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Have You Reminded Your Black King?
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In those moments it seems that they’re unimportant, worthless, and powerless- words angry mothers, fathers, and racist people have called our Black men today. We must counteract what was done to them. We must stand up and tell them they’re worthy of our love and devotion. When we allow them to be assertive, bold, and protective it contributes to the healing of their psyche from their past traumas.
Black Crowns
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Black people’s hair is the only texture of hair that is shunned by all races. Yes, that’s right, even Black people shun their own hair. It’s astonishing! A texture that’s so different from all other textures, one that can do almost anything, is looked at as ugly, unmanageable, and unprofessional. Yet I see it as our crown of royalty, perfection, and heavenly halo; the very words used to create the Lex Pyerse HAIR t-shirt. For years, the United States has discriminated against black hair. In almost every state, they would ban or retaliate against protective hairstyles, afros, and dreadlocks. The...
Taking Back #BlackTwitter
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Anytime the Black Community creates, innovates, or owns something that the general public likes, the American mainstream media and other cultures seek out a way to destroy us, but in the words of the great poet, Maya Angelou, still we rise. One point in case is the recent attack on the twitter hashtag #blacktwitter. This specific twitter population has been used in the Black Community as a way to represent Black culture, public interests, and used as a way to cry out for justice. It’s a method used to quickly find relevant information and entertainment pertaining to the Black culture....
Are You Mixed?
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We should focus on our Afrocentric culture and unify our efforts to make our community stronger and wiser. It’s our melanin that should bring us together, but it’s going to take education to teach and re-train other’s wrong thinking.
Black Emotional Coping aka IDGAF
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IDGAF is an acronym used by anyone who wants to resist emotional manipulation. Some call it a super power, and others call it disrespectful, but at the end of the day, if you want to protect your emotional stability, then this is pure gold. For generation after generation, people have been using emotions as a weapon to force people to do things they don’t really want to do. We’ve fallen for their tactics way too long. When we have awakened from that fantasy, we wake up indifferent, unapologetic, and solely thinking of ourselves.