…one of my homies was like, “you really know don’t read anything after the 19th century.”
and i don’t.
period.
…i changed my pedagogical approach after teachin’ a philosophy course on authority in plato.
i don’t do coverage anymore. we slowly read one text until our interpretation(s) break(s) down…no parade of texts, compulsory comparisons, or synthesis for the sake of synthesis.
…live solo. 🏠
…no shoes allowed past the foyer. 👞
…floors mopped at least 3x a week. 🧹
…sofas and chairs steam cleaned once a quarter. 🛋️
…lots of incense, palo santos, and eucalyptus t/o the loft from the farmers market. 🕯️
…lots of plants. 🪴
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Common's "The Light" was a love letter to Erykah Badu, his girlfriend at the time. J Dilla built it on Bobby Caldwell's "Open Your Eyes", played a hair faster, with Detroit Emeralds drums.
It became Common's first Billboard Hot 100 hit (#44) and earned a Grammy nod.
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IF I GO WILL THEY MISS ME arrives on digital platforms tomorrow!
Available on Apple TV, Prime Video, Google Play, YouTube & Fandango at Home
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The photographer Andre D. Wagner knows the special alchemy that can happen when you point a camera at a Black person on the street. newyorker.com/culture/photo-…
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The Black Panther Party was founded in Oakland 60 years ago, and although the organization dissolved in the early 1980s, its legacy can still be seen and felt around the city. Huey Newton, the founder of the Black Panther Party's widow, Frederika Newton, have continued efforts to preserve historic Black Panther Party sites in Oakland. Here's a walk-through of various historic sites in Oakland. abc7news.com/19938189/
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Sixty years ago, a small group of young Black organizers founded the Black Panther Party on the west coast. But, it was in Chicago that the movement found some of its most enduring work, and voices. abc7chicago.com/post/black-p…
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October 15, 1966, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was founded as a revolutionary Black organization to fight capitalist oppression & for self-determination. It stood in solidarity w/ oppressed people around the world against Western imperialism & settler colonialism












