By Kayla Hutchinson As a black woman, I am born with everything set against me. Whether the world realizes it or not, I will have to spend my entire life trying to break through barriers that are never meant to be broken by someone like me. I am only twenty one years old and I…
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One Direction
By Damian C. Reynolds Crystal N. Deas made history when she became the University of Georgia’s first African-American homecoming director in 2015. To say she felt pressure is an understatement. “I definitely think there was more pressure,” Deas recalls. “Especially coming from Black UGA, a lot of my friends, and outsiders looking in.” Deas said…
The Lone Wolf
By Tyree Brown The Red & Black is praised as a very well-constructed student driven organization, however based on a glance, it lacks what many of the other clubs and extracurricular activities on campus strive for… Diversity. The current Red & Black staff is approximately 98% Caucasian students, 60% of which are females. With these…
The Way I Am
By Damian C. Reynolds December 7, 2014. That’s when I became a member of the Zeta Nu Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated. I love my brothers. As we joke with one another, we playfully ask each other, “Why are you this way?” I thought about that question recently. I grew up in Valdosta,…
When We Were Young
By Anthony Walsh Flash back to May 15th of last year—the day of I graduated from high school. Right before I get out of the car to meet up with the rest of my class, my mom asks me a question, “Are you excited?” My immediate answer was, “No, not really.” That was really how…
Finish Line
By Alex Marchante I was born having an asthma attack. They thought I was finished. Priest gave me my Last Rites. I was surely finished. I learned to breathe again. I wasn’t ready to be finished. But then sadness came, it made me want to finish. I held my new breath as the…
Are You a Virgin?
By Cheyenne Brown Are you a virgin? Yes. I usually receive a reaction of disbelief from just about anyone who asks me this question. Do you get tempted? Yes, I am an 18 year old freshman college student with raging hormones, of course I get tempted. Over time, I have just learned how to control those urges. So,…
The Parent Trap
By Christian Joy Clark Y’all pray for my dad. Ain’t nothing wrong with him… he just forgot he had children. My parents divorced when I was 3 and I guess my dad thought that he was divorcing me and my sister too. Growing up, it was hard to come to terms with going from having…
The Mind of an Introvert
By Collin Shamley I overthink a lot. My mind will drift until I completely forget what is happening in the present. I struggle to talk about myself because I don’t know what details are important and which are meaningless to the person I am conversing with. I’m not afraid to admit I care what people…
Can You Speak Up?
By Brian Lucear It’s 9:30am on a Tuesday as I sit in the front row of my Sociology class. It’s the first class of the day so I’m a little sluggish. The minute hand begins to make its lap around the clock as the discussion progresses. Other students are engaging with the professor, offering responses…
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