Drowning Risk Highest for Black Males

“Swimming-pool drowning cases involve a disproportionate number of black boys and young adults, and public pools appear to be the primary danger zone, U.S. government researchers have found.
In one of the most extensive studies to look at the issue, investigators found that nearly half of the swimming-pool drownings they tracked occurred among African Americans [...]

She Hate Justin

When I was 17, I was fresh. I used to rock print shirts, patent leather shoes and an exquisite S-Curl. One night, during my senior year of high school, I went to a Tupac concert at the “Arena,” a small Hollywood nightclub. The year was 1993, and Tupac had just released “Keep Your Head Up” [...]

"Tsotsi:" A Must-See Movie

A couple of weeks ago, the wifey and I saw Tsotsi, a South African movie that recently won an Oscar. The movie was outstanding, and I highly recommend it. It is still playing in small, independent theaters, but will probably be on DVD soon.
Here is a brief synopsis of the plot:“Tsotsi is a young gangster [...]