Monday, July 7

Poetry on the Menses, "Articulate," and the Black PhD

I've been saving videos on my phone for a time when I wasn't doing anything. Today is the day. There is no order or line of theme for them. Just brilliant Black scholars and wordsmiths.

http://youtu.be/4vu2BsePvoI

In honor of the menstrual cycle. I love this so very much and want to show this to everybody!


http://www.upworthy.com/someone-told-her-she-was-articulate-now-watch-her-very-articulately-reject-the-compliment?g=4

"I had to borrow your language cuz mine's was stolen. That I had to borrow your language because mines was stolen but you can't expect me to speak your history wholly while mines is broken. These words are spoken by someone who is simply fed up with the Euro-centric abdeals of the season and the reason I speak a composite version of your language is because mines was ripped away along with my history. I speak broken English, so the profusing gashes can remind us that our current state is not a mystery. I'm so tired of the negative images that are driving my people mad."

http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/black-men-in-higher-education/53aa131c78c90a5a22000130
So much truth in this one!!


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