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2Pacalypse Now | Kind of Red
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July 28, 2011. 8212; The Painted One @ 4:19 am. This article appears in the July 2011 Issue of. Tupac and Shock G of Digital Underground. With an outstanding verse in Digital Underground’s. A tune that appeared on the soundtrack to the 1991 film. Tupac emerged as a rising star in urban music. He subsequently released his debut studio album,. To critical acclaim, as the combustible character Bishop. He followed the success of. And his appearance in. With his platinum sophomore album, entitled. In short, T...
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Standard Inequality | Kind of Red
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July 21, 2011. 8212; The Painted One @ 12:41 pm. I]t remains to be seen, no matter how deep this thing goes, whether the soul of Atlanta has really been stirred, whether or not Atlanta will recognize that it is facing a genuine crisis of character, character that is decaying because of fear, intimidation and retaliation. Khaatim Sherrer El (Former Atlanta Public School System Board Chairman). To participating in various forms of cheating, including erasing wrong answers on students’ multiple choice exams...
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Sho Baraka Talented Tenth Interview | Kind of Red
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January 12, 2013. Sho Baraka Talented Tenth Interview. 8212; The Painted One @ 8:33 pm. In the fall of 1903, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois famously penned an article entitled The Talented Tenth for the Negro Problem: A Series of Articles by Representative Negroes of To-day. Third studio album, which bears the same name. Red: Oh, okay. Speaking of. Are they representations of you at different stages in your life? Sho: Ah, good question. I like to leave some mystery there. Ultimately what I want...Red: ...
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Father’s Day | Kind of Red
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June 30, 2010. 8212; The Painted One @ 11:40 pm. Honor thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;. In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a proclamation that declared the third Sunday of June as a day to celebrate fatherhood. And in so doing he officially recognized what had previously been a beloved annual celebration across the country for several decades. The original idea of creating Father’s Day is attributed to Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington. That jarring mom...
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A Long Way to Go (Ctd.) | Kind of Red
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July 29, 2011. A Long Way to Go (Ctd.). 8212; The Painted One @ 4:19 am. Almost a year ago, I wrote about the controversy circling Bishop Eddie L. Long. Concerning the emergence of four civil suits, filed in Dekalb County, alleging that the bishop, “through manipulation, coercion, deception and fraud” engaged in a sexual relationship with four young men while they were teenagers. You may read my initial article in its entirety here. Each of the four suits. According to reports, the settlement awarded the...
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July | 2010 | Kind of Red
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July 31, 2010. 8212; The Painted One @ 9:57 pm. January 1, 2009 Oakland BART Fruitvale Station - Freeze frame image from Oscar Grant shooting. Shortly before the dawning of the first day of last year, an errant bullet briskly fired from the .40 caliber handgun of former Oakland transit officer Johannes Mehserle, and bore through the spine of Oscar Grant III, spilling his blood onto the cold concrete of an Oakland subway station. Pop! Mr Mehserle arrived with other officers, and quickly restrained an unar...
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Rhyme and Reason | Kind of Red
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June 8, 2009. 8212; The Painted One @ 12:36 pm. The (Real) Good Life. Psalm 16:11; 35:9; 51:12; 66:1; 100:1, Habakkuk 3:18, John 3:15-21; 10:10; 15:11, Romans 14:7-8, 17, I Thessalonians 5:16, I Peter 1:18. You may listen to. The (Real) Good Life. Then clicking on the audio page. The (Real) Good Life. The (Real Good) Life. We both were drawn to it almost immediately. The (Real) Good Life. It would seem as though we have no shortage of musing on the good life. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. Which w...
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May | 2012 | Kind of Red
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May 10, 2012. 8212; The Painted One @ 12:15 pm. 8220;The glory of young men. Their strength: and the beauty of old men. The gray head.”. On this day three weeks ago, I turned thirty. There would seem to be no shortage of musings on life, death and aging. I have even contributed to the discussion. Thirty is thirty, and to believe otherwise is a dangerous attempt at entertaining today’s obligations and expectations tomorrow. 8221; What you will find below are my humble thoughts. Take them as they are.
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30 for 30 | Kind of Red
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May 10, 2012. 8212; The Painted One @ 12:15 pm. 8220;The glory of young men. Their strength: and the beauty of old men. The gray head.”. On this day three weeks ago, I turned thirty. There would seem to be no shortage of musings on life, death and aging. I have even contributed to the discussion. Thirty is thirty, and to believe otherwise is a dangerous attempt at entertaining today’s obligations and expectations tomorrow. 8221; What you will find below are my humble thoughts. Take them as they are.
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April | 2012 | Kind of Red
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April 9, 2012. 8212; The Painted One @ 1:15 pm. The Trayvon Martin incident. Has sparked intense national debates regarding the association of African American men and violence, gun violence more generally, racial profiling, etc. What follows is a personal account of racial profiling I experienced on or about December 22, 2002. It has been one of many for me, and seemed appropriate to share during the course of these debates, particularly considering how several public figures. I asked somewhat jokingly.