Category: History
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The Deplorables and How to Fight Back
There is no love lost for Hillary Clinton by me personally. I believe her and her faction of the Democratic Party, represented the Neo-liberal wing of it. Their ‘so-called’ pragmatism has failed so many millions of people. She had too much baggage; her campaign and the Democratic Party elite partook in the same Chicago Democratic…
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The Hate that Hate Made: The Rise of Trump and the New Era
Hate and Fear Overcomes November 9, 2016, was the capstone on an already unbelievable year of total fuckery. Prince died, Muhammad Ali died, Harambe got shot, Bowie died, the Cleveland Cavilers bested one of the best teams in NBA history to win the NBA Title, the Chicago Cubs won the “freaking” World Series, and America…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Hakeem Oluseyi
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profiles. Each week, we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week, we honor physicist, veteran, professor, inventor, star of the Science Channel’s…
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American Idiocracy
Dumb it Down? The infamous and incredible comedian George Carlin once said: “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” He was talking about his fellow American citizens. T.V. host, comedian, and lizard man, Bill Maher often comments on the average American’s level of intelligence or…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Colin Kaepernick
Welcome to the first edition of the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profile. Each week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the former San…
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The New Mis-Education of the Negro
A Brief History Lesson In November 2008, America elected the first person of color to the highest office in the land. Many media and political pundits were claiming that America had reached the point of becoming a post-racial society. Since white folks voted in such large numbers for a black man, the country had supposedly…
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Half of the Sky
Cloudy Skies Ahead During my young and single days, like most 20 somethings, I was looking for love in all the wrong places. But I had fun while looking. I was at a bar one night in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. I met a young nurse we’ll call “Rose.” She was sitting alone at the…
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Some Men Just Want to Watch the World Burn
The Ignition In 2008, the housing market crashed and brought about the Great Recession. This happened just as I graduated from Northern Illinois University. I had done all the right things and was prepared to head out into the so-called ‘Adult World.’ But then the bottom fell out as the housing market crashed. That same year, the GOP…
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America, You’re Getting Too Old for This Shit
Happy Birthday, America. Now Get Your Act Together On Monday, July 4th, 2016, America celebrated its 240th birthday. Fireworks, booze, barbecue, and time spent with loved ones were the day’s themes. Little did we know, this day was the calm before the storm. America’s racial tension and reaction against police brutality were brewing, about to spill…
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Blue Jeans and Cheerios Make Racists Go Cray Cray: On Interracial Love in the U.S.
The Controversy On April 26, 2016, Old Navy sent out a tweet that drove the Twitter-Verse into a frenzy and rapidly sparked a backlash from the loveliest of twitter trolls. “What was the cause of this venomous reaction?” you might be asking. It was a tweet for an Old Navy sale ad that featured a…
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