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    Fighting Murder with Murder?
    • Dec 14, 2020

    Fighting Murder with Murder?

    How crazy does that sound? Except to some people I guess it makes perfect sense. I am firmly against capital punishment. To me, that...
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    My Debate-Induced Headache
    • Oct 5, 2020

    My Debate-Induced Headache

    I'm so exhausted. So much has happened in the past few months and being in the midst of senior year and applying for college, I just...
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    White Pride and Prejudiced Literature
    • Jul 17, 2020

    White Pride and Prejudiced Literature

    In the 2018-2019 school year I was enrolled in Brit-Lit or British Literature, a notoriously boring and difficult English course. We read...
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    Pseudo Independence
    • Jul 7, 2020

    Pseudo Independence

    I don’t think I have to explain this one. The Fourth of July was never a big deal in my house. I don’t know if that was intentional on my...
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    Happy Father's Day
    • Jun 21, 2020

    Happy Father's Day

    I've always hated the whole "Black men are deadbeat dads" narrative. For lack of a better term, it's really stupid. And harmful. And...
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    Seventeenth on Juneteenth
    • Jun 19, 2020

    Seventeenth on Juneteenth

    Happy Emancipation Day beautiful people! On this day 155 years ago, the very last slaves - in Galveston, Texas - were freed. Two years...
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    There's NO Excuse for Murder
    • Jun 15, 2020

    There's NO Excuse for Murder

    Most of us have been force-fed police propaganda the entirety of our lives. We watch TV where detectives act recklessly on a hunch and...
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    This Affects Everyone
    • Jun 8, 2020

    This Affects Everyone

    This one is for everyone asking why we don't protest when white people are killed by the police. First of all, because those killings...
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    Happy Birthday Breonna
    • Jun 6, 2020

    Happy Birthday Breonna

    Yesterday would have been the 27th birthday of Breonna Taylor, Louisville EMT and one of the more recent victims of senseless violence at...
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    RIP Sarah Grossman
    • Jun 6, 2020

    RIP Sarah Grossman

    On May 30, after attending a peaceful protest in Columbus, Ohio, 22-year old recent Ohio State graduate Sarah Grossman died. While...
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    Bad Apples...or Bad Orchard?
    • Jun 5, 2020

    Bad Apples...or Bad Orchard?

    Today I am attempting to explain what I mean when I say ACAB, or All Cops Are Bad. It seems that people misunderstand the statement, and...
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    Happy Pride Month
    • Jun 4, 2020

    Happy Pride Month

    This week marks the beginning of Pride Month 2020. You may or may not also know about Tony McDade, a transgender Black man who was shot...
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    The Broken Policing System
    • Jun 3, 2020

    The Broken Policing System

    I encourage you all to watch this free episode of Netfix's Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj. Along with being a trailblazer for brown people...
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    Riots, looting, and a whole lot of confusion
    • Jun 2, 2020

    Riots, looting, and a whole lot of confusion

    "And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear?" - Martin Luther King Jr. ...
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    Letter to the Principal
    • Jun 1, 2020

    Letter to the Principal

    Last night I was made aware that in the heart of this rebellion and uprising, seniors at my high school were still expected to take final...
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    We aren't violent, the police are.
    • Jun 1, 2020

    We aren't violent, the police are.

    During a nation-wide attempt at peaceful protest, and media's attempt at demonizing them, I realized something. The media and government...
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