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The Life Of Pablo: Genius or Lunacy?

“I just want to feel liberated! The lyrics to Kanye’s song Father Stretch My Hands Pt 1 off his new album, perfectly articulates Kanye’s purpose in his music. Part inspirational, part fanatical and eccentric, his career is littered with many of the classic mistakes associated with fame. His new album, The Life of Pablo,  highly anticipated by many […]

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Review of Spike Lee’s Chiraq

*Warning there will be spoilers included in this review. It is safe to say that the title of Spike Lee’s must recent movie Chiraq was incendiary enough to garner its fair share of attention and dually its fair share of controversy from entertainers and native Chicagoans concerned about their city and its portrayal. To say that […]

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Ghosts: A Series. Entry One- Regret

I’m usually one who is good about not beating up on myself, mainly because I know that is counterproductive but more importantly because we all possess the power to change our present and shape our future. As wise as that sounds tonight was the one night I found myself going back down memory lane, reliving […]

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Black Boots: A Review of the Popular Web Series

In the world of Black Greekdom there is a split between those who know and those who hunger to know just what life is like for members of Black Greek Letter Organizations. The negative perception of frats and sororities as a result of its fixation on hazing has indeed damaged the image of these organizations […]

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Change Gon Come

Tonight a part of me changed. I saw what we all saw and had seen for years happen over and over again: The systemic lynching of an individual by a powerful force set up to protect people like him. I saw the same oppression that America fought to liberate itself from during the Revolutionary War, […]

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The Void

Whenever we think of prolific leaders and voices for different ethnic groups we see the image of men like Caesar Chavez, Dr. King, and Mahatma Gandhi as well as women like Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton who fought for the equality of women in 20th century America. Leaders such as the aforementioned were in […]

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Blackness: A Useful Construct or a Dated One?

The recent events that transpired with former child actress Raven-Symone the past day have left many in the social media realm outraged at her comments as well as polarized. Her decision to not conform to the labels of African American as well as gay left many angered and others confused. On a larger level there […]

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Critique vs Condemn: My Thoughts on Race

To condemn is defined as ” to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on, to make strong disapproval of while to critique is defined as ” the art of criticism or to analyze something critically. Condemnation or to condemn is viewed as a negative action,one that centers around heaping judgement and blame on a person […]

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Planning: One of the Essentials of Success

There’s a popular saying that has been used and modified countless times. It is referred to as the Four P’s and it essentially states that “Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance”. Now in any endeavor there are a variety of steps that take place before something is achieved but they cannot be visualized without having a […]

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The Beginning

     A written word is the choicest of relics. It is something at once more intimate with us and more universal than any other work of art. It is the work of art nearest to life itself” Henry David Thoreau   To express oneself through the use of the pen is a blessing that […]