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OMG… this is a brilliant blog, Renina!!! I think we
disagree, alot; but, your thinking is tour de force
thinking!!!!
-Alex l NYC
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.
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A dear friend sent me an e-mail this morning, inviting me to his wedding and also commenting on my situation with Filthy.
I’m telling you this for a couple reasons. First, as my friend, I wanted to share this good news and my feelings with you. I hope you have some sense of how [...]
Streets to Suites is a film directed by Marquette Jones,a dear friend of mine. The first thing that I noticed whenwatching this short is that I felt that sense of anticipationthat typically occurs when I reading a good short story.
I love that “what is going to happen next” feeling.
She is currently working on her first [...]
On the evening of November 5th in Brooklyn, you would have thoughtthat Juneteenth and the Fourth of July had occurred. Cars werehonking bars were full, White Folks, Black Folks and Asian folkswere happy that their candidate won. D-boys that I had never seenon my block, who hustle behind closed doors had their big red cupsout. [...]
I got the call on Christmas Eve. “Ne, I made a mistake.”It was Filthy.
I listened, and we decided to link up in mid January.So, he came to a meeting that I spoke at this past Saturday.I was nervous and vulnerable. But, I felt fearless and good.The speech went well.He then broke the news. he [...]
I spoke with my brother yesterday and he mentioned to me two differentinstances where people in our family, our uncle and his mother in law,indicated that they were either scared of him or felt that he had anattitude. I was pleased that he felt close enough to me to share, but Ifelt helpless [...]
Ice Cube helped me in ‘92
I think I have fallen in love with Camus (a dead white Algerianphilosopher who argues that the death penalty is premeditatedmurder) and Anthony Hamilton simultaneously.
What does this have to do with being an artist? Everything,simply because over the last few days I have been apart ofa few conversations on [...]
It is simply impossible to have an intelligent discussion about Blackmale murder, without grounding it in political economy, history andlabor.
Over the weekend, the New York Times featured a piece by TobinWarsaw on the Oakland Riots which is essentially about the waysin which the double standard that some Black people have on Black onBlack [...]
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Oakland haunts me.
Last week, I started trying to convert my essay’s on thecrack epidemic into a memoir and the above sentencecame to mind.As many of you know, on early New Years day , the BARTpolice killed an unarmed man, Oscar Grant.I felt my heart flip in my throat when I heard the woman saythey [...]
New Model Minority is an ad free blog, because I see this space as an end in and of it self. No sponsors. No corporation. Just Thugs, Feminists and Boom Bap. Feel free to donate, if you feel moved by the work here. More than your donation I want your comments.Enjoy the site. ~Renina
