When did this word creep into our culture?
Over the past year or two I’ve noticed greater frequency in the use of "oftentimes" in speech and writing. Journalists are now using the word. I don’t remember hearing it when I was in school. The word "often" was sufficient. It held, within itself, the context of time without having to mention time. Time is understood when saying, "I often do (such-and-such)."
Oftentimes… Oxymoron.
It’s interesting how certain events take place and stand out in our memories… particularly those that are punctuated by the holidays. For instance… The best Christmas present I ever received was the unexpected plate of traditional Christmas Dinner fare from a co-worker who never seemed to like (or care about) me. It was given to me on Christmas day, when I was working a the morning shift at a television station, on the first Christmas I spent away from home.
Then there is the memory of Thanksgiving, 2000. A far different type of experience.
Do you know what the leading cause of death in the African American Community since 1973 is? Think about it for a minute. Is it heart disease-2,266,789 deaths since 1973, cancer-1,638,350, or accidents-370,723? Is it AIDS-203,695, or violent crimes-306, 313? There is one possibility that is often overlooked. It happens 1452 times a day in our community. It has taken over 13 million Black lives within the last 30 years. It has taken 1/3 of our present population. What is it? ABORTION!
The above was written by Rev. John J. Raphael, SSJ - Howard University, Washington, DC, and posted in an article on The National Black Catholic Congress web site.
The article further states:
…the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has provided the tragic statistics. According to the CDC, since 1973, the year of the Supreme Court Decision Roe vs. Wade, 13 million (13,000,000) African American lives have been lost to abortion. The CDC reports that of the approximately 4000 abortions that are performed daily in the United States, 1452 of them are performed on African American women and their pre-born children. This means that although African Americans represent only 12% of the population of the United States, they account for 35% of the abortions performed in this country.
For more information about the attack on African Americans, review some of the articles revealed by this Google search concerning Planned Parenthood and "The Negro Project".
An article from the BBC cites research showing how brains are affected by reading and by frequent use of the internet.
Which brain are you?
