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Continue reading →: Honeysuckle Air
Caught me some honeysuckle air today. Just a whiff, Unexpected… While driving on the freeway Windows down, hair blowin’, music blarin’ Trying to be carefree. The sweet, heavy scent reminded me of Grandma’s In the summertime. Of climbing trees, Playin’ kickball And eating blackberries and sugar ‘til we could burst.…
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Continue reading →: $900,000, Really?!?
Scaffolding and fences are up today at the King Memorial in order to remove an inscription that some felt mischaracterized MLK Jr. I was a drum major for peace, righteousness… Those who spoke out did so AFTER the memorial was finished. The change has a price tag of $900,000 and…
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Continue reading →: I Know Many Trayvon Martins…
Too many. In fact, a lot of people that I know, know too many Trayvon Martins. And most people have the luxury of knowing only this one. We are broken-hearted because they know too many. Most of whom received less justice than this one. That is the issue.
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Continue reading →: Strange Fruit
Southern trees bear a strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. Pastoral scene of the gallant south, The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth, Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh, Then the…
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Continue reading →: Nine for IX
Celebrate Title IX turning 40!!! Airing Tuesdays on ESPN at 8pm EDT through August, Nine for IX is a series of nine documentaries highlighting female trailblazers in sports. These short films are all directed by women. Film features include Venus Williams, Coach Pat Simmons, Sheryl Swoopes, ’99 World Cup Women’s…
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Continue reading →: A Young Man Died…
was killed, actually… At the end of the day, let’s not lose that within the legal manuevering. This morning, a Harvard law professor had this to say of the Zimmerman trial. If nothing else, this trial is certain to reveal society’s ills. To say the least…
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Continue reading →: The Luck of The Draw
…Wanting to be an astronaut seemed as far away as the moon. These are the words of an emotional African American male teacher reflecting on his school experiences as a child, in the 2010 documentary, The Lottery. Feelings overwhelmed him as he witnessed parents protesting charter schools in NYC. I remember…
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Continue reading →: Penile Misfire
A Delaware jury did not find a doctor negligent in a case where a penile implant caused an eight-month erection. Because the implant recipient failed to immediately seek treatment when the mishap first ocurred, he probably became culpable. Men simply will not go to the doctor!
- A Panel Series From Writing While Black Podcast
- And we have normalized it
- Fuck the cookout
- What does that mean?
I’m Ayoka
Welcome to Mule Of The World. Musings and rants from this Black woman. Zora Neale Hurston called the Black woman “the mule of the world.”
