Junot Diaz: "Power never destroys power"
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Rep The Stage Showcase Featuring Charisa Dowe (by aglimpseofsoul)
Let me tell you—-rather, let me SHOW you—-the gem of an artist that feature last night at Verses Open Mic. Shoutouts to Cryout Ink (www.CryoutNJ.org) for bringing that fire to your stage.
For more on Charisa, check out www.theviolindiva.com
Black woman tears up Oakland City Council
(in response to May Day repression of Occupy Oakland and a newly proposed law that would make it illegal for revolutionaries to carry shields and barricades during marches)
“You’re asking why we need our shields for self defense? After a grenade went off behind my head at 12 in the afternoon and gave me something [PTSD] that soldiers coming back from Iraq have? …The policy don’t need to be changed. We’ve got reform crammed so far up our ass it’s clouding our judgement. The police need to be held accountable… and I’m not a nihilist, but I wish I could BURN EVERY FUCKING THING DOWN, except for the houses, so that people could begin to understand that we don’t need this system to survive… There are people being arrested for trying to start farms…!
DON’T SILENCE ME, don’t you fucking DARE. I am SO TIRED… and if you cut off this mic, I’ll still have a mouth… what you’re dealing with is more than rage…
As a black woman, I’m telling you… you’re not serving the people! You’re only serving capitalism. And if you take our shields, the only thing we have left is our second amendment rights— SO IF WE SHOOT BACK…!
YOU DON’T HAVE THE RIGHT TO ARREST ME!”
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Emmanuel and Phillip Hudson - #GetYoKids (by lile451)
10 Responses to the Phrase “Man Up”
IT'S ALWAYS 11:11 SOMEWHERE: The Ups and Downs of Being A Quasi-Successful Poet.
Reblogging this because
1. it’s from the tumblr of one of the most influencial poets I’ve readand heard.
2. Hope, faith, miracle, and the love in between it all from those who matter are all I have.
1. Tonight after my 10 hour stint at the workplace, I came home to find a birthday card from my mom and dad with real folding money in it. Two thoughts I had before I opened this envelope:
a) I wonder if they enclosed money.
b) Jesus Pete, I really could use some money this week. Real folding…
Speak With Ya Chest!
Me and the family are coming back now from watching Kevin Hart perform at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City. First in a long time I’ve been to AC, and it’s just like I remembered: Big ass logo after big ass logo.
Hart was good as always. This was the first live comedy show of this magnitude, and Hart’s performance was well worth the traffic scare of driving in the same flow as those who were shore bound. Of course, it’s during all this I remember it’s memorial day weekend.
I pay attention to comedians on stage because from what I’ve seen, it’s more sink or swim than poetry or any other art form. If you can’t fill the room with laughter in damn near the first minute or two, you are screwed. So I wonder what, from the masterful comedian, I can pick up in terms of timing, pace, and confidence.
The shirt I got from the says Speak with Ya Chest. Cool shirt to perform in if I choose to. A reminder for myself and others on what to do on stage.
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634 Plays
Candace Lee Camacho feat. Safia Elhillo
Nomads With Teacups
Nomads with Teacups- Candace Lee Camacho feat. Safia Elhillo.
finally figured out how to do this :)
if you haven’t already, download Candace’s album, Tulips and Tamales, at www.atrueunderdogstory.com and at www.omgitscandace.tumblr.com
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dear white people: every music you’ve ever loved was created by black people
ska, yes (jesus fuck the
stupidnesswhiteness actually burns on that one), but also country, dubstep, techno, metal, pop, etc etcif it was created in the western hemisphere and within the past 400 years (but especially the past 100-120 or so), black folks created it.
deal.
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