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The Road We’ve Traveled
Three years ago Jersey and I along with the rest of the city of Newark,NJ gathered on Commerce St for the inauguration speech of our President Barack Obama. The broadcast was amazing. The monitor our President was displayed upon stretched across the entire the street. The night air was chilly but despite the cold temperatures it seemed as if the entire city of Newark was in completed admiration. The energy in the air was overwhelming. I felt such a feeling of accomplishment. We did it! Our nation has elected the first BLACK President. In the days and weeks that followed I remember wondering is it too late? Is the mess that the former administration…
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Casual Sex a Learning Experience?
Sex is such a crucial part of adult development and the interactions with the opposite sex. I definitely think it is a time of self discovery. Some say that sex is overrated and we should focus on getting to know the person. So if that is the case how do we handle the natural urge to just do it? Men have the urge as early as middle school and women high school. Not to say some libido’s in women don’t flare a little earlier than high school. I was a late bloomer. I was terrified of sex and all that came with it. I had a scary single mother…
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Black People Hatred and White Teens Make it Viral
In recent months young Caucasian teens have been uploading YouTube videos expressing how much they hate black people. These videos have went viral on many popular gossip sites containing offensive language about African-Americans. The first video shows a young girl in here room saying “There is a problem in United States and its Black people!” Although the video is short she is definitely passionate on why she hates ‘black people”. She explains “You lose them in the dark, they eat all your got damn chicken and everything is wrong with them! We should have a new plague that gets rid of all black people” The next set of teens speak about how…
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Breezy Put His Name on Her Birthday Cake?
Okay so the world is having a heart attack because Rihanna and Chris Brown have collaborated on a remix of her popular singles “Birthday Cake” and “Turn it up”. In my opinion I think this is awesome. I don’t see why as the public we feel we have the right to continue to punish them both for an incident that happen over three years ago. How many times does Chris need to apologize for something Rihanna has obviously forgiving him for? Let’s be real here who gives us the right to pick who Rihanna spends her time with? If she can find it in her heart to forgive enough to make music with him then we all need…
