After a few months of being unemployed, I recently landed a new job as the Junior Editor at Newsone.com which is a site dedicated to African American news. The site is under the umbrella of Interactive One which is the largest African-American digital platform in the world. My job duties consist of aggregating articles, editing [...]

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Happy Birthday to my Dad. This man is a work of art. If you’d like to subscribe to this blog, click here

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Week 2 of the funny, sad, and ignorant s**t I hear in Dyckman weekly. #1 Who? Two white women. Where? On the train sitting next to me while we’re headed uptown. Now this wouldn’t normally apply as I didn’t hear it “in Dyckman,” but I had to post this. Two ladies: *tap me* Excuse me, [...]

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When I frequent the bars and lounges in our neighborhood, I always tend to find groups of women together. Sometimes it’s a small group (3 or 4) and at times you’ll find six or eight of them sipping Cosmos and Mojitos. It’s always either an after-work cool down or the nights first stop on there [...]

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(click on pics to enlarge designs) A few weeks ago, I decided I wanted to dedicate a series to my friends who are doing cool stuff. The first one I decided to feature is my buddy Jenny. I’ve known Jenny for about six years now and she’s a fabulous person. A smart, educated, ambitious young [...]

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This will be a series that includes the ignorant, fun, and sad quotes I directly run into during my week in my home, sweet, home… #1 Who? My friend Tom Cruz’s barber on Nagle. Tom: Why you so late man? Barber: Cono loco estaba rapando (I was having sex) Analysis: The barber shop opens at [...]

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I spent locked inside my apartment. I didn’t really feel like doing anything. I don’t know if I was depressed or something, but all weekend long, I didn’t see anything wrong with it. I received texts and emails to go to house parties in Brooklyn, barbecues in Harlem, and wine tastings in my hood, but [...]

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to my damn good looking parents. Just a few days ago they celebrated 32 years of marriage *round of applause* These two grew up at a different time. The people of today can’t even last a quarter of that time because they want to give up on marriages right away. Lucky for me, through all [...]

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to Jessica over at the beautifully written and popular blog site, Black Love Speak, for re-posting my Dominican Chronicles content (ones that focus on race) on her site. I appreciate you reading and posting my content on your site so it can reach a larger audience and hopefully alert people to some of the racism [...]

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