Category: Non-Fiction
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Appropriation or Appreciation?
I’m a black immigrant African woman living the United States. Thus, I fall in the minority group, which also means I claim a culture that is unique and celebrated across the globe. When people of different cultural backgrounds adopt styles (usually outward expressions through fashion) original to my culture, it usually sparks discussions on the […]
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We Should All Be Like Children
Have you been around a child? They are the freest creatures. They laugh aloud, cry aloud, think aloud, and are unafraid of their emotions. Their friends are spoons, the sofa, mommy’s high heels, daddy’s hat, or anything in their immediate vicinity that calls to them. They play with people/things everyone can see, as well as […]
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America And Her Guns
On February 14, 2018, a man opened fire at a high school in Florida, killing 17 people and injuring many more. America had already seen 30 mass shootings, 45 days into the new year. The perpetrators of these horrific incidents stole the futures of innocent unsuspecting humans. President Donald Trump ordered that the national flag […]
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H&M Kids Sweater Campaign; What Went Wrong?
Social media has gone wild following a kids sweater campaign by H&M clothing brand, that launched in the United Kingdom. The problem; a black boy, pictured wearing a green sweater with the words; “Coolest Monkey In The Jungle” printed across the front. Critics are calling this a racist and insensitive quote, because of the connotations […]
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To Non-Africans; Response to coverboy James Charles’ Twitter ignorance
Dear non-African people guilty of this, Why is it that when you visit a country in Europe, Asia or the Americas, you’re usually specific about where you go, yet when you travel to somewhere in the CONTINENT of Africa – which by the way has 54 countries, you refer to it as if it’s one […]
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