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A fired professor’s words belie the truth of her anti-Black academic bias
When I consider the level of commitment it took for me to enroll and graduate from law school, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story’s words still ring true: “The law is a jealous mistress and requires a long and constant courtship. It is not to be won by trifling favors, but by a lavish homage.” I became intimate with Justice Story’s words as law school became the single most important thing in my life, allowing little room for anything else romantically, socially, or financially until I graduated.
For three years, on most days, I’d wake up early and head to…
If my White classmate had a deeper understanding of critical race theory, he could’ve saved our childhood friendship
I remember the first time I saw the N-word written; someone I considered my best friend wrote it.
His name was Nick. We lived in the same neighborhood. While we were different in most respects, we both had a love for video games in common. It bonded us in the way small things tend to do for kids, White or Black.
Nick’s parents didn’t usually extend their home to his friends, but they treated me like family. I frequently slept over, playing Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, and Nintendo 64 games until the wee hours of the morning.
I moved away…
What up bro!
I recently started running myself. Bought a new Galaxy Watch, started drinking more water, and copped a fire pair of Nike Joyrides and it feels like I'm running on pillows (the beads in the heel probably have a lot to do with that).
I found a really good/easy running schedule I follow that works to get you "off the couch" to "running at 10K."
https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/training/beginners/a772727/how-to-start-running-today/
Glad to see you still doing the work my, guy. Respect!
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For many, school-based microaggressions get halved when a student studies at home, while grades rise and anxiety drops
“White America gets a cold, Black America gets pneumonia.”
The phrase is a juxtaposition detailing how societal problems affecting White people frequently have a disparate impact on Black people, and it’s an apt way to describe the Black experience in America — particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic. As the Covid-19 death toll has climbed, it’s been established Black people are disproportionately impacted by the virus. Even when schools began reopening, many Black and Hispanic communities said they were keeping their kids at home because they didn’t feel safe.
Media coverage on reopening schools generally features parents and government officials fearing…
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The Bruce family should have been millionaires by now, but California officials brazenly stole their beachfront property
White people stealing land from Black people is a tale as old as time. It happened in Mississippi, where Black landowners “lost” 12 million acres over the past century. It happened in Chicago after White people cheated aspiring Black homeowners with predatory contracts. It happened in California when Los Angeles County officials used eminent domain to steal land from Anthony Bruce’s ancestors in 1924.
Anthony is a descendant of Willa and Charles Bruce, who became Manhattan Beach’s first Black landowners in 1912. By 1924, the Bruces created a thriving beach resort that doubled as a safe space for Black people…
As someone who's been watching Gibbs' ascent, I couldn't be happier about his ascent. Mans really beat some very long odds to establish himself as one of the best rappers in the game with an excellent catalog of great music.
Grammy noms don't mean a thing to me, but I'm happy he at least got the look because it means he'll have more leverage to do the things he wants.
As usual, dope piece.
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A weed tax provides up to $10 million in payments
The case for reparations for Black descendants of slavery in America is, for some, a controversial subject. Those who oppose the idea repeatedly question where the money will come from. Now, a Chicago suburb has provided a blueprint, but the question is: can and will other cities do the same?
Evanston, Illinois will likely make history as the first city to pay reparations to its Black residents. Robin Rue Simmons, a 5th Ward Alderman there, is spearheading the charge. Simmons, who is Black, describes her measure as one that will help “burdened” families“get some relief.” …
COVID-19 upended everything. As cases exponentially increase and the holiday season approaches, many are weighing spending time with family against the possibility of infecting someone with the virus.
Unemployment rates are sky-high and people are isolated from their friends, forced to settle for “Zoom” happy hours on their phones and computers. Intimacy and physical touch, things we likely took for granted, became a form of currency in which the accounts of nearly everyone are bankrupt.
As society searches for ways to cope, I find myself disoriented. In the midst of a mad dash toward normalcy, my life hasn’t changed much…
Editor’s note: I wrote this before 50 Cent decided to be a complete fucking fool on the internet regarding America’s current president. Do not take my citing of his music as support for his endeavors. I spent a week writing this post and I wasn’t about to let Curtis Jackson fuck up the first thing I’ve finished in months.
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Drastic changes leading to new experiences must be the theme for 2020. …
How perseverance put the Gary emcee back to the top of his game
Artists with dead careers litter the annals of Hip-Hop. Anything can kill a rapper’s dream of making it big: label woes, poor management, terrible music, or just plain old rotten luck. Enter Freddie Gibbs, a man on a musical run good enough to make Ethan Hunt proud. Gibbs came to prominence with 2019’s Bandana, but that album was the culmination of a treacherous journey traveling the road to success.
The Slow Road to the Top
Freddie Gibbs’ career from 2005 to 2015 is quite the roller coaster. Interscope signs him in 2005 but drops him in 2007 before he can…
Garfield Hylton
Journalist. Freelance writer.
