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By native on July 11, 2008
So what does Nas have to say?
“I think Jesse Jackson, he’s the biggest player hater. His time is up. All you old n****s, time is up. We heard your voice, we saw your marching, we heard your sermons. We don’t wanna hear that s**t no more.
“It’s a new day. It’s a new voice. I’m here [...]
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By native on June 19, 2008
“My mother made the mistake of assuming that because she sent me to school in an integrated environment, I was going to get a holistic education, but that wasn’t true. I was never taught about Langston Hughes or Zora Neale Hurston. I learned that if I didn’t want to remain ignorant, I’d have to be [...]
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By native on June 19, 2008
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD. He will be like a bush in the wastelands; he will not see prosperity when it comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the [...]
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By native on April 28, 2008
Photo courtesy of New York Times
Wear all black on Monday for the injustice verdict in the Sean Bell case Please pass this on to anyone who can receive a text.
I received this text message numerous times throughout the course of the weekend and again I ask “Is wearing all black the new activism”. Has wearing [...]
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By native on April 9, 2008
Just My Thoughts
As the days turn and the clock spins I wonder what’s the struggle
What’s the plight for black men?
Are we to to fade off, lost in the abyss?
Or rise strong like our ancestors did
Kings or Pharaohs
On TV sometimes we act like the emperor with no clothes
Ashamed
Never
More like excited
Cause damn are we clever
I walk into [...]
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