as well! Send us your questions too! Tweet at us: www.twitter.com/itsAfrolit Find us at: afrolitpodcast@gmail.com Ekua's Info: www.instagram.com/ekua.pm www.twitter.com/ekuapm Bobo's Info: www.instagram.com/thisfashionfiend_ www.twitter.com/BobydahBadu Nozipho Info: https://www.instagram.com/noziphomclean/ https://twitter.com/Nozipho_Mclean Toya Info: https://www.instagram.com/toyafromharlem https://twitter.com/ToyaFromHarlem Nadia Info: https://www.instagram.com/nadianaomi.inc Imagery provided by Jamaican-American born artist akujixxv Instagram: @akujixxv_theartist Web: www.society6.com/akujixxv Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/afrolit/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/afrolit/support

 After a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri voted not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown and the protesting that followed we decided that revisiting Dr.Na’im Akbar’s book, The Community of Self,would be in order. "The Community of Self talks about yourself, myself and ourselves.The context is the African-American experience, not to reduce the generalizability of the concepts to one group of people, but because this is my cultural context.The African-American experience stands as one of the strongest examples of high human principles being able to endure despite environments of extreme opposition,and there is instruction in what we can offer the world about being human.Because of the seriousness of the assault on the African-American,our situation is also precarious. We need the attention of our thinkers for ourselves.   We need to restore our communities and to understand and develop our communities of self.We need assistance in correction some serious problems in our psychology,our education, our economics, our families and our religious thinking.The Community of Self is intended to provoke thought and action.It is intended to stimulate an improved understanding of who we are,what we are and our potential to be something valuable to the world as we have been before and are destined to be again." Dr.Na'Im Akbar Na'im Akbar,Ph.D.is a Clinical Psychologist at Florida State University.He is a prominent lecturer, author and recognized expert on the Psychology of Africans Americans.A graduate of the University of Michigan,Dr Akbar has served as a professor of psychology at Morehouse College and at Norfolk State University. Community of Self is Akbar's fifth book related to the issue of a holistic human psychology and an increased understanding of the African-American experience from an Islamic and an Afrocentric perspective.

 After a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri voted not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown and the protesting that followed we decided that revisiting Dr.Na’im Akbar’s book, The Community of Self,would be in order. "The Community of Self talks about yourself, myself and ourselves.The context is the African-American experience, not to reduce the generalizability of the concepts to one group of people, but because this is my cultural context.The African-American experience stands as one of the strongest examples of high human principles being able to endure despite environments of extreme opposition,and there is instruction in what we can offer the world about being human.Because of the seriousness of the assault on the African-American,our situation is also precarious. We need the attention of our thinkers for ourselves.   We need to restore our communities and to understand and develop our communities of self.We need assistance in correction some serious problems in our psychology,our education, our economics, our families and our religious thinking.The Community of Self is intended to provoke thought and action.It is intended to stimulate an improved understanding of who we are,what we are and our potential to be something valuable to the world as we have been before and are destined to be again." Dr.Na'Im Akbar Na'im Akbar,Ph.D.is a Clinical Psychologist at Florida State University.He is a prominent lecturer, author and recognized expert on the Psychology of Africans Americans.A graduate of the University of Michigan,Dr Akbar has served as a professor of psychology at Morehouse College and at Norfolk State University. Community of Self is Akbar's fifth book related to the issue of a holistic human psychology and an increased understanding of the African-American experience from an Islamic and an Afrocentric perspective.

After a grand jury in Ferguson,Missouri voted not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown and the protesting that followed we decided that revisiting Dr.Na’im Akbar’s book,The Community of Self, would be in order.  "The Community of Self talks about yourself, myself and ourselves.The context is the African-American experience,not to reduce the generalizability of the concepts to one group of people,but because this is my cultural context.The African-American experience stands as one of the strongest examples of high human principles being able to endure despite environments of extreme opposition,and there is instruction in what we can offer the world about being human. Because of the seriousness of the assault on the African-American,our situation is also precarious.We need the attention of our thinkers for ourselves.  We need to restore our communities and to understand and develop our communities of self. We need assistance in correction some serious problems in our psychology,our education,our economics, our families and our religious thinking.The Community of Self addresses all of these areas. It is intended to provoke thought and action. It is intended to stimulate an improved understanding of who we are, what we are and our potential to be something valuable to the world as we have been before and are destined to be again."Dr.Na'Im Akbar Na'im Akbar, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist at Florida State University.He is a prominent lecturer, author and recognized expert on the Psychology of Africans Americans.A graduate of the University of Michigan, Dr. Akbar has served as a professor of psychology at Morehouse College and at Norfolk State University. Community of Self is Akbar's fifth book related to the issue of a holistic human psychology and an increased understanding of the African-American experience from an Islamic and an Afrocentric perspective.

What would reparations if received by Africans-Americans accomplish?   In what ways would reparations impact the African-American community?   

