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September 26, 2007

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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...

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 ...

Bye 2017!

I don’t know about you, but this year kicked my ass! I went through real-life, adult-type shit. From losing a relationship to questioning my whole existence. I experienced the entire kaleidoscope of human emotions and the happy moments were fleeting. I know a few people that feel the same way. I also heard stories of complete triumph, engagements celebrations, babies being born and graduations. My little brother even pledged Alpha Phi Alpha. I don’t discount these tales, but I’ve heard more stories of emotional discontent, depression, identity crisis and the desire for acceptance. This is for these people. Breathe. Inhale while counting to 10. Hold counting to five. Release while counting to five. Repeat in cycles as many times as you need. You made it; albeit tattered and worn; bruised and bent; battled tested while holding on to what’s left of your fractured psyche. You made it nonetheless. Now it’s time to re-frame the story. You were tested...

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