Posted on 04 December 2010. Tags: abuse, African-American, anger, anxiety, arrest, AskDrO.com, athlete, Auburn University, behavior, black, blog, Cam Newton, character, cheating, children, college, controversy, convict, criminal, D.owens, deception, depression, disorder, Dr. O, education, excellence, fathers, fault, Flordia, football, forgive, forgiveness, Gators, greatness, hate, Heisman trophy, injustice, lying, lynching, male, men, misled, NCAA, out of control, owens, parents, player, racial profiling, Racism, record, Reggie Bush, relationships, scandal, scenario, scheme, skills, Sports, stolen, Tim Tebow, trophy, University of Florida, Urban Meyer, warning, Whites, wrongdoing
Racism is still alive and well, ESPECIALLY in sports and educational settings. After decades of proving to the masses that “we have a voice too”, we still don’t get the credit we deserve. Our abilities are downplayed to look like “anyone can do that”, and when we do finally reach a “peak”, more than half [...]
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Posted on 28 November 2010. Tags: 504 plan, abuse, academics, ADHD, administrators, admittance, African-American, anger, anxiety, askdro, AskDrO.com, atlanta, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, behaviot, black, blog, boy, change, charter school, children, college, conference, D.owens, depression, diplomas, disability, disorder, Dr. O, education, excellence, failure, fathers, fault, female, Georgia, girl, graduation, IEP, institution, jail, kids, learning, literacy, male, math, meeting, men, mothers, out of control, owens, parent-teacher association, parents, percentage, phenomena, phonics, PTA, public school, pupil, Ray-Ray, reading, relationship, relationships, School, school board, Shaniqua, statistics, student, success, superintendent, system, teacher, warning, women, youth
Recent statistics show that only 50% of African-American students graduate in four years. I remember channel surfacing on day and stopped on BET’s popular music show 106 and Park. Their guest for the day was Will and Jada Pinkett’s nine year old daughter at the time, Willow Smith. 106 gave her a plaque to celebrate [...]
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