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National News: Filipino Hate-Mailer Sentenced To Nearly Four Years; HBCU Spelman Gets $17 million Gift; March On Washington Remembered In Pictures
August 28th, 2008Filipino hate-mailer is sentenced to nearly four years
Twenty years worth of hate mail - directed at Black men who married or dated White women - got David Tuason almost four years in prison. Read more at BET.com/News.
HBCU Spelman gets $17 million gift.
Historically Black Spelman College in Atlanta got a surprise package in the form of a $17 million gift to fund an endowment for that will help acquaint its students to the rest of the world. “In the context of an increasingly global economy and a world made smaller by technology, it is more important than ever that students, faculty and staff are prepared for active engagement with the international community,” said Spelman President Beverly Daniel Tatum in a statement. She said that the anonymous gift will help the all-women’s college establish Gordon-Zeto Endowed Fund for International Initiatives, named after Nora Gordon (the first Spelman graduate to teach in the Congo) and Flora Zeto (the first Congolese student to graduate from Spelman). Also covered under the endowment is the Gordon-Zeto Dean for International Inititiatives, who will be the senior administrator of Spelman’s international programs; the Nora Gordon Scholars Program, which will support study abroad programs for Pell grant eligible students, giving first priority to those interested in studying in Africa; and a travel fund to support short-term study trips by students and faculty.
A March for Jobs and Freedom. When hundreds of thousands of people descended on the capital for the March on Washington 45 years ago this week, it was the largest political gathering the nation had ever seen. The event was later recognized as the tipping point in the fight for civil rights. See the pictures here.
It is so heartwarming to know that someone donated $17 million dollars toward the education of young women. Especially, at a time when many families are finding it difficult to manage their everyday living expenses. Many young women will be blessed and educated with this great donation. Thanks!
While what David Tuason did was problematic and intimidating, I can understand his frustration. Many of us grapple with the same challenge, and studies show that whites/caucasion people are the most sought after mate when it comes to interracial dating [I have the stats to prove it and can post them if anyone is interested]. In this sense, we as a society need to diplomatically discuss this; why is it that–perhaps as a consequence and/or representation of success–that many minorities opt to date white? To merely say that color is irrelevant is not a true answer, because the statistics show that it does. It is time to have an honest and open dialog about this…specifically a gender-based one. This dialog should diplomatically discuss the pain that is intrinsic in some facade of interracial dating [there should be no tears, just an honest response because I swear, if I see another person crying over this, I will scream], and it should discuss how some are potentially effected by it.
Didn’t Keisha Knigh Pulliam graduate from Spelman? Maybe it was here, she is afterall becoming alot more visible on and off the the silver screen.
Spelman, my soon to be alma mater, is constantly involved in great things. My matriculation has been marked with so many wonderful experiences… Go Spelman Class of 2009!!
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WONDERFUL, now more black young women can receive a college education.
We need more people to help our HBCU. Thanks!
Okay you think the first black president Obama is the man, wait until you see the first black women president come out of Spelman..Lets keep the
H.B.C. going on for our kids future, please donate.Thank’s to tte donor who
gave to spelman……………….
What’s going on with our asian brothers, they been acting crazy as hell
lately, and you can see that even with the ones that posts on theses sites..
no i don not think justice was served this guy will do this and/or something else worst the next go round watch this fellow.