Author: SKJ
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(Her name is ‘Latto’ now, thank the Lord)
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A short anecdote about overprotective parenting, church, and my love of Rihanna.
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A lot of people are arguing right now about voting. The same arguments that went on 4 years ago. “Should you vote your conscience, or should you vote for the lesser of two evils?” There’s a lot of shaming, and coercing, and weaponizing people’s statements to get people to vote for the candidate they deem…
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The past couple of weeks have been one of the toughest stretches of time for me, mentally and physically, in recent memory
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If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, there’s no progress. If you pull it all the way out that’s not progress. Progress is healing the wound that the blow made. And they haven’t even pulled the knife out much less heal the wound. They won’t even…
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As you scan the rows and aisles,through a sea ofmostly white faces,your eyes brighten up. You spot a brother. And as you lock eyes with him,you instantly feel what youcan only describe askinship.You both give the nod,and smile.This semester, you won’t bethe only black boyin the room.
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I assume, due to the spread of the novel coronavirus and the self-isolation mandates that have been put in place worldwide, that most of us have spent the last month or so in our homes. For many people, it has been a boring and/or aggravating time. For some (like me), it has been incredibly busy.…
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I’m talking about “Love is Blind.” Don’t judge me.
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Hindsight is 20/20, but foresight is blurry.
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A month ago, I wrote a little bit about how I got back into reading books — non-academic, non-religious books — after what seems like a decade-long hiatus. After a conversation with friends, and having just put music journalism on hold, I felt inspired to pick back up the hobby I put down many years…
Black Spasmodic 