What People Are Saying

Renina continues to
challenge herself and
give these types of
conversations a platform
away from the classroom.
i also think she grapples
with a lot of ideas and
i love that she?s not afraid
to put that work on display.
i?m thankful.
-Bianca
l Brooklyn

You’re bookmarked based off of this post alone
-Ketchums
l Michigan

I’ve read your blog for a long time and this is
my first time responding. You give me reason
to think and improve upon myself and others.
Thank you.
-John l Florida


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Archive for December, 2007

What Policy Makers Don’t Know About the Hood.

Friday, December 7th, 2007

There are some cats, and I repeat some, that don’t trip off doing a bid. Their rationale is I got caught let me do my time, stand tall and I willget out when I get out. I thought of this when reading an article aHOT MINUTE ago about a dude that allegedly shot a police [...]

Biz Markie Getting some Nickelodeon Cake

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

So I am doing the normal troll of news websites and I come across this piece on Biz Markie teaching kids to beat box on this show called YoGabba Gabba on Nick Jr. Ya’ll notice how the logo looks like Yo! MTV Raps. Here is the Halloween edition with Biz in a costume. While I [...]

My Fico Score and 50 Cent

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

So I am on myFico.com, mad as f*ck because I am learningabout how my credit score is different from my fico score. And of course FICO scores NOT CREDIT SCORES,are used by banks to evaluate our credit worthiness.So I am reading the message board and the issue of rappersand implicitly Black people mismanaging their money [...]

100 Hundred Worst High Schools in America.

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

I found the 100 Best High schools in America. Apparently. In the winter of 1821, the civic leaders of Boston approved what was then a radical idea. At a time when advanced learning was largely restricted to the wealthy, they voted to create the country’s first public high school, open to boys 12 or older [...]