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Continue reading →: The Water’s Fine!
I’m slowly dipping my toe back in… It has been many months, longer if you count consistency. I haven’t been able to write. And it’s made me off- balance, not myself… There’s just been SO MUCH NOISE, I couldn’t. This is not something that you want to admit as a…
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Continue reading →: So What?!??
Here’s the thing… they’ve been held accountable. That’s it… I guess it’s progress; let’s see how sentencing goes. Simple truth: George Floyd should be alive. But a systemic problem still exists. They all thought that they were within their rights as officers. They showed no humanity and failed to recognize…
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Continue reading →: Pray for Ukraine
A simple request. I don’t want to talk politics, I want to pray for people.
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Continue reading →: I Almost Cried at My Desk
Obviously it’s been a while since I’ve posted… I have to say that this world had been getting the best of me and I just didn’t have the energy. But this… What’s sad is this shit happens several times everyday across this country. So why did this story make me…
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Continue reading →: Heart of the Matter
The saga continues… Antwan Wilson, the former Chancellor of DC Public Schools, maintains that Mayor Muriel Bowser knew that he circumvented the school lottery system for his daughter. Bowser denies it, of course. Chancellor Wilson stepped down once it came to light that his daughter did not go through the…
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Continue reading →: For the Love of the Game (and kids)
Philadelphia Eagles’ defensive end, Chris Long, is playing for free. Good for him. And he was part of an important meeting about racial injustice and NFL players’ right to express their frustration with that injustice. Good for him.
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Continue reading →: Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
SCOTUS will hear this case today. If you haven’t heard about this case, then Google it today and pay attention to the decision when it is handed down. A cake shop refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple because it violated the religious beliefs of the owner.…
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Continue reading →: Chi-town’s Finest
Part of me wishes the officers would’ve taken this picture in plain clothes away from the precinct, yet identified themselves as Chicago police officers. Then we could witness the real basis for the reprimand that they still would’ve received. Perhaps it would lose some of its visual power but the…
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Continue reading →: Nope.
A Nats fan and DC resident shared this pic on social media. It’s across from Nationals Park in DC. #Nope
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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.”
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