When the topic of dating comes up people have very different ideas of what dating should look like. Do you just hang out and see what happens? Do you base everything on physical attraction and work hard to make everything else fall into place? Or do you start talking about marriage and get accused of […]
The Black Image- Conclusion
Finally, let’s take a quick look at the Oscars. We might be aware by now of the lack of representation in the Oscars. Here’s a list of black people that have won Oscars in the last century. Have you noticed a theme of black people winning or being nominated for roles about the black struggle, […]
The Black Image Part 3
When it comes to positive black images we need to examine what’s important. Like I established in the previous two posts about this topic. We need positive black images to counter the negative that has circulated and to give a balanced picture of what our world really looks like. Where truth has been omitted or […]
The Black Image Part 2
Coming back to an important question- Why do we need these positive black images? Let’s travel back to my story from last week and look at what happened in my history class. This seemingly small omission of a half-page on black loyalists to Britain during the American Revolution is a simple example of how important […]
The Black Image Part 1
In the last few years within my social media circles, I’ve noticed a lot of promotion of positive images of black people. I mean, I also joined a bunch of groups like this a few years ago when I got sick of hearing bad news on my Facebook algorithms all the time. When I wrote […]
Fighting for Passion
Two weeks ago I wrote about ways to support your dream. But what if you don’t feel a passion or push toward anything? If I’m honest I’ve never been the type of person who fit into that category. I’ve always had one thing or another that held importance to me even if it didn’t make […]
