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Adam Clark commented on the post, Is Marvel Making America Great Again, on the site The Movement for Black Women's Lives 6 years, 8 months ago

I think that Marvel is listening to the community around them. Much of the talk is asking for more main roles for people of color and women in films. Marvel is taking the necessary steps to try and please the […]
Adam Clark wrote a new post on the site The Movement for Black Women's Lives 6 years, 8 months ago

On April 17 we were given the opportunity to go see a performance in the theater by this female theater performer. Her play was based on her life story of her growing being homosexual. When I first saw that we […]
Skyler Carpenter wrote a new post on the site Lose Your Mother 6 years, 8 months ago

On Dec. 2, Johnathan Hart and two other homeless men entered a Walgreens, where the man who shot Hart, Donald Vincent Ciota II, claims the three were in the middle of robbing the store. When Hart attempted to […]
Jackeb-Eligah Milan wrote a new post on the site Lose Your Mother 6 years, 8 months ago

For the first time in American history we potentially may have an African-American speaker of the House. In 230 years total, there haven’t been any that have even come close in the runnings for the position. C […]
Sapere Aude wrote a new post on the site Sapere Aude 6 years, 8 months ago

Justifying Prison Breaks as Civil Disobedience

Kelly Coble

Abstract: I argue that given the persistent injustice present within the Prison Industrial Complex in the United States, many incarcerated […]
Sapere Aude wrote a new post on the site Sapere Aude 6 years, 8 months ago

Practical Identity and Practical Principles: Kant contra Korsgaard

David DeMatteo
Abstract
What is the relationship between practical reason and the self? Through a close analysis and critique of the work of […]
Sapere Aude wrote a new post on the site Sapere Aude 6 years, 8 months ago

Blessedness and Religion: the Errant Believer’s Portion in the TTP

Michael Anfang

Benedict Spinoza’s Tractatus Theologico-Politicus gives an account on the role of religion within the state, ulti […]
Jackeb-Eligah Milan wrote a new post on the site Lose Your Mother 6 years, 8 months ago

In Minnesota, for the first time, a police officer was convicted of murder from an on-duty killing. The jury found Mohamed Noor, a Somali and Muslim police officer, guilty of the murder of Justine Ruszczyk, a […]
msmith20 commented on the post, Kendrick Lamar: An Inspiring and Enlightening Story, on the site Lose Your Mother 6 years, 8 months ago

I fully agree that Kendrick Lamar is not only a talented rapper, but also an activist in the black lives matter movement. I’ve too listened to Lamar’s music and tend to get lost in the actually beat of the son […]
Abigail McFarren wrote a new post on the site Lose Your Mother 6 years, 8 months ago

I recently read an article for my Biblical Interpretations class on the “politics of sass”, written by Mitzi J. Smith. The article discussed instances when the police treated black women differently because of the […]
msmith20 commented on the post, Breakthrough for black women in pageantry, on the site Lose Your Mother 6 years, 8 months ago

This is an extremely important accomplishment for black women in modern times. Not only are all three of these women well accomplished in their fields of work. Among these women are a powerful lawyer who fights […]
Sapere Aude wrote a new post on the site Sapere Aude 6 years, 8 months ago

Survival and the First Person Perspective

Kathryn Carpenter

Let me be another to ask the question—what is it that matters in survival? When I imagine scenarios in which I have survived certain pr […]
Douglass Morris II commented on the post, Joe Biden's conflictive and problematic history with African Americans, on the site Lose Your Mother 6 years, 8 months ago

This is the first I have heard of Joe Biden’s controversial past, as I have only recently begun paying attention to politics. However, to learn this is extremely disappointing, especially considering he served as […]
John Rudisill wrote a new post on the site Art Love & Beauty 6 years, 8 months ago

JR: You have selected a painting by your Grandfather, of your Grandmother Vera, which he gifted to her on the occasion of a wedding anniversary. This painting is a near replica of Amedeo Modigliani’s (1918) P […]
Shannon King commented on the post, Seeking the Black Vote, on the site Lose Your Mother 6 years, 8 months ago

Biden will likely get the black vote, but he’s deeply problematic.

Abigail, you’re partly correct that Biden represents the old guard of the Democratic Party, though the claim that he represents the […]
Shannon King wrote a new post on the site Lose Your Mother 6 years, 8 months ago

As a younger voter in the 1990s, I was initially interested in Joe Biden. He was charismatic, spoke well, and seemed quite reasonable.

Of course, at this time, I didn’t know about his controversial […]
Anura commented on the post, Open for discussion: Response to the question of "What did Obama do for African Americans of this country?", on the site Lose Your Mother 6 years, 8 months ago

I just read this blog post and it really spoke to me because Obama was a very influential president due to the fact that he was the first president of color in the US. Also growing up I remember watching Obama’s […]
Cullen King commented on the post, Modern-day Redlining, on the site Lose Your Mother 6 years, 8 months ago

Whenever I encounter these statistics in the news I cannot help but think about the gross amount of predatory lending that took place within these communities during the years leading up to the 2008 housing […]
Cullen King wrote a new post on the site Lose Your Mother 6 years, 8 months ago

In 1966 Stokely Carmichael wrote that the “white activist” had “failed miserably to develop the movement inside of his own community.” For Carmichael, the ability of African American’s to obtain equality was […]
Shirtoria Smith wrote a new post on the site The Movement for Black Women's Lives 6 years, 8 months ago

Beyonce has been in the entertainment industry for over 23 years and as she evolves she is able to represent black culture to her hearts content. Previously in media, black women are forced to conform to a […]
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