Oh, City of God; The movie with the Black, sun-kissed skined boys of Rio’s favelas. I instantly fell in love with it the first time I saw it. I now own the original movie and the City of Men TV series. The most life changing thing the original movie did for me…it taught me that…
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Selma: My Experience at the Bridge Crossing
It took me 2 weeks to get there, but I am so glad I was able to make it…and use my gift card to Five Star Cinemas. I loved the jarring effect of the 4 little girls church bombing. It’s like…you know it happened, but to see it in such graphic detail brought tears…
Pictures from the LA Art Book Festival
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Black Female Sexuality: Why can’t we be free?
I attended the LA Art Book Fair and what stood out to me was the sheer number of nude and explicit photos I saw. There was a whole wall filled with smut and even early 20th century books of white women…spread eagle. Child, I saw so tired of seeing white lady tail! All I could…
Boycotting for Justice in the San Fernando Valley Is Hard
Black owned businesses are few and far in between. The majority of physical businesses you can find here at restaurants, but what I find hard is that for my everyday necessities like groceries, toiletries, and gas… I still have to patronize others. I feel that my black business support is relegated to just restaurants. I…
Remember My Name…my message going into 2015
Beautiful lyrics by the Maestro, Dionne Farris by
They Came…
They came with the bible and took the land They came with Christ and dehumanized the black man The light being the white man and the black man being an uncivilized animal The anglo Saxons… Hannibal Give them your white god The natives are down trod..den They came trying to be the saviors for people…
Not So United States of Fallacy
There was a time when someone would ask me how I was doing and my reply would be“I can’t complain.” Today I can’t truthfully say that. As is the cycle of my adult life, I have suffered a career setback, am kinda, but not in a relationship, stress eating, and the rent is increasing. Separately…
We Are Dying
We Are dying We Are dying And there is nothing we can do about it til we march Til we unify Til we self-love Blood trickling into the sewers Blood flowing down the gutters Blood spewing from every expression of self-hate Blood Blood is what we spill Blood is what we are Unify brothers and…
No Indictment=No Justice=No Love For The DNA From Which All Humanity Came
In a society where not all people are held to the same letter of the law, it hurts my soul. If I killed someone I would be in jail until they figured things out. I would go to trial. As an everyday citizen, I do not have the same rights as police enforcement. As a…