Friday, December 09, 2011

A Black Student is a Black Student is a Black Student

Although I have been a member of the faculty and then staff of an HBCU for almost forty years, I have never been comfortable with an attitude held by a small cadre of my colleagues, namely: that the black students at HBCUs were somehow more important than the black students who attended non-HBCUs, that they were the true carriers of the black high culture, and that they would inevitably become the most eminent leaders of the black community.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Google+ vs. Facebook

Google opened membership in Google+  to the general public this week (Monday 20 September 2011) with its Web pages firing provocative shots across Facebook's bow:
  • "Google+ makes connecting on the web more like connecting in the real world. Share your thoughts, links and photos with the right circles."

Monday, September 26, 2011

Saturday, July 02, 2011