12/17/2018

We all know that it is the holiday season and that there are a wide array of dolls and toys that are available to our children.  But are they really available to our children in the way that we need them to be? The way they need them to be? As I walk down the toy isles, there is barely any representation in the form of dolls and books that represent US, or any minority at that fact.  If there are dolls available, that are “supposed” to represent us, they are BUTT UGLY.  I mean they put the worst

01/21/2018

Here I am listening to SZA’s Ctrl Album (The album that accurately describes most of my twenties) and realizing that this is actually my last year of my twenties.  And if you are 28, or already the BIG TWENTY-NINE then you feel my pain or joy.  Some people may be ecstatic to be exiting their twenties, but if you’re like me you’re looking like, “WHAT HAPPENED TO MY TWENTIES?” What’s important is that you look back over the last 9 years of your twenties life and see how much you’ve grown and

08/14/2017

When you hear the phrase “The American Dream”, what comes to mind?  It originally meant a beautiful house, the white picket fence surrounding it, the chocolate lab, the perfect family within the house, friendly neighbors, and financial stability.  Now don’t get me wrong those things are nice but, (as the record scratches) we as African-Americans, Black People, Negros, and other words used to describe us have NEVER been a part of the American dream.  Look back at history and see how many of us