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Fuck yo comfort zone

Here we go with this shit again!  Another black woman killed at the hands of police. No, I’m not mad any more.  I’m furious.  We see white, defiant-, gun-toting- people disarmed all of the time (See Dylan Roof). In a country that has a black man as a symbolic figure head we seem to have forgotten the bridge of Selma. We seem to have forgotten the 3/5 rule, the inability to vote, the promise of 40 acres and the waves of ships carrying black bodies through a transatlantic slave trade. The idea that a woman can be shot dead in cold blood further reinforces the notion that blacks are not people when it comes to exercising the same rights that whites do.  There is a double standard by which the forefathers of this American experiment dubbed that “all men were created equal” while blacks were 3/5 of a person. We fail to connect the past with the present as if one had nothing to do with the other.  We do not seem to see the psycholo...
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Lifelong Politicians are the enemy

Photo credit Chicago tribune This is the election of the stubborn incumbents versus the fresh voice of  millennial. Micheal Jordan needed another team before he realized that he had lost his step despite Kobe Bryant ushering in a new era. No one will ever take away the flame that was “His Airness”. The G.O.A.T.! The man built a dynasty twice over. Kobe Bryant studied Jordan, even stuck at his tongue at times. I have never read where Bryant stated that he was better. These stubborn politicians refuse to pass the torch. They refuse to relinquish their portion of “The Machine”. These old politicians have become so comfortable in the quasi-position of power that they truly believe nobody can do the job better than them. It’s time for these old, self-serving people to go. Your voice was needed at the time that you were elected. No credit is being taken from you, but as you continue to travel this journey your legacy is tarnished. Most of you are eligible for social ...
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The Good Old Days Pt 2

I walked down the hall of the second floor, coming from the first meeting of classes, about to go back home when a red and white sign caught my attention: “JOIN THE MALCOLM XPRESS , STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF MALCOLM X COLLEGE.” That was an omen, the sign of all signs. It hit me so hard I stood for a while gazing at the different positions—writers, photographers, artists. I felt an overwhelming sense of joy settle on my heart. I took a deep breath trying to process the moment. I had always believed that I was supposed to be a writer, but felt like my mistakes took me too far from my dreams to recover.  I became optimistic as I continued to look for contact information on the flyer—“See Cynthia-Val Chapman, staff advisor room 2204.” I couldn’t wait to go and speak with her. I walked down the hall past the cafeteria, past the newsroom and straight to her office. The light was on.. I became nervous and anxious. The excitement grew as I knocked on the door. She came to the door smilin...
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