Minority Topics
This category is dedicated to topics concerning all things related to minorities, blacks, Hispanics, those with mental illness, people lower in socioeconomic status, the disables, immigrants, etc.
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7 Principles of Kwanzaa and How to Celebrate the Holiday
So tell me if this sounds like you. You havem gotten closer to you African heritage and started to embrace and admire your blackness. You learned about and want to celebrate Kwanzaa, but you do not know exactly what to do. First, What is Kwanzaa? If you already know this, feel free to scroll down to “Celebration Ideas” to get straight to the good stuff! Kwanzaa is a celebration that is tied to blackness and all those is the African Diaspora. It’s about learning about and celebrating black culture, black business, and black community/unity. It is not a religious holiday and can be celbrated alongside other holidays CLICK HERE…
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5 Myths About Kwanzaa: No it is Not the African Christmas or African Hanukkah
Habari Gani? For those of you who do not know know, it means “What’s the news?’ It’s kind of like What’s up? But it is supposed to be answered with the 7 principles of Kwanzaa according to what day we are on! We will get into what those 7 principles are, but for now, let’s give a basic introduction to Kwanzaa and dispel some myths about kwanzaa Myth 1: Kwanzaa is an African Holiday It is a holiday that celebrates all people who are apart of the African Diaspoa. That means that their ancestry is in Africa, but they may have left, or got kidnapped and sold elsewhere It does not…
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4 Ways Sex Trafficking Victims, Like Cyntoia Brown, are Failed by USA Prostitution Laws
The basis for making prostitution illegal is that it is supposed to protect those who are forced into prostitution. It is supposed to deter pimps and save sex trafficking victims. However, I argue not only is outlawing prostitution dumb in general, it also does not protect people who are actually being trafficked. Here are my reasons For the purpose of this article Pimps and Sex Traffickers will be used interchangeably Sex workers and prostitutes will be used interchangeably Prostitution Laws Fail Sex Trafficked Women Because…. 1. Sex Traffickers Do Not Care About the Law I would like to know when have you ever seen a criminal who cared about the…
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6 Different Types of Seizures You Absolutely Need to Know About If You or Someone You Love Has Epilepsy
Different types of seizures exist, but when most people think of seizures they think of someone falling on the ground, shaking, possibly foaming at the mouth, etc. But some seizures do not look like that. In fact, some seizures you will not physically see at all. Read more to understand what I mean.
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Epilepsy: 7 Surprising Facts You Will Be Happy You Learned
November is Epilepsy Awareness Month! For those of you who do not know, Epilepsy is a condition which causes many people (young and old) to have seizures. I was actually born with epilepsy and had a seizure not to long after my mother gave birth to me. Growing up, I realized that many people do not know what epilepsy is or how seizures affect people's lives. Here are 7 facts you probably did not know about epilepsy.
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Your Ultimate Guide to Pride (Sex, Gender and Orientations)
June is Pride Month. Pride month celebrates taking pride in your sexuality and sexual orientations. With the long and discriminatory history to deviant sexual orientations, it is very little common knowledge about sexuality. This post will list and explain the different sexual and romantic orientations. My hope is that through this post, people become educated and aware that there is more than one orientation, and that through understanding the spectrum, tolerance and love is built. First, we need to establish some definitions.
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Debunking 7 Convincing Reasons Not to Go To College
It is still college graduation season. Last week we spoke about What NOT to say to a new college graduate. This week, we will switch gears a bit. We are going to talk about the famouns line "College is not for me". Unfortunately, though traditional college is not for everyone, this is often said as an excuse and an easy way out of working hard. Here are the top reasons people use to justify why college isn't for them, and why those reasons do not always make sense
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7 Severely Underrated Women in History
Women’s History Month is ending, but before it is too far out the door, I need to pay homage to some women in history, and those currently making history, who do not receive the amount of recognition that they truly deserve. The truth is that most of the men, who write the textbooks we study, do not make room for the women in history. They leave the women out and highlight their achievements sometimes during women’s history month and sometimes not at all. Below is a list of 7 underrated women in history. Please do more research on them if you’d like 1. Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker was a bad-ass…
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Alive or Dead: 7 Underrated Black People in History
It is not a surprise that Black People do not get the recognition that they deserve in history. Many inventions that we use, classic songs that we sing, movies that we find fascinating, could not have been made without African Americans. Here is a list of people that are under-discussed in African-American History. The list was compiled from followers who answered my question of the week, along with a few additions that I added. 1. William Still Submitted by Austin, Owner of Jenkins Digital Solutions | Facebook Villiam Still is an underrated historical figure due to the fact he was one of the few African Americans of his time that thought…
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7 Types of Prejudice and How to Recognize Them by Their Microaggressions
February, though the month of love, is also Black History Month. It is a time to reflect on how far we have come as a society with being accepting of African-Americans and people who are generally different. However, it is also a time to consider how far we still need to go. Racism is a social system that many of us participate in indirectly. When we see inequality, racism and prejudice behavior, even when they are shown through microaggressions, and we refuse to speak up about, we have helped to perpetuate that inequality. It is, however, impossible to speak up about inequality when we do not know what it is…
