Dear Black & Brown Family, I recently watched The First Purge (2018), and I was conflicted and convicted about a lot. Conflicted about why I haven’t made positive strides in my community yet and convicted on what I need to do to make it happen. Honestly, I had avoided watching this movie since it came out. […]
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High school basketball is a delicacy in the state of Oklahoma. We’ve seen dozens of stars move through the state and move on to do great things professionally, but there has been an influx of talent from one school over the last 15 years. I’ll stray away from offending old-head Oklahoma basketball connoisseurs from past […]
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Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana Jr. and Korey Wise. Five minority men who have had chunks of their lives stripped away from them due to false rape and assault charges in the infamous Central Park Jogger case. Written off as guilty before even given a fair trial, despite having zero evidence to […]
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For the last two years, Grand Gentlemen has handed out a college scholarship to various Oklahoma City High School seniors. It’s called the Man of the Year scholarship. While many people formerly recognized the Grant Gents as a group of debonair, well-dressed, and cheerful men of color, they’ve defined themselves as more. The Grand Gents […]
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Real estate, $50 million. Art collection, $70 million. Music, $75 million. Roc Nation, $75 million. Tidal, $100 million. D’usse, $100 million. Cash & investments, $200 million. Armand De Brignac, $310 million. Becoming the first ever rap billionaire? Priceless. As of today, Shawn Carter has officially become the fifth black billionaire. Not only is this nothing […]
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J.Cole has no problem showing that he’s in a league of his own. In fact, he’s so confident in his position in rap that he sounds off in his lyrics. “Only gon’ say this one time and I’ll dip, niggas ain’t worthy to be on my shit.” Jermaine Cole rapped viciously over his track KOD […]
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I once read a quote that said, “Privilege is when you think something is not a problem because it’s not a problem to you.” Colin Kaepernick sees a problem outside of himself and is speaking and acting out against it. It’s not only cost him playing time with the 49ers, it costs him a roster […]
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