February 2012
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"how an ancient chinese herb may lead to new...
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hnknta:
‘new’ white people are so cute
^ this
I remember when white people “discovered” the healing properties of shea butter. All of Africa was like:
hahahaahhahhahahahahaa
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Watchlivefortodaynottomorrowx:
Beyoncé dancing to ‘Birthday Cake’.
Beyonce be giving me life. My goodness.
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the best booty call song ever. →
memevida:
ever.
That gif gets me everytime
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Jack: You don't think there is any chance of Gwendolen becoming like her mother in about a hundred and fifty years, do you Algy?
Algernon: All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
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it's not a drop out rate, it's a PUSH OUT RATE
daniellemertina:
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when i heard the man say this my heart stopped i never took it in like that.
‘they leave school not because they want to it is because the system we created to keep minorities down makes it known that they are not wanted. it’s not a drop out rate, it’s a PUSH OUT RATE’
amen.
There’s often a serious lack of emphasis on education in the communities where...
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“Slavery has never been abolished from America’s way of thinking.”
– Nina Simone (via fuckingsocietyraw)
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“Society has a problem with female nudity when it is not … ”—Badu pauses to get...”
– Erykah Badu: June/July Cover Story [Pg 1] | VIBE (via sexisbeautiful)
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Review: An amazing read. Magnificent characters, great plot, and Hwang’s use of language/genre is perfect. This play includes all the desire and salaciousness one could desire lol. Themes of power, sexuality, fantasies, interpersonal relationships between men and women, women’s status, trust, loyalty, homosexuality, secrets, deception - you name it it’s here in <i>M....
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Gallimard: You're crazy.
Song: I'm happy. Which often looks like crazy.
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“When everything around me got cloudy, the chair became a king’s throne
My...”
– Nas (via hiphop-a-shortywop)
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Book Review: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
One of the best books I’ve ever read in my life…I love that Achebe’s work is not a complete critique of traditional Nigeria. I like that the novel is more than a simple anthropological text with a fickle plot. I could type all day & night about what I learned from this novel. The most gratifying thing about Things Fall Apart is why it was written. An educated Acebe decided to...
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“When a woman calls a man her “friend,” she’s calling him a...”
– M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwand
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Book Review: Sundiata by D. T. Niane
I find it petrifying that many young Blacks do not know about African epics or about the grand empire of Mali. As a student of language and literature, it breaks my heart that this story is not more well known. Sundiata is a great epic! I revisited Sundiata this year and still really really love the epic. It’s fabulous writing, semi-true, and very entertaining. My plea is to parents (and...
: Stolen from Africa? →
kneelingelephant:
A common theme amongst the African Diaspora is that “we were stolen from Africa”. That is true indeed. But that’s touching only the surface. The true diabolic nature of what happened is revealed in that “Africa was stolen from us”. African history, African pride,…
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“Malcolm was a firm believer in the value and importance of our heritage. He...”
– BETTY SHABAZZ (via chocolatecitysingles)