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Age of Awareness

Banning Dreadlocks In School: Are Black People Really Emancipated?

We have been given emancipation but it seems we still have a long way to go to achieve it

Aug 16, 2020

Banning Dreadlocks In School: Are Black People Really Emancipated?

Aug 16, 2020

Jay Austin
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Age of Awareness

Black Parents Need To Ditch The ‘Be Twice As Good’ Mentality From Their Children

The mental health of black children gets neglected when they work beyond measure to get minimal success compared to their peers

Jun 29, 2020

Black Parents Need To Ditch The ‘Be Twice As Good’ Mentality From Their Children

Jun 29, 2020

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An Injustice!

POC Solidarity Is A Myth In The Face Of Anti-Blackness

Anti-blackness is universal so it’s unsurprising that some non-black POC are distant from the BLM movement

Jun 22, 2020

POC Solidarity Is A Myth In The Face Of Anti-Blackness

Jun 22, 2020

Jay Austin
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Writers’ Blokke

I Need Some Space. It Doesn’t Mean I Don’t Care.

I care. Very much.

Jun 13, 2020

I Need Some Space. It Doesn’t Mean I Don’t Care.

Jun 13, 2020

Jay Austin
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PULPMAG

Jungle Fever And The Objectification Of The Black Male Body

White gay men throwing remarks towards black men about “BBC” are unknowingly taking on the role of a white slave master.

Jun 3, 2020

Jungle Fever And The Objectification Of The Black Male Body

Jun 3, 2020

Jay Austin
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An Injustice!

Boosie Badazz And The Over-Sexualisation Of Young Black Boys

Destructive parenting can have a profound effect on the lives of young black boys

May 22, 2020

Boosie Badazz And The Over-Sexualisation Of Young Black Boys

May 22, 2020

Jay Austin

Can We Pray the Gay Away?

A simple prayer should work. Right?

May 7, 2020

Can We Pray the Gay Away?

May 7, 2020

Jay Austin
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An Injustice!

Discovering My Identity: The Battle With Internalised Homophobia

Living in a society that I felt disregarded me, self-hatred was the only answer

May 2, 2020

Discovering My Identity: The Battle With Internalised Homophobia

May 2, 2020

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Sexography

Celibacy Gave Me The Love I Never Thought I Deserved

Not having sex forced me to face the inner demons I have been running away from for so long

Apr 8, 2020

Celibacy Gave Me The Love I Never Thought I Deserved

Apr 8, 2020

Jay Austin
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Writers’ Blokke

Vulnerability Needs to Be An Essential Tool in Your Writing

I had to release those caged emotions to soar to higher heights

Mar 29, 2020

Vulnerability Needs to Be An Essential Tool in Your Writing

Mar 29, 2020

Jay Austin

Jay Austin

I like to write. Complicated. Dreamer. — Trying to tell stories and lived experiences with a human touch. Break the norm. Upset the status-quo.

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