The tragedy is that I’ll never be able to move to the Middle East and exist as a normal citizen. Technically I could, but for the most part, I’d be a social leper. Not because I’m an American or because I’m Black, but because, for the life of me, I can’t grow a self-respecting beard.Continue reading “The Plight of the Beardless Man”
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Black Power
The man in the mirror’s asking me to make a change. I wish I could say that the change had something to do with civil liberties or global equality, but it only has to do with my clothes. If I say it has to do with sartorial social location, does that sound more noble…err…that’s allContinue reading “Black Power”
Black is the New
I went to an NYC public school and was one of those “better chance” minorities that got a ride into private school. My friends on the block teased me the night before my first day, saying “you’re gonna come back skateboarding and shit”, because contrary to current coolness, it wasn’t always cool for black kidsContinue reading “Black is the New”
The Black List
Before I say what I’m about to say, please go to this!!!!! SUPPORT UP AND COMING CREATIVES!! Where it used to be that black people had (for better or for worse) a collective fashion aesthetic, translated through hip-hop (Sean John, Rocawear, FUBU, etc), it seems that the situation is shifting so that that aesthetic hasContinue reading “The Black List”
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