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Maintaining Social Control: When Police React to Black Youth Fighting Back
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5ELJl7Dy8g&feature=player_embedded This isn’t the first time. This will not be the last. When people of color Speak out, stand up, fight back, Their uproar is often. Repressed. By police and the institution Who use their authority to silence Voices. Which are screaming for a justification. Screaming for Justice.
On Being Black and Unwanted at Elite Universities
Last Sunday, the institution I attend, the University of Chicago, sent another sobering reminder to the University community that students and communities of color are not to be seriously valued, considered, or even meaningfully respected in their full dignity as human beings. On January 27th, the University of Chicago used brutal and unnecessary force to […]
Not Giving Django Too Much Credit
Django is a film that’s been pivoted as an answer, when it raises more questions than anything. Should it be viewed within its historical significance, and the extent to which it can portray the horrors of slavery while reinvigorating a moment in history that many find irrelevant and antiquated? Or rather, should it be divorced […]
November 7th: A Time to Critique, Hold Accountable, and Judge Everything the President Should Have Done in the Past Four Years
As I voted earlier this week in the presidential race (for only the second time in my life) I thought about all the critiques I have for the current president. I also thought about when we need to do this. And I think the appropriate day would be on November 7th, the day after the […]
Waverly High School: Why White Students Parodying Domestic Violence in Blackface is Problematic
t’s a shame that Waverly’s community and parents are adamant about defending their complicity in perpetuating racial stereotypes and condoning violence against women. One can only hope that this is Waverly High School’s most teachable moment… for those open to receiving it.
I’m Popular: The Electoral College
I’m in desperate need of a civics lesson. I live in a blue state. Deep blue. Even our stop signs are blue. I haven’t seen red since I left Indiana. Since I only lived in Ohio very briefly during a non-election year, I have no idea what it means to live in a battleground state, […]
Black Youth and HIV Messaging
by Dr. Fay Payton Recently, I was asked by a group of Black male college students to present at one of their meetings to discuss HIV in the Black Community. The topic directly aligns with the work of www.myhealthimpactnetwork.org. As the founding director of the @myhealthimpact brand, I am adamant that we remain supportive of […]
“Legitimate Rape”, Rape Culture that Kills, and When Are Men Finally Going To Acknowledge What Women Are Forced to Think About Everyday
Honestly, I have wanted to speak on Rape Culture for a while, but I have remained hesitant for a long time, quite simply because I am a man. The privilege of being a man and talking about such a sensitive subject, from a position of power is one that I, even now, am not entirely […]
E.E. Likhaya Lam: What Happens When You Build a Home and Safe Space for Black Youth
E.E. Likhaya Lam means equal education is our home in Xhosa. This is now the title of a the CD I was able to record with 15 high school youth about how they came to join a movement, and sing to tell about it. Every time I hear the voices of these 15 young people […]
President Obama and Mitt Romney Suspend Negative Ads in Observance of 9/11 Anniversary
On the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, both President Obama and Mitt Romney will suspend negative ads and overtly political appearances in observance of this very important day. How will you commemorate 9/11?
Obama’s Speech: To Be or Not to Be [Hopeful]
Four years ago I got a phone call from the Obama Campaign in Cleveland, Ohio that requested me to “join the campaign.” I was more than happy to oblige, as the 2008 race for president seemed as if it would revolutionize our world. The pure hope felt in my 18-year-old mind at the inception of […]
They Say This Subject is Getting Old
They say this subject is getting old. I love it when they ask to touch my hair, they say, it feels like a sheep or wool… Or when a man lustfully locks his eyes on a females thighs and says, girl you just to cute to be a dike, or when they say, come here, […]