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May 3, 2012 at 8:53am
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YouTube: The Good, Bad, and Ugly

For too many of us, YouTube is the new video encyclopedia; if you need to learn something new or just find different ways to do anything YouTube is the place to go. YouTube has become so huge that more videos are uploaded on YouTube in 60 days than 3 major television stations have created in [...]

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May 2, 2012 at 2:00pm
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Racism in Sports

The lack of diversity in hockey is no secret. Joel Ward, a Canadian of Bajan descent, is one of approximately 18 Black players in the NHL. His name has been in the news lately, not because he is helping his team advance through the NHL playoffs but because of the racist backlash he has received [...]

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May 2, 2012 at 10:16am
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“I might as well be Gay…”

As I embark on a career in broadcast journalism, I have to admit my fears. My fear is not the hideously low pay coupled with the brutal hours. Nor is it the fact that I may get a masters’ degree in something that will prove to never be worth the money. My fear is that [...]

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May 1, 2012 at 2:00pm
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The Hood on Four Wheels

Since when has skateboarding become a standard by which we judge black masculinity? Prior to Lupe Fiasco and Pharrell Williams, you would not see skate culture—promotion of local skate shops, perfection of kick flips and ollies, etc.—in music videos. Back then, the culture had an explicit expression whether it was Mr. “Skateboard P” himself or [...]

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April 30, 2012 at 1:06pm
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New Music Monday, The “XXX” Edition

Jasiri X and Chuck D of Public Enemy at the Occupy the Justice Department Rally for Mumia in DC (Photo by Paradise Gray) It’s been a whirlwind week for me on the Hip-Hop side of things. I performed in Stamford, CT at a Student Diversity Conference which was keynoted by the great Tim Wise, who [...]

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April 30, 2012 at 8:17am
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Thorn

Chicago is sad, depressed, in a funk. Our hopes of returning to NBA greatness shattered as Derrick Rose went down with a torn ACL last Saturday, late in the 4th quarter of game 1 of their first round playoff machup. I want to write about something else, but I can’t. Man down. Our man, last year’s [...]

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April 27, 2012 at 9:29am
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My Educational Trajectory: When Teacher Expectations Turn into Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

Reports cards came out this week for students that I work with. I can remember being in elementary school scared to see what I knew were grades that my parents would not approve of.  Report card pick up days were even scarier. These particular days were marked as the time of year when parents had [...]

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April 27, 2012 at 8:00am
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On Tipping

I recently moved into a historically Black neighborhood. The area has suffered the same fate of many inner city neighborhoods across the country and is just starting to rebuild decades of urban decay. On a recent trip to the grocery store, I ran into a young White man who mentioned that he too was new [...]

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April 26, 2012 at 2:00pm
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Gendered Toys and the Effect They Can Have on Kids

As I babysat for a three-year old boy last night, I admired the way he played so carefree. I reflected on how playing is a child’s only real duty – with the exception of eating and sleeping. When I asked him what he did at school that day, he answered “played”, with the sort of [...]

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April 26, 2012 at 10:12am
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DO YOU KNOW HOW TO LOVE?

Some people don’t know what it means to love because love is taught from one person to another. I want to see us build a better world for each other. I always speak about the help for men and their needs but what about our women?  It hurt me to see so many young women [...]

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