The NBA season is officially coming to an end. The All-Star break is done, and teams are looking to make their final run for the postseason. One team has given me much optimism in terms of how they plan to finish the season. The team I am referring to is the Washington Wizards. Washington made …
On September 22, 2020, President Donald Trump issued an executive order focused on “combating race and sex stereotyping” in federal workplaces and the U.S. military. The order bemoaned the “malign” and “destructive” nature of workplace diversity training, federal and elsewhere, that “perpetuates racial stereotypes and division.” Trump wrote that such trainings are “designed to divide …
The 19th Amendment In 1920, the 19th amendment was ratified, prohibiting the United States from denying any American citizen the right to vote based on sex. This included recognizing women’s right to vote. To get here, many women had to contribute to the women’s suffrage movement, but it is important not to forget the contributions …
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When did “Black Love” become a thing? What do I mean by that? Well, something that has to be qualified. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been taught about love. Just…love. Not Black love. Just…love. Let’s think about this. For anyone who was reared in a community with most people having the same …
Black History Month’s origins start with Abraham Lincoln signing the 13th Amendment into the Constitution. This Amendment, enacted during the Civil War, abolished chattel slavery in the United States. The 15th Amendment, which guaranteed the right to vote regardless of race, was ratified 5 years later on February 3, 1870. On February 7, 1926, Carter …
Trigger Warning: The week before I began my fall semester at Towson University, my girlfriend broke up with me. While I was excited about my new beginning, I still struggled with the ending of my relationship. We were consistently on and off for years and, honestly, were extremely toxic, yet I’m still trying to get …
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As we all know, love can weave into many shapes and forms. It can be translated throughout all languages, interpreted throughout all races, and is experienced by both genders, no matter the combination. Love can even be disguised, taking shape as a long and drawn-out lecture from your loving yet fearful Grandmother or as the …
I remember typing the words into HU Twitter like a fervent prayer. “Since we are manifesting, I need a queer Black friend group in DC.” For much of my life, I had gone without a sense of community. Yes, I had grown up with a host of Black friends in school or in the Saturday …
The United States of America is on the precipice of seeing another first in the anticipated retirement announcement of Washington, D.C. Justice Stephen Breyer from his seat as one of the nine justices on the Supreme Court. This announcement set off the usual frenzied speculation about who will be “the pick,” just like it did …
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Sunday morning Corn muffins, sausage, scrambled eggs All to be consumed before Mass at 11:30 am And we better not be late Or else God is going to have another angel “Can Kachi come outside and play today?” You cross your arms and tilt your head Mhm. You better be in the house before …
You came into Ms. Ramsey’s math class A chestnut face full of braces and vibrant colored beads in neat braids you probably sat between your mother’s legs the night before anxious about your first day of school Since your first day was everyone else’s 68th I did not understand why I stuttered when I spoke …
I’m here, waiting to be recovered, waiting to be restored. You were taken from the dark continent, betrayed, transported and enslaved, and shamed. Men disgraced, women demeaned, children disregarded. And in the process, I am diminished. I am Black Love, waiting to be recovered, waiting to be restored. I’m here, waiting to be recovered, waiting …
Bathe your body with bath salts of self-reflection. Wash your hair of unnecessary excess. Trim the split ends of indecisiveness so confidence can grow evenly and strong. Use a pumice stone to gently exfoliate the callouses of comparisons, and of fear and doubt. Use the toner of total honesty to cleanse and brighten the skin …
For some, 2022 brings a new positive outlook, a new workout routine, new opportunities, and new friends. Yet, while those things sound great, juggling it all can quickly become overwhelming and before you know it, you are headed down a road to burnout. Millennials were taught to work hard, get that degree and most of …
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