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Each week, like the old Saturday afternoon movie serials -- a new installment in the ADVENTURES OF HB, each installment 500-550 words. Here's the kic..
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Before it was idealized as 'the 'hood' or given ignominious glory as 'the ghetto' we were born and lived there ... without the hope of ever leaving it..
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The natural beauty of icy inner-city streets bathed in winter white moonlight
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In the 1960's Sly Stone sang, "Don't call me 'n****r', whitey; don't call me 'whitey,' n****r!"
Well, girls ... ever call a man a dog?
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Sometimes nothing that happens in court will bring justice to anyone. Sometimes the court only processes and perpetuates human foible, tragedy, and ..
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Sooner or later, we may all wind up here. This is just one story of what happens within the halls of justice.
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Heartache is universal. Tears are always blue. Cries transcend language. A poem on the realization of loss ... with translation. Por Miriam, mi amigi..
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With the election of Barack Obama black people witnessed what many considered the attainment of an impossible quest. How many of us realized the burd..
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I wrote this celebratory admonition in the wake of Barack Obama's ascension to the Oval office.
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A reflection on a friendship, written in Spanish. No hablas Espanol? lo siento pero no podia decir estas cosas en niguna otra forma. Espeor que pue..
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