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Continue reading →: Happy Birthday X
El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965 I remembered first thing this morning, then lost track during the day. I want to pay homage to one of the most dynamic leaders who had a remarkable and transformative life which was cut short before he truly blossomed.…
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Continue reading →: Toot Toot… Yeah…Beep, Beep
Hey Mister?! Have you got a dime? LaDonna Adrian Gaines December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012 Bad Girls…my absolute favorite Donna Summer song. I had the double album that opened up like a spread. Donna Summer looked FABULOUS, standing under a streetlight. I wad about seven and didn’t know…
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Continue reading →: Wind Me Up Chuck!!!
R.I.P. Chuck Brown August 22, 1936 – May 16, 2012 DC will never be the same. Native Washingtonians today mourn the death of this icon, Godfather of Go-Go, who gave birth to a genre of music that became our soundtrack. I have countless memories associated with his music especially seeing…
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Continue reading →: Thanks, Mom!
As Mother’s Day approaches, I reflect on my relationship with my mother and think about my own children. I have close friends who recently lost their mom and I think about how Sunday will be for them. Conversely, I have another close friend who recently lost her stepson and know…
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Continue reading →: Another First for POTUS Maximus
In case you missed it, have been under a rock or otherwise preoccupied, on Wednesday, President Obama became the first in-office President to support same-sex marriage. As “Gina” would say, “you betta go BOY!!!!” Now, was this political posturing, a heart-felt admission, a combination of both? I don’t know, but…
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Continue reading →: Red Shirting
No, I’m not talking college sports… I’m talking kindergarten. Academic redshirting is a growing phenomena in which parents are seeking a competitive edge for their children. By delaying their child’s entrance into kindergarten, some parents are hopeful their children will be natural leaders. This seems counterintuitive to me. I was discussing this issue…
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Continue reading →: Tweeting Hate
After the game-winning goal by Joel Ward against the Bruins on Wednesday night sent the Capitals to the play-offs, Twitter became ablaze with racial epithets toward the player. Ward was unaware until a teammate shared it on the plane ride home. This is not the first time social media has…
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Continue reading →: Can’t We All Just Get Along?
This was the plea heard from Rodney King almost 20 years ago at the height of the infamous LA riots, sparked by the aquittal of the officers who brutally beat him. The anniversary of those riots come at a time when this country is embattled by some of the same…
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Continue reading →: Pay Attention to the Fine Print…
And don’t get pregnant, at least not if you’re single. A 29 year-old volleyball coach and science teacher, Cathy Samford, was fired from a Texas Christian school last fall for violating the morality clause of her employment contract: she was single and pregnant. Samford led the volleyball program for three years…
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Continue reading →: You’re Hired!
American unemployment is at its lowest level since April 2008. This is one of the indicators used to show the status of the economy. Who’s getting hired? Women as well as men, in industries they might not have considered before. And guess who else…older workers. So a recession has had…
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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.”
