The Pursuit of Progress: Risk, Confrontation, and Comfort

November 9, 2010

“Your faith in what you believe must be a living, working faith that draws you away from comfort and security, and toward risk and confrontation.” –Derrick Bell Risk and confrontation. Who in the hell wants to take risks and confront things? At least thats how life feels as of late. I used to be so [...]

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So Ambitious

May 27, 2010

I just realized I want to be like Marc H. Morial when I grow up. I always knew he was pretty respected, but never knew he was so accomplished. His lane appears to be a pretty nice one for me to drive in. Entrepreneur. Lawyer. Professor. Legislator. Mayor. President, U.S. Conference of Mayors. CEO of [...]

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The Intersection Between Elitism and World Star Hip Hop

May 26, 2010

Them hipsters gon’ have to get along with them hood ni**as. Bottom line.

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Knock the Hustle… You Can Do It

May 24, 2010

On a support scale of Flavor Flav to Barack Obama, we need to have McGruder and The Boondocks closer to the latter, and Lil Wayne closer to the former.

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We Are The Leaders: Impact 33

May 20, 2010

Out of 1,000+ potential panelists, I’ve been chosen as one of 33 black leaders to meet and create a blockade of power.

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Driving While Texting While Black

May 18, 2010

Over the past few weeks we’ve seen a change in the laws in the great city where I live. You can actually get a ticket and be fined for texting while driving. While this doesn’t seem like a huge deal, I’d say it has far reaching implications. While the under the radar effects of this [...]

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Educational Bias and the Pipeline to Prison: Systemic prejudice in academia and its effect on black males

May 17, 2010

Educational Bias — Check it out. I wrote this paper for my African American Males and the Law class in April 2010. I full intend on continuing to dig deeper into the topic, and working to educate the masses on the issues and hopefully solve some of these problems facing black boys and men. I’m [...]

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We Count Too! The Young Black Agenda is the Fresh Agenda

May 6, 2010

The first priority in any discussion on what’s important in the Black agenda should be a new revolution in Black leadership.

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The Fear Factor

May 6, 2010

The numbers don’t lie. People have HIV/AIDS. Many people don’t know they have HIV/AIDS though…and that’s what scares me.

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Like Mike: Story of a Champion

May 6, 2010

I’m big on redemption and, after signing with the Philadelphia Eagles, Mike Vick may end up bouncing back like nobody we’ve seen since Marion “Nine Lives” Barry.

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