httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv658wfVt6I The generation’s identity reveals itself in the sound waves that stimulate the collective conscious. Speech, which is the vocal reality of knowledge, enters the minds of youth through Hip-Hop among other things. We’re not only listening though. Young MCs speak, talk about the experiences of the black future in 2012. Our generation’s sound waves […]
 “Those who can do, those who can’t, teach.” –Unknown  I hate this quote. How is it that teachers are responsible for the training and crafting of all of the world’s professions, yet it is deemed socially inadequate for a talented individual to become a teacher? It is odd that we live in a country that […]
Late last week, the federal government asserted that a school district in Mississippi had been violating the constitutional rights of students by imprisoning them for “violations” as minor as “defiance.” From CNN: Officials in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, have operated “a school-to-prison pipeline” that violates the constitutional rights of juveniles by incarcerating them for alleged school […]
This fall, a Missouri school district will start randomly drug testing students who participate in extracurricular activities. But is this really appropriate? Does it violate student rights?
Morning, folks. As the end of last week approached, it became very clear that I’d have to address two very different stories: the all-around awesomeness of Gabby Douglas and this Chick-Fil-A poor excuse of a protest. There’s no clever way to introduce either topic or merge them together, so just check out what I have […]
There is no sound more ironic than the opening a coke can moments before entering into a slum. A conglomerate of carbonation crushing towards the corners of cups that flow-eth over with milk, honey, and the justified envious tensions between those who have and those who have not. I picked up my privilege, and let […]
They build in the name of development. An inanimate concept that creates debts between those living in the first world countries and those dying in third and developing constructs, even when privilege stares into the eyes of poverty, the rich would still displace millions just to construct. The Irony is that in the name of […]
From the other side of the globe I watched the tragedy of the Denver shootings unfold on an Indian version of CNN. My heart, thoughts, and prayers go out to the families and friends of the innocent victims that have been impacted through this incident. However, As the media around the world begins to cover […]
This isn’t the post that I had planned for today but a series of conversations surrounding Nelson Mandela’s birth and whether it calls for international celebration led me to make a change. My thoughts on USA Basketball can wait. On my drive to work this morning, a local DJ mistakenly called Nelson Mandela the first […]
When we blame Black women for our failure to be seen as “real men” in a White racist society we only show ourselves to be immature. Our mothers, our sisters, our aunts, our girlfriends, our wives, and nieces are not our enemy.
Leonetta Sanders, principal of Harper High School, recently spoke with WBEZ about the toll widespread violence is taking on Black Youth in Chicago. 27 of her current and former students have been shot; 8 killed in the past 13 months. This is an EPIDEMIC.
What is it about mankind that loves to make difference the most important aspect in social interactions? Why, even when our humanity tells us that we are the same, do we insist on proving the existence of inferiority? It makes me angry. This anger was sparked due to a new endeavor I am about to […]
