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Sorry Critics, Why I Still Will Be Drinking the KONY 2012 Kool-Aid
If we could all conjure up memories of our K-12 education, we will remember that at some point in time, we were forced to work in a group and offer some sort of peer critique. In order to do this effectively and productively with minimal tension, teachers would talk about something called “constructive criticism,” this […]
The Problem with Speeches from “Great” Leaders
I’ve gotten the chance to hear a few speeches from a few “great” leaders of today, and I have a slight reservation about what I’ve been hearing. If you ask me, there are two types of great leaders and they give two types of great speeches. The first kind of […]
South Africa, a Poem and a Moment to Look Back
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWJ6CE0Fc1k Amandla…Ngawethu. This is a poem for South Africa. This is a vocal articulation of tones that ring sounds and speak clicks for the rainbow nations eleven languages. This is for Amaqabane, Comrades, and Abuntu. This poem is for the 27 minute boat ride to Robben Island jail, where Mandela spent 27 years before becoming […]
The Dark Continent: From the Window of Privilege
I sat under the air conditioning in a charter bus and simultaneously struggled with and enjoyed my privilege. This image is the manifestation of the division of two individuals who are phenotypically similar enough to be mistaken. It is in this context in which both individuals (myself and a South African child named Michelle) become […]
The Dark Continent: The Complicated Politics of Race
One of the most crucial political acts is to define what is political. The capacity to construct political reality is the ability to define the difference between democracy and dictatorship, slavery and abolitionism, legitimacy and dishonesty. Politics or the social affairs in the context of race have been contrary to what I thought as popular […]
Today in Post-Race History: Nigger x 219
*Someone please cue my righteous indignation music* It seems that we have officially reached the end of days. Birds are falling out of the sky; dead fish are coming in with the tide. News outlets are doing their best not to refer to Jared Loughner’s acts as ones of terrorism, and simply make efforts to […]
The Dark Continent: Africa, Language, and Baboons
“Africa is a metaphysical testing ground in which Europeans used to get to know itself.” I have only been in South Africa for two days, and through my experiences and classes that I have taken I see the history of a beautiful country twisted into the realms of imperialistic patterns. As a Black American on […]
Africa with Bare Fists
Boxing as a sport is a combination of attack and defense techniques with the fists. With roots in Ancient Greece and Rome and more modern forms of the sport originating in England, boxing has been a very widespread phenomenon for a long time. In the United States, the most skilled and best known boxing athletes […]