You came into Ms. Ramsey\’s math class A chestnut face full of braces and vibrant colored beads in neat braids you probably sat between your mother\’s legs the night before anxious about your first day of school Since your first day was everyone else\’s 68th I did not understand why I stuttered when I spoke …
You came into Ms. Ramsey\’s math class A chestnut face full of braces and vibrant colored beads in neat braids you probably sat between your mother\’s legs the night before anxious about your first day of school Since your first day was everyone else\’s 68th I did not understand why I stuttered when I spoke …
You came into Ms. Ramsey\’s math class A chestnut face full of braces and vibrant colored beads in neat braids you probably sat between your mother\’s legs the night before anxious about your first day of school Since your first day was everyone else\’s 68th I did not understand why I stuttered when I spoke …
Going into the new year and beyond, I look to not only better myself as a person but as a Black man. In doing so, it is also my personal mission to offer support to other Black men who seek to heal from their trauma. The following habits are practices I intend to pursue and …
Kyle Rittenhouse is a name that caused a stir in the media lately. If the name does not ring any bells, he is the 17-year-old white boy from Antioch, Illinois who traveled with a semi-automatic rifle to Kenosha, Wisconsin. His purpose? To protect property from looters and rioters within Black Lives Matters protests over the …
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Kyle Rittenhouse is a name that caused a stir in the media lately. If the name does not ring any bells, he is the 17-year-old white boy from Antioch, Illinois who traveled with a semi-automatic rifle to Kenosha, Wisconsin. His purpose? To protect property from looters and rioters within Black Lives Matters protests over the …
Kyle Rittenhouse: America\’s Poster Child For The 2nd Amendment Read More »
Kyle Rittenhouse is a name that caused a stir in the media lately. If the name does not ring any bells, he is the 17-year-old white boy from Antioch, Illinois who traveled with a semi-automatic rifle to Kenosha, Wisconsin. His purpose? To protect property from looters and rioters within Black Lives Matters protests over the …
Kyle Rittenhouse: America\’s Poster Child For The 2nd Amendment Read More »
One night I watched \”Dear White People\” on Netflix. A particular dynamic resonated with me. In the newest season, the series’ protagonist Sam White, played by Logan Browning, is in her senior year of college. Since her freshman year, White struggled with the school administration over race relations at the fictional Ivy League Winchester University. …
Or rather I left a voicemail I found the number you scribbled down All those years ago When I would time my Sunday nap with the sermon When I asked why God would let Trayvons die and Zimmermans live What good is the promise of salvation when my skin is synonymous with death Prayer was …
Our image of ourselves as defined for us by textbooks and teachers. We not only accepted ourselves as inferior; we accepted the inferiority as inevitable and inescapable. – Huey P. Newton, Revolutionary Suicide One of the largest weapons white supremacy used to oppress non-white communities for over four centuries is the public education system. Statistically, Black …
Critical Race Theory Is Not Dividing Our Country, Conservatism Is Read More »