The Community of Self talks about the African-American experience, not to reduce the generalizability of the concepts to one group of people, but because this is my cultural context. The African-American experience stands as one of the strongest examples of high human principles being able to endure despite environments of extreme opposition, and there is instruction in what we can offer the world about being human. Because of the seriousness of the assault on the African-American, our situation is also precarious. We need the attention of our thinkers for ourselves. We need to restore our communities and to understand and develop our communities of self. We need assistance in correction some serious problems in our psychology, our education, our economics, our families and our religious thinking. The Community of Self addresses all of these areas. It is intended to provoke thought and action. It is intended to stimulate an improved understanding of who we are, what we are and our potential to be something valuable to the world as we have been before and are destined to be again." Dr. Na'Im Akbar Na'im Akbar, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist at Florida State University. He is a prominent lecturer, author and recognized expert on the Psychology of Africans Americans. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Dr. Akbar has served as a professor of psychology at Morehouse College and at Norfolk State University. Community of Self is Akbar's fifth book related to the issue of a holistic human psychology and an increased understanding of the African-American experience from an Islamic and an Afrocentric perspective

" The Community of Self talks about the African-American experience, not to reduce the generalizability of the concepts to one group of people, but because this is my cultural context. The African-American experience stands as one of the strongest examples of high human principles being able to endure despite environments of extreme opposition, and there is instruction in what we can offer the world about being human. Because of the seriousness of the assault on the African-American, our situation is also precarious. We need the attention of our thinkers for ourselves. We need to restore our communities and to understand and develop our communities of self. We need assistance in correction some serious problems in our psychology, our education, our economics, our families and our religious thinking. The Community of Self addresses all of these areas. It is intended to provoke thought and action. It is intended to stimulate an improved understanding of who we are, what we are and our potential to be something valuable to the world as we have been before and are destined to be again." Dr. Na'Im Akbar Na'im Akbar, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist at Florida State University. He is a prominent lecturer, author and recognized expert on the Psychology of Africans Americans. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Dr. Akbar has served as a professor of psychology at Morehouse College and at Norfolk State University. Community of Self is Akbar's fifth book related to the issue of a holistic human psychology and an increased understanding of the African-American experience from an Islamic and an Afrocentric perspective

The Community of Self talks about the African-American experience, not to reduce the generalizability of the concepts to one group of people, but because this is my cultural context. The African-American experience stands as one of the strongest examples of high human principles being able to endure despite environments of extreme opposition, and there is instruction in what we can offer the world about being human. Because of the seriousness of the assault on the African-American, our situation is also precarious. We need the attention of our thinkers for ourselves. We need to restore our communities and to understand and develop our communities of self. We need assistance in correction some serious problems in our psychology, our education, our economics, our families and our religious thinking. The Community of Self addresses all of these areas. It is intended to provoke thought and action. It is intended to stimulate an improved understanding of who we are, what we are and our potential to be something valuable to the world as we have been before and are destined to be again." Dr. Na'Im Akbar Na'im Akbar, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist at Florida State University. He is a prominent lecturer, author and recognized expert on the Psychology of Africans Americans. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Dr. Akbar has served as a professor of psychology at Morehouse College and at Norfolk State University. Community of Self is Akbar's fifth book related to the issue of a holistic human psychology and an increased understanding of the African-American experience from an Islamic and an Afrocentric perspective.

The Community of Self talks about  the African-American experience, not to reduce the generalizability of the concepts to one group of people, but because this is my cultural context.  The African-American experience stands as one of the strongest examples of high human principles being able to endure despite environments of extreme opposition, and there is instruction in what we can offer the world about being human.  Because of the seriousness of the assault on the African-American, our situation is also precarious.  We need the attention of our thinkers for ourselves.   We need to restore our communities and to understand and develop our communities of self.  We need assistance in correction some serious problems in our psychology, our education, our economics, our families and our religious thinking.  The Community of Self addresses all of these areas.  It is intended to provoke thought and action.  It is intended to stimulate an improved understanding of who we are, what we are and our potential to be something valuable to the world as we have been before and are destined to be again."  Dr. Na'Im Akbar Na'im Akbar, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist at Florida State University.  He is a prominent lecturer, author and recognized expert on the Psychology of Africans Americans.  A graduate of the University of Michigan, Dr. Akbar has served as a professor of psychology at Morehouse College and at Norfolk State University. Community of Self is Akbar's fifth book related to the issue of a holistic human psychology and an increased understanding of the African-American experience from an Islamic and an Afrocentric perspective.

"The Community of Self talks about yourself, myself and ourselves.  The context is the African-American experience, not to reduce the generalizability of the concepts to one group of people, but because this is my cultural context.  The African-American experience stands as one of the strongest examples of high human principles being able to endure despite environments of extreme opposition, and there is instruction in what we can offer the world about being human.  Because of the seriousness of the assault on the African-American, our situation is also precarious.  We need the attention of our thinkers for ourselves.   We need to restore our communities and to understand and develop our communities of self.  We need assistance in correction some serious problems in our psychology, our education, our economics, our families and our religious thinking.  The Community of Self addresses all of these areas.  It is intended to provoke thought and action.  It is intended to stimulate an improved understanding of who we are, what we are and our potential to be something valuable to the world as we have been before and are destined to be again."  Dr. Na'Im Akbar Na'im Akbar, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist at Florida State University.  He is a prominent lecturer, author and recognized expert on the Psychology of Africans Americans.  A graduate of the University of Michigan, Dr. Akbar has served as a professor of psychology at Morehouse College and at Norfolk State University. Community of Self is Akbar's fifth book related to the issue of a holistic human psychology and an increased understanding of the African-American experience from an Islamic and an Afrocentric perspective.

Segment A: Racial Identity A key subset of both individual and collective identity is one of racial and ethnic identification. These constructs, for Americans in particular, are continuously growing more complex and difficult to frame. On today's HearSay, Cathy Lewis will speak with a local scholar who's examining the complex interplay of cultural and racial identities in our modern society. Segment B: HUSCRI Over the next 30 years, Africans Americans, Asians, Native Americans and Hispanics will represent more than half of the U.S. population. Despite this trend, minimal time and medical resources have been devoted to explore the structural, clinical and functional properties of skin of color. The Hampton University Skin of Color Research Institute (HUSCRI) has made it their mission to explore these dermatolocial intricacies and join us on HearSay to speak about their efforts.