**Snagged from my 2010 tumblr blog. So excuse the stuff that’s reflective of the time it was originally posted** I heard a song once that says, “Did you realize that you’re alive at the greatest time in history?” If you’re like me when you first read that statement you may be like, “How could youContinue reading “In Case You Didn’t Know…”
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Kanye, It’s Not Just George Bush
“In 2011, more than half of the children entering foster care in the U.S. were children of color. Black or African American children are disproportionately more likely than other children to be reported, investigated, substantiated, and placed in foster care. Twenty-seven percent of the children in foster care are African American, double the percent ofContinue reading “Kanye, It’s Not Just George Bush”
What do Malcolm X, John Lewis and The Maze Runner have in common?
What do Malcolm X, Congressman John Lewis and the new movie The Maze Runner have in common? Well, the first two seem obvious. They are both well known leaders of the Civil Rights Era. How do they connect to that movie though? Take a moment to think about it… 3 2 1 OhCAE. You give up?Continue reading “What do Malcolm X, John Lewis and The Maze Runner have in common?”