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Obama and ‘The Bradley Effect’
Let’s hope this effect is something of the past ….
The Bradley effect is named after former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, an African-American who ran for California governor in 1982. Exit polls showed Bradley leading by a wide…
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I Don’t Know her anymore … (that’s a good thing)
I Don’t Know Her Anymore … (That’s a good thing)
Discourse: change, history, adaptation Type: poetic styleI was told all about her;
Her nasty past – filled with chains, whips, confinement, guns;She was troubled;
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Blue Devils
Blue Devils
Jon Hope feat. TerminologyHip-Hop isn’t dead, the real hip-hop is just a lot harder to find, is not in the mainstream, and lives on the Internet as opposed to your pop radio station. Hip-Hop…
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Super D’s & Bill Clinton
Super Delegates & Bill Clinton
The Power, and the Questions the Super D’s must askThis Democratic race between Senator Barack Obama and Senator Hilary Clinton is a nasty contest; as both candidates are fighting to secure…
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Major Taylor: An Unknown Great, Cyclist
Major Taylor
A Great UnknownFrom Wikipedia:
Marshall Walter (“Major”) Taylor (November 26, 1878–June 21, 1932) was an American cyclist who won the world one-mile track cycling championship in 1899, 1900, and 1901.
Taylor was the…
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Silly Monkeys! Part 0: An Abstract
Silly Monkeys! Part 0: An Abstract
Virtues: ‘Yuh tek man fi fool/joke’, deceit, respect for othersAbstract: One day I was sitting in the offices of my business partners place of employment at an executive school. One of their…
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Black Like Me
Black Like Me
Virtues: race, distinction, etiologyBlack like me, like who? Whether your background is Caribbean, American, or African, if you are black you share traits – people look at you with common expectations. However, amongst…
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The boys in blue, black, brown
Law Enforcement & Race
In the black community, there is a strong disdain for law enforcement. Historically, the law enforcement has enforced the racist and segregation laws of the government. Thus, it is only fitting that the black community did…
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The Black Type
We all know that stereotypes exist for all races & cultures. In a definitional construct, a stereotype can be defined as a generalized statement regarding behavior or attitude for a group of people. Stereotypes are usually developed from either personal…
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What do we own?
What do we own?
A simple question with a not-so simple answer. I was trying to think
of what we actually own; what we as black people can call ‘our own’.
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No, I don’t Have any weed
Has this ever happened to you
Several times while I was at University, in the mall, walking down the street, minding my own god damn business – people would approach me to ask if I got that ‘sticky-icky’. You know,…
