itYAHfaot I had every, and I mean every intention on not really mentioning or addressing racial issues with our last VALOR expedition in January. Whelp.. I tried. In the great words of Scarface.. "..everytime I think I'm out they pull me back in." Now for the elephant in the room/commonwealth. February 1st or 2nd the… Continue reading The Elephant in the Commonwealth
itYAHfaot I’m writing this from somewhere in West Africa. The ocean obviously helps me create longer run on sentences. I needed to be away to write a blog to describe our Richmond session of VALOR. The session in its time and season was great. I told myself I’m not going to write about any racial… Continue reading The VALOR of Richmond
The Suffolk/Eastern Shore Valor trip was eye opening, not in amazement, but in reality of the scope of capitalism, consumerism and class. I’ll probably do several blogs, so this doesn’t turn out to be half the length of War and Peace. ( I didn't do multiple blogs, its long, i'd suggest napping between paragraphs) I’d… Continue reading When your skin is your sin, it’s all about the skin you are in…
Wrapping up our first session of Valor, 2 weeks later and I'm just making it home. This was my first trip to Va. Tech, and my second trip to southwestern Va. in the last 9 months and in my life. I took my passport this time, according to Siri and google maps, a border crossing… Continue reading M’asem (my story in the Akan/twi language of Ghana)
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