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  • Hashtag Activism Ain’t Gone Cut It Anymore!: The Response Blacks Really Need From White Allies
  • When They Saw Me: Stories of Police Injustice from My Adolescence- Part 1: Goddamn Cunningham!
  • Our Kids Can’t Really Be Friends: How White Supremacy and Fragility Affect the Relationships of Children.
  • The Theology of a Sneakerhead
  • More

    Category: Hip-Hop

    Hamilton Is Proof the Church Needs Millennials… and Hip-Hop!

    Like millions of people around the United States, I didn’t get to see the Tony Award winning Broadway HIP-HOP musical, Hamilton, when it was performed live. But…… Read more “Hamilton Is Proof the Church Needs Millennials… and Hip-Hop!”

    July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 by Informed Scholar

    When They Saw Me: Stories of Police Injustice From My Adolescence, Part 4: “Tell or Go to Jail!”

    It was a hot Summer. Yea, I know every Summer is hot but the summer of my senior year was the hottest ever, and it didn’t have…… Read more “When They Saw Me: Stories of Police Injustice From My Adolescence, Part 4: “Tell or Go to Jail!””

    September 4, 2019September 18, 2019 by Informed Scholar

    When They Saw Me: Stories of Police Injustice from My Adolescence Part 3: “You Punks in a Gang?”

    “What do you want to be when you grow up?” has to be the single most asked question to kids in school. It’s a loaded question that…… Read more “When They Saw Me: Stories of Police Injustice from My Adolescence Part 3: “You Punks in a Gang?””

    July 25, 2019July 25, 2019 by Informed Scholar

    When They Saw Me: Stories of Police Injustice from My Adolescence- Part 1: Goddamn Cunningham!

    “Tron, these police will mess us up… When the police want what they want, they will do anything. They will lie on us. They will lock us…… Read more “When They Saw Me: Stories of Police Injustice from My Adolescence- Part 1: Goddamn Cunningham!”

    June 13, 2019July 2, 2019 by Informed Scholar

    Division, Schism, and other Prevailing “Walls” of Hades

    I’m copiously optimistic. I have been all of my life, and although life for me “ain’t been no crystal stair”, hope and optimism govern my outlook on…… Read more “Division, Schism, and other Prevailing “Walls” of Hades”

    January 30, 2019January 30, 2019 by Informed Scholar

    The Second Gospel of KRIT: Why 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time is Good News to Hip-Hop

    Two years ago when Justin Scott, better known to the rest of the world as Big KRIT, dropped his classic album Cadillactica, it was like a new…… Read more “The Second Gospel of KRIT: Why 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time is Good News to Hip-Hop”

    November 29, 2017November 29, 2017 by Informed Scholar

    The Theology of a Sneakerhead

    “Shoes was the worstest trouble. We weared rough russets when it got cold, and it seem powerful strange they’d never git them to fit… We prays for…… Read more “The Theology of a Sneakerhead”

    November 7, 2017 by Informed Scholar

    Black People Have A Reason to Be Mean, But We’re Not… You’re Welcome!

    It seems as much as I try to avoid conversations about the ugliness of our race relationships in America, the more I have to talk about them.…… Read more “Black People Have A Reason to Be Mean, But We’re Not… You’re Welcome!”

    September 13, 2017September 13, 2017 by Informed Scholar

    Let’s Be Honest: DAMN. Is One of The Best Sermons I’ve Heard in a While

    Yes, the title is click bait. And yes, I am classifying Kendrick Lamar’s latest, certified-platinum (its only been three weeks, y’all!) album DAMN. as a sermon. Scratch…… Read more “Let’s Be Honest: DAMN. Is One of The Best Sermons I’ve Heard in a While”

    May 5, 2017May 5, 2017 by Informed Scholar

    Hip-Hop, Opportunity, and Black Privilege: A Young Pastor’s Views on Charlamagne’s New Book

    For the last several years, my mornings have consisted of the following: An alarm, a yawn, a glance to the right to see if one of my…… Read more “Hip-Hop, Opportunity, and Black Privilege: A Young Pastor’s Views on Charlamagne’s New Book”

    April 21, 2017April 26, 2017 by Informed Scholar

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