We cannot dismantle the systems of racism that in which they operate, without first being introspective in how we may act as a cog in this seemingly ever functioning system.
Resilient Racism: Identifying and Redefining an Issue
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Self Love: A Silent Revolution.
Valentines Day, either you anticipate this holiday and the love it brings, or you really dread it and all of the disgusting lovey-dovey people can go to hell (kidding!). I used to be the latter, bitter and miserable. I hated Valentine's Day and all it stood for, not because I hate love (who hates love??) [...]
What 2017 Has Taught Me, About Me.
This year definitely taught me more things about myself than any other time in my life has. Here are 16 things 2017 has taught me, about myself:
“Man Up, Don’t Cry”: Hypermasculinity and Its Pervasive Affect on Black Men
When we talk about gender equality or gender oppression, generally we think of the female experience and rarely do we address nor consider the male experience. When we think of hypermasculinity and the patriarchal narrative that exists in our society, we don't think that it could negatively affect the men that are subject to it [...]
Worth, Self-Love, and Self-Deprecation
Self-love was not something that I had found until just a few months ago and it was truly an uphill battle to finally get there. Throughout the majority of my life I was always constantly reminded that I was unattractive, or not thin enough, or that my skin wasn't light enough, or that I was"pretty, for [...]
Under Pressure: Racial Bias in America
Racism exists. It lives and breathes in the bodies of persons offering me forced smiles and synthetic checkout line conversation. It reveals itself in comment sections on news threads and social media sites. It is surviving through inherited hate, infiltrated political systems, and manufactured generalizations of what might be a person of color. I am not violent. I do [...]
Mother’s Day Without Mom….
Motherless on mother's day and every day afterwards....
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