Archive for June, 2008

Being Called One of These Dudes

June 29, 2008

Along with the advance of technology has come a disinterest in books and reading. I understand that to be the reason why our generation has lost most of their creativity and imagination.
As an African growing up in America, you’ve undoubtedly been called one of the following:

Alex Haley’s Roots was once the bane of my existence. The movie [...]

The Assumption that Africans don’t like Black Americans

June 27, 2008

This was going to be my first post, but I decided that I hated Western Union more.
Most Black Americans assume that Africans do not like them or think negatively of them. The funny thing is that Africans have the same assumptions of African-Americans. So where did it all begin?
Nas’ latest album included a [...]

Western Union

June 27, 2008

When I was eight-years-old I went to school with bags under my eyes every day from lack of sleep. Why? Because the pillow over my ears was never thick enough to drown out my mother’s deafening voice at 4 AM as she promised yet another relative that she would send them a Western [...]