I know this is a celebrity “news” site, but sometimes we have to stop for a “message”. I read an article today that said, “black male children have highest rates of food allergies and asthma.”

Compared to the general population, food allergies were two times more common among children aged 1 to 19, three times more common among blacks and two times more common among males…They also found that food allergies were twice as likely among people with asthma than among those without asthma and that the likelihood of having food allergies grew with increasing asthma severity.

Well, my son who was breast fed, is one of these asthma statistics and I noticed many of my black friends have sons with the same problem. On top of that he has a peanut allergy which means I have to carry an epi-pen every where we travel.  I’m not into conspiracy theories, but it always seems that black men are disproportionally affected by external factors more so than any other race.

Anyway, you can’t control what your child is exposed to on the outside of the home, but there are a few things you can do to protect them in the home. Dow Safe Touch has 10 tips you can do to make your home environment safer for your kids. While you there you can enter the “What Makes Your Home Healthy” video contest. Just simply upload a video of your child answering the question for a chance to win a makeover package worth up to $8,500 (click here for details). Dow Safe Touch is also offering a $10 rebate to help you make your home safer for you and your children.

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – Police in Framingham, Mass., say an illegal immigrant from Guatemala entered a police station, told officers he had stolen another man’s identity and asked to be deported because he could no longer make ends meet in America.

Police told The MetroWest Daily News they arrested 29-year-old Carlos Boc after he confessed Saturday night.

Lt. Paul Shastany said Boc told police he wanted to return to Guatemala but can’t afford a ticket. He told police he has no job or money and is worried about surviving the winter. He told police he came to the U.S. 13 years ago.

Wow! I don’t even know what to say.

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I hope you all have a very happy and safe Labor Day!

This morning I actually began thinking what does labor day really mean? I don’t remember learning about it in school and I thought it would be good to not only make a post on it but provide a little history lesson in the process. If I’m wondering about this I’m sure others are as well. What are we really celebrating?

What is Labor Day?:

The holiday originated in Canada out of labor disputes (“Nine-Hour Movement”) first in Hamilton, then in Toronto, Canada in the 1870s, which resulted in a Trade Union Act which legalized and protected union activity in 1872 in Canada. The parades held in support of the Nine-Hour Movement and the printers’ strike led to an annual celebration in Canada. In 1882, American labor leader Peter J. McGuire witnessed one of these labor festivals in Toronto. Inspired from Canadian events in Toronto, he returned to New York and organized the first American “labor day” on September 5 of the same year.^{[citation needed]}

The first Labor Day in the United States was celebrated on September 5, 1882 in New York City.^[1] In the aftermath of the deaths of a number of workers at the hands of the US militaryUS Marshals during the 1894 Pullman Strike, President Grover Cleveland put reconciliation with Labor as a top political priority. Fearing further conflict, legislation making Labor Day a national holiday was rushed through Congress unanimously and signed into law a mere six days after the end of the strike.^[2] Cleveland was also concerned that aligning a US labor holiday with existing international May Day celebrations would stir up negative emotions linked to the Haymarket Affair.^[3] All 50 U.S. states have made Labor Day a state holiday.

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Don’t tell anyone, but I’m secretly a nerd.

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So Mario and Marques Houston have both decided to drop the fade and rock shiny, round heads.

{SMH at the finger in the nose pose}

So I must ask, who’s bald head would you love to pour some hot, sticky caramel on and lick it right off?? (Just kidding..HaHaHa). No seriously, who’s rocking the bald head the best? Holla at me in the comments.