Power doesn’t always mean someone in control does it because they are leaders. Sometimes, they do it because they fear a different result. The United States was built on fear. Europeans feared the Native Americans enough to murder them and send them west. They feared Africans enough to enforce laws to establish them as 3/5th […]
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My father will be 90 years old this year in November. It’s funny because I remember 20 years ago celebrating HIS mother’s 90th birthday. Even at that time, age of my father hadn’t hit me since I felt I had a pretty normal childhood. My mother, of whom I’d never share her age (since it’s
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100% Spoilers! Please do not read this unless you want to be spoiled. We’ll keep it all to a minimum but it’s impossible to discuss Avengers: Endgame without giving some of it away. So, let’s go! The timeline before the end In its entirety, the Marvel Universe has brought something in the last 11 years
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I have a friend who always knew my concern of people posting their children online in huge multiples. You’d see some proud parents who post their child’s photos every day. Now, I understand the significance of pride in a little human you’ve created but I still wonder why everyone feels the need to overshare their
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So, in case you hadn’t seen our gender reveal video, Drea and I will be bringing a boy into the world. We’re extremely excited for our little Mango to be growing perfectly inside of her, bouncing around until his birthday. Although he doesn’t know it yet, his name is Lorenzo and the latest sonograms have
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It’s been such a whirlwind since the first time Drea came out of the bathroom with the stick with the “positive” markings highlighted. Two stripes and of course, the second one confirmed our inquisitive minds on why she was feeling off since our European Trip. #ParisBaby became a reality but that haze of something you
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Black families are usually weary of doctor visits. You probably see a lot of Black men and women dying of stress-related illnesses and often dying younger than others. This has a long history attached to it with the U.S. government experimenting unwillingly on unsuspecting Black people. This distrust has been validated with the Tuskegee Experiments
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Excuse the ambiguous pronoun in the title but at this moment, we don’t know if our little peach-sized combo is a boy or a girl. But for now, we relish in the happiness of building up our family through love, commitment and a physical union of both Drea and myself. And at 15 weeks old
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When film director and friend, Matty Steinkamp asked me to review a few movies for his upcoming film festival, I was first surprised and then honored to be asked. I hadn’t quite gotten the scope but realized after a couple of messages how important it was to him. I cleared a Saturday and Drea and
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