"Nigga" is passed around like high-fives in today's society. Hip hop has allowed for the term to become more mainsteam, and through musical waves it travels through multiple communities, cultures, and countries. However, the origin of the term still stings the oppressed people that it was made to remind of our alleged inferiority. Because of …
don’t touch my hair
It's a notion that every black woman feels at one point or another, and Solange Knowles captured the frustration and politics of the subject beautifully on her A Seat at the Table album in the song Don't Touch My Hair. For one, as black women, we're statistically at the bottom of the social, economic, professional totem …
Where’s Kanye on the Mason-Dixon? Modern-day runaways looking back
With the acceptance of progressive culture comes the type of people who think they know everything, but really, they know absolutely nothing. As society becomes more aware of our surroundings, we become more educated in our cultural differences. Lord willing, we're more knowledgeable and accepting of those differences and embrace them without chastising their uniqueness …
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