I think the worst time to live in the Heights/Inwood for me is when there are local elections. It really is.
For all you new residents, I know you can’t stand the noise coming from Mister Softee, salsa blaring from radios late night, and motorcycles. But me? I’m used to all this. I don’t even [...]

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Now listen… whatever I write here goes.
Read this slowly. I just want to make sure it all sinks in.
Here are the rules; I tell you what to think. Don’t argue with me now. This is best for all of us.
You do not think for yourself. I repeat, you do not think [...]

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Congratulations to Tom Perez for gaining the post of Assistant Attorney General in President Obama’s administration.
I’m very proud of this moment because he is a son of two Dominican immigrants who fled the DR during the time of the tyrant, Trujillo’s dictatorship. Perez, graduated from Brown undergrad, Harvard law school and its Kennedy School of [...]

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You probably expect a rant right? No, its not happening this time.
The picture speaks for itself; ignorance at its highest degree from a daily newspaper (NY POST) in the most diverse city in the country and probably the world. But, what do you expect from a paper owned by Ruppie and written for a 3rd [...]

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Tell me something I didn’t know.

Look, I don’t live too far from East Harlem, there’s a few sprinkled in the Heights, some in the BX and BK, and there’s a lot in Yonkers and Staten and Long Island. This isn’t a shock to me at all and I’m surprised it won’t come any sooner and [...]

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Scene: 125th and Adam Clayton Powell
Day: January 20, 2009 (1 day before my birthday)
Time: 10:50 - 12:05
Temperature: Freezing
I’ve done a few things in my life that I’m proud of, but the proudest moment of my life was today. I didn’t stay home to watch the inauguration on the tube, but instead decided to go to [...]

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This is what these two people embody. Do you see how they look each other in the eye and hold each other? This is LOVE ladies and gentlemen. Pure Love…
On inauguration night, I was watching this with my girlfriend and was simply amazed at something which is so rare to see on TV or even [...]

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The Republican Party is really losing it. The nation is becoming more diverse as we speak and minorities will comprise the majority of this country in 30 years and they still put out a video like this!? Don’t they know they better start courting minorities if they ever want to get back into office? They [...]

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“I’m a fierce advocate for equal rights for gays and lesbians.” Barack Obama
You see, I’m more of an Obama supporter than anyone, but I’m not blind either. Just because he’s a “brother,” doesn’t mean I won’t criticize him. Hell, I criticize brother’s more than anyone in reality.
Last week, Obama made his first big mistake when [...]

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By: Me
On the same night America demanded change, the country did more of the same in California when Proposition 8 passed banning gay marriage.
The reason why I’m writing about this is because it bothers me that 73% of African Americans voted against it in California. Fifty-three percent of Latinos and half of Whites were in [...]

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