Category: Current Events
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United We Stand, Divided We Fall
If you can’t find a way to truly engage with people of another walk of life or perspective, how can you speak on their lives as a fact?
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Cancel Culture Has a Purpose
“Here’s a thought: what if we start canceling things in our life and not sharing?”
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Why Aren’t More Black People Boycotting the NFL?
“There comes a point in life where you should realize that what you believe in and what you do about it matters. ”
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Live in the Moment. Learn From History. Forge A Better Future.
“The mere imparting of information is not education” – Carter G. Woodson As I look up quotes about the future, there are a lot of people who say it in several different ways, but the gist is ….”Don’t look to the past or worry about the future…. live in the moment.” You know those quotes…
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Not My Jesus: My Very Christian View on the Muslim Ban
“We must remember that the test of our religious principles lies not just in what we say, not only in our prayers, not even in living blameless lives – but in what we do for others” ― Harry Truman I am a Christian. I love Jesus. I am scared for America. I never thought about…
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Living in An American Fairy-tale? Time To Grow Up
“The hardest part about growing up is letting go of what you were used to, and moving on with something you’re not.” – Lyrikal Growing up is hard. Things are never what they seem. You can kind of live in a fairy tale, seeing life the way your parents kind of want you to. But…
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America… Voting Isn’t Enough
“There is a lot of mediocrity being celebrated, and a lot of wonderful stuff being ignored or discouraged.” – Sean Penn Yep, I said it. Let me first say that I am happy that people are voting, I really am, but something has really been annoying about this whole election from two different angles. For…
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Media, Do Your Damn Job
People, other than those on Hillary’s campaign, need to remind people that if they want to “make this country great again”, you actually have to know how to run the country. But who is holding Trump’s feet to the fire besides Hillary supporters? Everyone who has a pen and pad, laptop or a voice, needs…
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This is America
Every time I fly out of Austin, I park my car in the extended lot, it’s not too expensive (yet). Parking at this spot requires me to ride on a shuttle to and from the airport. Now, I travel enough to notice, that unless I sit next to someone or a person of color sits…
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Let’s Take A Look In The Mirror
It is classism at its finest, and we have to stop acting like it’s not happening. If you woke up in a different position or circumstance, you might think differently and wonder why black folks who’ve “made” it, are nowhere to be found. We spend a lot of time trying to convince people, especially white…
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