Being Civilized
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If we feel most whole when we do for others, why do we choose to live splintered apart?
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Ever Had a Black Teacher?
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The issue comes when our country chooses to remain ignorant of its wrongs. Its behavior, in regard to education, profiteers patriotism. It distorts the truth to cultivate a false chronicle of American prowess; admitting defeat only when it led to ultimate victory. Dissent made against this model is deemed unpatriotic and, therefore, against what it means to be American. I ask, though, if what it means to be an American is to hide the truth and develop a fallacy so complex and weave it into the curricula from which our children are taught, then does that not point to an enormous vulnerability in our country’s ego?
Read MoreWhat Do We Want?
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We know what we FEEL. We know what we WANT. But, we have not NAMED it. What does a transformed policing system look like? Posts on social media all seem to be rooted in emotion, but an appeal to pathos without a goal for a logical solution leaves us without something to act on.
Read MoreCommunity Service: A Remodeling
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There is no single way to offer service; it is not always about actually feeding or clothing those in need. Instead, it can also be about inspiring others through our thoughts and actions-- it is a service to spark imagination and incite ambition.
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Not everything you do or feel should be founded within solely your Blackness.