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Continue reading →: A House is Not a Home
I just finished blasting the Mayor’s office as well as the Director of DC Housing and Community Development. I am not naive to believe that my comments will be addressed or even read, but I am sick to death of seeing this type of abuse. This is the Nation’s Capitol.…
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Continue reading →: Have You Seen My Mojo?
I lost it somewhere between August when my 8 year-old started asking me questions about Trump and December when I still had a real-life Michael Scott (fictional character of The Office) as a director. Good news is Scott is gone! I think you know the bad news. I have not…
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Continue reading →: WWDKD?
What Would Dr. King Do? A great question. What would Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. do if he were alive to see the state of the union? I think that he would cry (in private) and then take action to ignite a fire in the next generation. It was many…
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Continue reading →: Stay Safe Buckeyes
When are we going to keep our young people safe? How many more active shooters need to attack campuses, elementary schools, malls, workplaces? THIS IS BULLSHIT! Make your voice heard on sensible gun control measures. Surely this has to matter…
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Continue reading →: Dear FLOTUS: Various ‘Love’ Letters
A beautiful dedication to the First Lady of the United States. Thank you New York Times.
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Continue reading →: I Sit With Kaepernick
49ers Colin Kaepernick sitting during the National Anthem is not new… someone just “broke the story.” I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than football and it would…
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Continue reading →: Women’s Equality Day
Supposedly, that’s today… Is it really or just a hashtag? Yesterday, I bumped into an acquaintance that I hadn’t seen in a while; she is blessedly pregnant. She is going on 40 and never thought she would have children because that’s what she’d always been told. As I shared a…
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Continue reading →: Unsportsmanlike Conduct
I am still trying to wrap my mind around the outrageous lie told by U.S. Olympic swimmer, Ryan Lochte. He is not a kid, far from it… although his behavior is indicative of one. His actions are the exact opposite of what the Olympics are about. He should be beyond…
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Continue reading →: Black Lives Matter
It is amazing to me that so many can be offended and feel the need to misconstrue such a basic statement. A statement that is so basic and human that it begs the question: why would anyone feel like they need to make the statement at all? But then again,…
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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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