Category: Blog post
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Small Voices and Hushed Tones: On the Affirmative Action Decision
“This is not a small voiceyou hear this is a largevoice coming out of these cities.This is the voice of LaTanya.Kadesha. Shaniqua. Thisis the voice of Antoine.Darryl. Shaquille.Running over watersnavigating the hallwaysof our schools spilling outon the corners of our cities andno epitaphs spill out of their river mouths.”- Sonia Sanchez, 1934 (accessed from https://poets.org/lesson-plan/teach-poem-not-small-voice-sonia-sanchez)…
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No: An Invitation to Surrender
“No is a complete sentence.” At the beginning of this year, this phrase was my mantra. And while, it encouraged me to stop overextending myself, I have recently found myself on the receiving end of these noes. Man, do these noes feel so final, and so complete. As an author, I am no stranger to…
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