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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Posts Tagged ‘Pre-Crack/Post Crack’

Black People Are Afraid of Their Children: Sean Bell Reflections

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Dude was selling these shirts in Harlem after Sean got murdered. Black people are afraid of their children and havebeen since The Beginning of the Crack Era. Pre-crack, Black communities, historically hadan it takes a village attitude towards child rearing. Black parents had no problem checking a childwho was caught acting out. In fact, a [...]

Moving Further from Malcom on the 40th Anniversary of Martin Luther King jr.’s Death

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Within the last few months, I have been moving further fromMalcolm and closer to Martin. Malcolm naturally appealed to me. For us, in the early 90′s, witnessingthe vestiges of the 80′s crack era, the notion of violence as amethod of obtaining and retaining power made sense.In that era, once caring fathers became crack zombies. My [...]