February 2012
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"There’s all this social doctrine that says, you...
Lauryn Hill, Interlude #5, Unplugged
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"You can handle whatever life gives you. You did...
Posted by my father on Facebook. This is why I am who I am.
what would happen if black history month...
What does it mean that we have black history month? What would it mean if Black History Month were no more? Would black history itself disappear or would it pave the way for a fervent new mission to ensure the inclusion of black history in education and society in all months?
On Thursday February 16, at Kumble Theatre for Performing Arts at LIU, The YWCA of Brooklyn and LIU Brooklyn will...
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Reaction to @nelsongeorge Brooklyn Boheme
Last night I attended a screening of Nelson George’s documentary Brooklyn Boheme. I thoroughly enjoyed the documentary but as I listened to audience members comment, question, and speak about the change that gentrification and corporations have brought to Ft.Green I felt a widespread sentiment of love lost. As if Barclays Arena and structures similar in ideology had robbed the area of what...
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Why I decided to go natural
My natural hair journey began in the Fall of 2009. My relationships with relaxers wasn’t a bad one. I wasn’t traumatized. In all honesty, my mother didn’t allow me to relax until about 9th grade and it wasn’t important to me up until that point. My 9th grade attitude shift occurred when I went from attending all white schools to schools with a large black population. Let me...