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My Blood Sugar is a Sour Subject.
A poem about my struggles with Type II diabetes, a disease that disproportionately affects people of color in the U.S.
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Our Village Has Always Played a Significant Role in Our Education.
As majority Black public schools and HBCUs continue to deal with underfunding and curriculum restrictions, it's important to remember how we were…
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When Police in the U.S. Violate Defenders of Black Life, Taxpayers Are Left with Settlement Tabs.
Late last month the Denver City Council approved a $4.7 million payout to over 300 protesters arrested in the summer of 2020. Which is another example…
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Angel Reese, the LSU Women's Basketball Team, and Why America's Attempt to Separate Race and Sports has Always Been BS.
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‘The People vs Janelle Monae’: In Defense of Black Bodily Autonomy
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Andrew Lester is a Relic of a Country that Killed Black Folks Void of Consequence. That is Why He Shot Ralph Yarl.
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America Was the ONLY Beneficiary of Chattel Slavery
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The Black Billionaire Mascot for White Supremacy is Learning the Limitations of Half-Assed Membership
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She Was Called Rose
The '10 Million Names' project, an initiative focused on assisting descendants of enslaved Africans recover their family name, reminded me of the value…
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I 'Remixed' My Latest Project, Rhyme Travel, Because Hip-Hop Deserved My Best
My latest spoken word documentary, Rhyme Travel was initially published on Hip-Hop's 50th birthday...but I had to go back and 'remix' it one time for…
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America Was the ONLY Beneficiary of Chattel Slavery
A prose piece in response to Ron DeSantis/the Florida board of education's claims that the brutal institution of chattel slavery was somehow a "benefit…
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'THE AMERICAN AUDIT' Challenged What 'The Land of the Free' Still Owes Those Who Built It.
I debuted my multimedia poetry project, THE AMERICAN AUDIT three years ago on the premise of how the United States was still indebted to Black people. I…
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The Hip Hop Holy Ghost is Really the Only One I've Ever Known.
"We Told the Mountain" is a series exploring the impact and influence of Black gospel music during Black Music Month 2023
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Queer Black Voices in Black Church Choirs: An Age-Old Tale of Backgrounding and Foregrounding.
"We Told the Mountain" is a series exploring the impact and influence of Black gospel music during Black Music Month 2023
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Tyler Perry Now Owns BET and VH1, and the Black Delegation has Mixed Opinions about it.
Tyler Perry recently acquired majority ownership of BET and VH1. Which could be either be extremely revolutionary or a hot-ass mess.
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Observations In Blackness by Donney Rose
A literary offering & analysis of Black culture, art, politics and resistance
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