Tag: Black Lives Matter
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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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The Vicious Cycle of Power: The Real Problem in America Right Now
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” – John Acton
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To Be Thankful and True
” I prefer to true to myself even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence” – Fredrick Douglass
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Do You Know Where You’re Going To
“The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots” – Erich Fromm
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America’s Favorite Subject: Me (The Monday Fits)
“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests” – Franklin D. Roosevelt This post is obviously about selfishness and it has been in the works for quite a while. I actually originally wrote this blog topic…
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