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Presidential Advice: College Students
“Don’t go to college just to duplicate the same experience you had in high school. Don’t make your decision based on, well, where are all my friends going so that I can do the exact same things with the exact same friends that I did in high school. The whole point is for you toContinue reading “Presidential Advice: College Students”
Don’t Knock the Hustle
Reckless Eyeballing
I had no idea that reckless eyeballing, once a crime black men who looked a white person directly in the eyes could die for, remained a punishable offense. I’m just happy that John Felton was only given a warning for this Neo-Jim Crow offense. Thankfully, Felton used his camera phone to record the episode. Here’s someContinue reading “Reckless Eyeballing”
Purpose?
“Everything must have a purpose?” asked God. “Certainly,” said man. “Then I leave it to you to think of one for all this,” said God. –Cat’s Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut
Exist.
“A flower doesn’t love you or hate you, it just exists.” -Mike White
Eternal Recurrence by Jim Campbell
Visiting Elgin Park
Danny Yourd’s short film highlights the eloquence of simple ideas through Michael Paul Smith’s imagined, miniature world, Elgin Park. The relentless bullying Smith endured as a child continues to haunt him and influenced his effort to build a model community where “everyone is welcome.”
Models Monday: Family Talk about Race is a Good Idea
If you are raising a black child in America, it’s best to hip them to the warrant that gets attached to their birth certificates.
Offensive Language?!
“Warning: This video contains offensive language.” Dashcam video relating to the egregiously foul arrest of Sandra Bland Me: Why isn’t the entire scene offensive? What right does this world have to a pretence of coyness?
In Reverie Blog 