| A Puerto Rican woman reps her Blackness. . . .
An interesting thing happened to me the other day. I was told I am not Black. The kicker for me was when my friend said that the island of Puerto Rico was not a part of the African Diaspora. I wanted to go back to the old skool playground days and yell: “You said what about my momma?!" But after speaking to several friends, I found out that many Black Americans and Latinos agree with him. The miseducation of the Negro is still in effect!
I am so tired of having to prove to others that I am Black, that my people are from the Motherland, that Puerto Rico, along with Cuba, Panama and the Dominican Republic are part of the African Diaspora. Do we forget that the slave ships dispersed our people all over the world, hence the word Diaspora?
The Atlantic slave trade brought Africans to Puerto Rico in the early 1500s.
A Power Trip With Green Detours
Ford is unveiling the new full-size F-150 pickup, still the nation's most popular vehicle despite a sales meltdown late last year. (F-150 sales plunged by 105,000 units in 2007.) Development of the F-150, a truly crucial product for the troubled Ford Motor Company, was reportedly delayed for several months in 2006 for unspecified engineering changes intended to make the truck more competitive. Those changes, however, did not include making the F-150 smaller, lighter, less expensive or more environmentally friendly. At the show, Ford is also unveiling the Explorer America, a concept vehicle that suggests the next-generation Explorer may look a lot like a Brinks armored car. Ford says the next Explorer will be powered, like several of its new vehicles, by smaller, lighter, more efficient engines that can be souped-up with turbochargers and direct fuel injection.
SF Jazz Fest Offers More Musical Giants
SFJAZZ, the largest non-profit jazz presenter on the West Coast, brings another expansive and explosive line-up of artists to the Bay Area for the 25th annual San Francisco Jazz Festival. Finishing an eclectic, almost three-week series of concerts spotlighting a wide range of jazz legends, groundbreaking young groups and intriguing world-music acts, the Festival has once again shown why it is hailed as one of the greatest celebrations of jazz in the world. .
PICTURES: Eddie Whitham's archives - part 12
MIKE Gregory is the focus in this latest selection of pictures from the archives of Warrington photographer Eddie Whitham. A one-minute's applause for Mike Gregory, who died in November, 2007, aged 43, will take place at today's game between Warrington Wolves and Wigan Warriors at The Halliwell Jones Stadium.
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For the current generation of gaming consoles, the Xbox 360 has several reputations. On the positive side, the Xbox 360 is the undisputed leader of online service and multiplayer, but on the negative side, it also holds a track record of being fairly unreliable. At one point, up to one-third of all Xbox 360 consoles experienced the hardware failure popularly known as the Red Ring of Death, which rendered the console unusable. In response to the apparent hardware design flaw, Microsoft in June 2007 introduced a revised cooling design with heatpipe and heatsink to cool the GPU. New "Falcon" hardware that would include 65nm chip technology, which was later found to apply only to the CPU, landed in stores last Fall. Hardware to integrate a 65nm GPU, codenamed "Jasper," isn't due until this August.
Portsmouth warn Toon against new Harry bid
I would have let him stay until the end of the season. 'The players let Allardyce down. The displays has been abysmal - probably some of the worst I have seen in 20 years.' Your views on this story? Email newsdesk@soccernet.comJoin the discussion on our Message Boards .
The most influential Britons in America: 30-21
American Idol, which Lythgoe produces, is the most popular show on American TV. A former dancer-choreographer from the Wirral, Lythgoe's British television career included directing the Muppets' dance routines and, as a BBC light entertainment executive, producing Bobby Davro.
Lythgo hit a rather bigger time when he moved to Los Angeles as the British invaded the US schedules with reality television. Lythgoe's current girlfriend is Priscilla Presley. 25. JOE WRIGHT
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