By Isaiah Joseph When I was a child, I remember my heart would begin to race with fear at the sight of a police officer. Cops simply intimidated me partly because of the enormous size difference between me and them yet, mainly because of the gun that sat right on their waist. My mom…
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Black Mail
By Rashaad Pierre Pay attention! I was watching the news. To see what was new. Unfortunately it was a story that I already knew. And the headline READ. Just BLUES and RED. The colors of sirens. As another black person is pronounced dead. Oh I get what the news was trying to do. BLACK is…
3 Little Rebels
By Attallah A. Ali Knock. Knock. Guess who? We’re finally here and we’ve come to collect our dues. Time to open up and see how it feels to be in our shoes. This is the story of the Three Little Rebels knocking on the sandman’s door. They’re always awake, marching with their feet sore. But they…
Black Lives STILL Matter
By Sammy Smith Recently, I had a discussion about race with a former schoolmate of mine. She’s white, and she had a list of arguments that downplay the existence of racism in this country today. Black people should stop pulling the race card Black people are not unfairly targeted by police Institutionalized racism does not…
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