On Haiti.
Monday, January 25th, 2010
I have been reticent to blog about the earthquake. When so many people are adding their two cents, I think people who are directly effected have a stronger ability to move others than someone like myself, who is more removed, and has the luxury of being riled up and distracted by idiots like Pat Robertson, or this asinine article by David Brooks (since when is Brooks an expert on Haitian culture and the ripple effects of voodoo?). I've prayed and I've given what money I could. That being said, Edwidge Danticat,… Read More
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Malcolm X was born on this day in 1925. It's impossible for me to think about Malcolm without thinking about the embarrassingly small amount of information I knew about him for the majority of my life. I learned nothing at all about him in any of my early schooling-- and I was in primary and secondary school in the 90's. Spike Lee's film came out when I was seven and while I do recall the hats that Lee made popular (thank you, music videos on 