Kalimah Priforce — The Good Men Project

Startup America Needs to Look More Like America

May 11, 2013 By Kalimah Priforce 1 Comment

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Kalimah Priforce wonders: where are the startups of color?

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Awesome Infographic: Educate or Incarcerate?

June 1, 2012 By The Good Feed Blog Editors 10 Comments

Infographic shows the rates, costs, and effects of both education and incarceration. What do you think?

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Race and the Miseducation of Silicon Valley

December 5, 2011 By Kalimah Priforce 15 Comments

Education technology is marginalizing less-privileged, minority children, Kalmah Priforce writes.

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Please Sir, Can I Read Some More

August 17, 2011 By Kalimah Priforce 20 Comments

When Kalimah Priforce was eight years old and in foster care, he got more books the only way he could. He went on a hunger strike.

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Walmart Security Accuses Father of Kidnapping His Own Biracial Children

A Virginia man was accused of kidnapping his own children last week because, according to Walmart security, a white man with biracial children just didn’t “match up.”

Boy Scouts Vote on Lifting Ban on Gay Members

A controversial debate within the Boy Scouts of America is coming to a head this week as 1,400 of its leaders vote on lifting the ban that doesn’t allow homosexuals or atheists into its ranks.