Say Something Real Florida Surgeon General Needs A History Lesson By Michelle Bryant I knew it was coming. The negative rhetoric surrounding vaccines has been building. Rolling across state legislatures, health agencies, and the U.S. Health and Human Services department, like a black cloud intended to obscure all daylight, the antivaxxers are gaining ground. Their […]
The Invisible Made Visible: Celebrating Afro-Latino Contributions During Hispanic Heritage Month
By LaKeshia N. Myers As the United States prepares to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, it is crucial that we shine a light on a community that has often remained in the shadows of our national narrative: Afro-Latinos. With rising numbers identifying as Afro-Latino in the United States—approximately 6 million […]
Appreciate the Journey
Kweku’s Korner By Alisia Moutry, Ph.D., President/CEO 4AM Consulting, LLC In life, we all embark on numerous journeys—career moves, relationships, friendships, spiritual growth, personal development, health changes, and challenges. For African American communities, these journeys often carry additional layers of responsibility, resilience, and perseverance. The key to sustaining our mental wellness through it all is […]
Following the Blockbuster Trade, The Packers are Poised to win the Superbowl
By Chuck Duane Collier As reported by Sportrac, the Green Bay Packers signed Parsons to a contract extension worth $186 million on August 28, 2025, with $136 million guaranteed. This landmark deal made him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history. Following the trade, a jubilant Parsons expressed his enthusiasm. He believes that a strong locker […]
Why We Need Our Own
BlackEconomics.org® Our great and late historian, Prof. John Henrick Clarke, reminded us of an important reason why native-born Black Americans (Afrodescendants) are often outperformed in certain socioeconomic categories by immigrant African People from the Continent, the Caribbean, other parts of the Americas, and elsewhere. His reasoning was that these African immigrants are former citizens of […]
An Expanded Meta-Analysis of Black American (Afrodescendant) Plans
BlackEconomics.org® Analysis Brief By Brooks B. Robinson, Ph.D. Introduction A Long-Term Strategic Plan (LTSP) Panel assembled in early 2022 to prepare for the first time a Long-Term Strategic Plan for Black America (LTSPFBA).i As part of the plan, the LTSP Panel considered readily available plans that were already prepared for Black Americans’ (Afrodescendants’) future and […]
A New View on How Black Americans (Afrodescendants) Lose the U.S. Economic Game
BlackEconomics.org® Analysis Brief By Brooks B. Robinson, Ph.D. Acknowledgements To all poor and disadvantaged U.S. and global households that are excluded from the circle of privilege and without knowledge of how to not only survive, but to flourish. Introduction Black Americans (Afrodscendants) are characterized often as losers in the U.S. economic game, and a rich […]
Cyborgism and Black America’s Economic Future
BlackEconomics.org® How familiar are you with cyborgism; that is, the integration of biological and electronic apparatuses into a living organism? All of us are familiar with robots of the simple and human-like kind that appear in everyday life and in media, and we are also familiar with cyborgs that are portrayed as part human and […]
Addressing the Negative Multifactor Productivity Conundrum: Elevating Black Americans’ Contributions to US Productivity
BlackEconomics.org® Working Paper There is No Full Accounting for Homo Economicus (HE)—Especially Black HE By Brooks Robinson, Ph.D. Abstract* This working paper suggests that, if the growth in real (human animate) materials (M) factor inputs is reduced sufficiently through appropriate quality adjustment (using appropriate quality indicators), then it is possible that estimated negative multifactor productivity […]
Rejecting Known Truths
BlackEconomics.org® Why do humans reject truths that are very well known? Perhaps it is because of “self-preservation is the first law of nature” principles. However, the just-given response reflects duality. When considering it systematically, we discover that certain “self-preservation” principles/actions can prove to be not self-preserving at all. For example, if one ignites a forest […]
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