Category: Community
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Who’s Black?
Blog Post #14: This may be unbelievable but Kendrick Lamar and I are both Black people. We’ll never be white passing (unless we go MJ on ’em), and we believe that ‘the blacker the berry is, the sweeter the juice.’ To the Black writers who came before me, thank you for sharing your stories. This…
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What a Year for Us
Blog Post #11: Hip hop has an interesting way of giving people a voice. Music is a big part of my identity and it has shaped my life, good and bad. 2020 felt very divided, but music continued to align me with my tribe. Whether it was (virtually) on #Clubhouse, freestyling with Cassidy (one of…
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Blog Post #7: Ride or Die
There have been times when I have felt unsafe in the passenger seat of an Uber/Lyft ride. When your driver is overly talking to you, how do you stop them from speaking? Recently, a family member of mine told me that sometimes they accompany their friend in an Uber/Lyft ride to their destination. When I…
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Blog Post #5: Ownership
Instagram and Facebook are overly saturated platforms. Filled with algorithms, trolls, and advertisements that have taken over our feeds, these apps are forever changing and it’s important to keep up with what’s new. In addition to in app updates, human behavior is constantly evolving and ‘taking a social media cleanse’ has been a recent trend.…
