Navigating this world and these times is not easy especially when there’s so much pressure to conform Conforming to expectations of others. And along with all this conforming comes a chipping away of self value. Each generation faces its own unique set of challenges, but one thing remains the same, no matter the generation. No…
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Mar
Mar
The Slow Coverage by Western Media I’m not under any illusions about the racist implications concerning the treatment of Africans, Indians and others in Ukraine, and Western media’s slow response in covering their stories too. What’s happening in the Ukraine is, without a doubt, appalling and senseless. All this fighting and killing and for what?…
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Oct
Oct
Black Americans Exit America Blaxit is the word used to describe the latest migration of Black people in America to other countries. In this article, I use the term Black people to refer to African Americans and People of African Descent. Past migrations This is not the first time that Black people in America have…
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Jun
Jun
I could not write until now. George Floyd. The pain is so deep, so raw, so devastating and so heartbreaking. I am so hurt and so angry. As a mother of a son, aunt to nephews, “mom” to several young men, sister to a brother, cousin to male cousins, woman to her man, and a…
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Apr
Apr
Panic: “A sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.” 1. It sneaks up on you. Like an outbreak of some disease, for instance. You begin to become overly attuned to the news, or to the event that…