I saw that on Facebook. Gentrification: A Beautiful Monster My favorite reference site, Wikipedia, says that “Gentrification is a trend in urban neighborhoods, which results in increased property values and the displacing of lower-income families and small businesses.” Simply stated: gentrification is when they, the powers that be, have ruined cities that used to beContinue reading “Gentrification: A Beautiful Monster”
Category Archives: Culture
Dear All Lives Matter
Dear All Lives Matter, The schools of Detroit Public Schools (DPS) are being stripped. The teachers are being forced out and being made to look like the villains. Before you know it, DPS won’t exist. Children are being forced to go to schools that don’t have heat, updated books, or enough certified teachers to teach. EveryoneContinue reading “Dear All Lives Matter”
Can I Pray For You?
I know this is posting to my social media pages, but I’m taking a break from Facebook and Twitter. However, I feel led to extend this offer. So if you see this and the answer is yes, either click the link and comment on the actual blog or send me an email at evans.claricha@gmail.com. FeelContinue reading “Can I Pray For You?”
Don’t Scratch The Itch
I have eczema and I have since I was a kid. It’s not nearly as bad as it was when I was younger, but every now and then I get flare ups. This morning my upper back was really really itchy. I reached back and felt the patch of bumps. So instead of scratching IContinue reading “Don’t Scratch The Itch”
Y’all not for real about this election
In fifth grade, we had a mock governor election. The current governor, John Engler, was running against Attorney Jeffrey Fieger. In our class, John Engler won. Quick background story for non Michigan followers: Once upon a time, John Engler ran Michigan into the ground and everybody knew it. The end. So why did he winContinue reading “Y’all not for real about this election”
The Same People Who
The people who say carrying a gun is a fundamental right are the same people who think having healthcare is a luxury. The people who say adoption is a viable solution to abortion are worried about preserving their family line and are grossly unaware of the fact that millions of babies are aborted yearlyContinue reading “The Same People Who”
Love First
Prostitute, crack whore, crackhead, felon, criminal, thug, alcoholic, bum, pimp, fag, slut, fat, skinny, crazy, bipolar, schizo… Behind every label is a person with a heart, with a life, with blood, with a story. A person who may never learn to really live and love because you can’t see past the exterior. I went toContinue reading “Love First”
Intersectionality
My Black Facebook friends are raging My White Facebook friends are silent I’m constantly torn between feeling like a sell out Or possibly appearing violent. Being a young college-educated Christian Black girl Has to be one of the most complex identities in the world
Perception is just that.
When I worked at a preschool in Lansing my boss would play the same cd every day. There was a song with a line that I could’ve sworn said “God, you shed Your blood on Calvary.” But I’m fairly certain that the song wasn’t even in English. Even still, that’s all I could hear onContinue reading “Perception is just that.”
It’s rude to YOU, not to them, because it’s normal there.
Different cultures do and accept different things. Seems obvious, right? But for most people it isn’t. During my freshman year of college, I was conversing with two friends about a proposal that was on the table at my school. A group of students wanted to make all the restrooms unisex so that transgendered students wouldn’tContinue reading “It’s rude to YOU, not to them, because it’s normal there.”
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