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Wright’s Wisdom: Part Two

In my previous post I shared my thoughts on things I had been pondering regarding life and its many facets. The second major takeaway I got from the conversation was that intimacy is varied but uniform, complex but simple, something that is freely given but whose purpose is misunderstood. Plainly stated Intimacy is Multifaceted. It’s more […]

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Wright’s Wisdom: Part One

    Though I haven’t been alive as long as people I consider mentors and gurus, I have had the privilege of learning life lessons from a slew of people, young and old, tall and short, social pariahs and business magnates alike. This past week I had the pleasure of learning from life’s earliest teachers: […]

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Joe Budden’s Dead Right About Drake

Last week Joe Budden caused quite a fuss when he offered his thoughts on Drake’s new project entitled Views. In short, Budden criticized the album, calling it “uninspired” and saying it lacked an overall cohesion. He continued his “stream of consciousness” stating that the project lacked the feeling his projects are known for invoking, suggesting […]

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I’d Rather be Shawn and Angela than Corey and Topanga

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I’d Rather be Shawn and Angela than Corey and Topanga

In the pantheon of great tv and movie couples there looms a few names that instantly invoke feelings of joy as well as a longing urge for that “real love” that many of us desperately want. Names like Martin and Gina, Monica and Quincy (Love and Basketball), Darius and Nina (Love Jones), Ross and Rachael […]

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Dear White People: The Most Relevant Black Movie Since School Daze

                Justin Simiens movie Dear White People was released in 2014 to promising reviews from Sundance Film Festival with many people feeling as if this would be the most promising black film since School Daze by Spike Lee in 1988. I watched the film when it came to Atlanta in […]

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Thot Hair: Racial Pride or an Emblem of Shame?

If you’ve paid any attention this last year you’ve seen this hairstyle donned by celebrity and civilian alike with artists like the Migos, August Alsina, and David Banner displaying the hairstyle as well as almost every young black male in America picking up the trend. As a middle school teacher, I’ve seen the hairstyle grow […]

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Hazing: Obstacle or Opportunity?

   *Disclaimer: My thoughts are not a representation of the Pan-Hellenic Council nor of the Black Greek Lettered Organization that I am apart of.        This week in the news I happened to read yet another article of a hazing incident involving Black Greek Lettered Organizations (BGLO’S) also known as fraternities and sororities. […]

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Kirk and Kanye: Lost or Found?

  If you’ve been out of the loop lately, Kirk Franklin and Kanye West have both been in the news, one for his polarizing views on organized religion, the other for his polarizing and confusing views on life and general. Kirk Franklin, a titan in the gospel music realm, has been hanging out with Kanye […]

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Kendrick Lamar: Cultural Icon

              Kendrick L. Duckworth, known to us as Kendrick Lamar, has had a run in the last year and a half that artists hope to have over their career. His second album, To Pimp a Butterfly not only shattered the charts by setting and breaking digital streaming records, but it […]