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We’re only human and equally subject to the chronic brainwashing that inevitably instills varying degrees of bigotry. Racism, sexism, homophobia,…
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Once upon a time (i.e. this past spring), Spike Lee put Tyler Perry on blast:
“Each artist should be allowed to…
I remember way back when… Reminisce with me. Life was less complicated for a youngster. My Huffy Bike was valet’d in the driveway, Saturday morning cartoons were in heavy rotation, Puma wasn’t just an animal at the zoo…
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You can kill the revolutionary, but you can’t kill the revolution. – Fred Hampton, Nov. 3, 1969
This week I came across…
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I remember when I was in high school. When it came to fitting in with all the different peer groups…
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An icon…
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The debate over the N word touches almost every aspect of American popular culture: Does it ever have an appropriate…
“Sweet love, renew thy force; be it not said thy edge should blunter be than appetite”
—William Shakespeare
What goes together…
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Nella Larsen is a central figure in African American, Modernist, and women’s literature. Her status as a Harlem Renaissance woman…
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I really like this collection. It has this earthy feel but still hip and fashionable....
Wow I really like the album. Swag Back, More Than Love, Red Eye, Higher, Heard'Em All and Pretty Bro...
I meant that I don't care who he worships. If he said that he worshiped the devil in a song then I m...
all of u people dont really overstand anything he is saying because your level of comprehension is...
Thanks DeDe for keeping me in the loop. Love the new format....