Taking women for granted
I want to give a huge thank you to the women of the world. Thank you for being the amazing, assiduous, loving, beautiful sisters that you are.
Clayton Brown
- Class year: 2013
Reflections on Trayvon Martin
The Martin case has sparked a national conversation on race, and once again racism has shown its ugly face.
A need for a new paradigm
I write this as I reflect on the polarizing issues of birth control and I have come to the realization that our tendency to separate our issues by gender, race, ethnicity and political affiliations is ultimately holding us back as a human race.
For Affirmative Action, consider the context
However, I noticed that people seem to feel entitled to state an opinion based not on the facts, or history, but rather on emotions and feelings that stray from the truth as we know it.
The war on drugs has failed
The year was 1971, and President Richard Nixon declared a full-out “War on Drugs.” Forty-one years later, the war continues, and we are nowhere near winning this war.
A look at the humanity of our celebrities
From the latter end of the 2011 year until the now, we have witnessed the deaths of icons such as Heavy D, Don Cornelius, Gil Scott-Heron, Patrice O’Neal and Nate Dogg and now beloved singer Whitney Houston.
POLITICS
Thoughts on Herman Cain
I believe that this coming year will be a pivotal point in American history. I am talking exclusively about the 2012 Presidential election.
MUSIC
J. Cole and Hip-hop
Hip-hop has just been blessed with who I believe to be one of the genre’s most promising young artists: J.Cole.
Taking stock of hip-hop
Rap and Hip-Hop have always been a vehicle for mobility as evidenced in its numerous “rags to riches” tales and stories detailing the struggle of being broke, marginalized, ridiculed and misunderstood.
Tupac and the cultural discourse in hip-hop
With the passing of the fifteenth anniversary of the great Tupac Shakur, I took some time to reflect on the state of Hip-Hop.