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Michelle Huxtable | Lauren Chanel Allen
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Some Thoughts on Microaggressions. You may have noticed the surge in popularity of the term microaggression this year in the public’s lexicon. From Buzzfeed lists of typical microaggressions. Launched to fight the expression of these microaggressions and from people asking if microaggressions are even a real thing. To questioning the importance. Of the topic in the first place, it was a very popular point of discussion. Yesterday my friend sent me this article from. So I totally get this idea that maybe ...
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Racist Racists and the Racists who Racist: Donald Sterling and the Clippers | Lauren Chanel Allen
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Racist Racists and the Racists who Racist: Donald Sterling and the Clippers. As you all probably know by now, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling. Recorded making a bunch of prejudicial remarks about Black people. He discouraged his girlfriend from bringing Black people to games, taking pictures with them, and overall letting it be known that she has a great relationship with the Blacks. This, surprisingly, upset people. This, also surprisingly, did not upset people. But twitter quickly shifted fr...
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Ferguson Part 1: American History and Why We Don’t Trust The Police | Lauren Chanel Allen
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Ferguson Part 1: American History and Why We Don’t Trust The Police. Let’s start at the beginning. Well, no. Let’s start at the beginning of the Michael Brown story. Well, no. Let’s start at the beginning of the story of Michael Brown’s murder. And even right there we have an example of one of the thoughts I have about the events surrounding Michael Brown’s murder: Language. If the facts of the case include race, why can they not be in a headline? Nobody except every Black kid on campus. Let me phrase th...
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On Being a Black Woman on the Internet | Lauren Chanel Allen
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On Being a Black Woman on the Internet. Back in February of this year, it was announced that Jon Stewart would be retiring as the host of the parody news show The Daily Show. But in this ridiculous age of deplorable media bias. Is a parody of a caricature of a news network really a parody? That sad rhetorical question aside, this left a lot of us wondering: Who will host The Daily Show? So far, so good. Her fans are understandably a little bummed that they won’t get to see her host The Daily Show and...
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Media Bias from Waco to Baltimore | Lauren Chanel Allen
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Media Bias from Waco to Baltimore. A week or so ago in Waco, Texas, two biker gangs executed a mass shooting. Over 100 weapons were found at the scene, 170 bikers were charged with a crime, and nine gang members were killed. Steve McCraw, Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said the violent shooting was the first time we’ve seen this type of violence in broad daylight . But according to the Associated Press. Why were police not prepared to handle the expected attack? In one, the police are...
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Ferguson Part 2: The Bus Trip | Lauren Chanel Allen
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Ferguson Part 2: The Bus Trip. Here is part 2 of my thoughts surrounding the murder of Michael Brown. Not everything covered in this series is clearly related to Michael Brown but all the thoughts and events in this series came as a result of that incident. Part 1 can be found here. Michael Brown was murdered by Officer Darren Wilson. In the days that followed, twitter erupted and the news began to cover it. Again, part 1 covers this. He is organizing a march in Ferguson NEXT SATURDAY! It’s Friday,...
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Merry Christmas & Black Lives Still Matter | Lauren Chanel Allen
http://www.michelle-huxtable.com/2014/12/25/merry-christmas-black-lives-still-matter
Merry Christmas & Black Lives Still Matter. These have been the rallying cries from Black America for the past few months. I Can’t Breathe, became a well known phrase more recently after the Eric Garner non-indictment. In a more just world, chants like these would sound as silly as #TheSkyIsBlue and #WaterIsWet. But sadly, we have to affirm loudly and proudly that #BlackLivesMatter. But what does the chant even mean? Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). December 25, 2014. Send to Email Address.
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The Big Question | Lauren Chanel Allen
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So we’ve established that we do have a purpose. Without purpose we would just stop living. The realities of daily adult life are far too stressful for anyone to choose to just be alive and paying rent. So what is our purpose? I’ve thought long and hard about this. Even when I don’t want to think about it, it remains an ever-present ideation. I’ve come to the current conclusion that the purpose of life is to live it more abundantly. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). May 28, 2015. I have whi...
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Politics, psychology, race, rap. Lauren Chanel Allen's stories for. The Gospel According to Chance The Rapper Lauren Chanel Allen. A druggie truant might not seem like the most likely candidate to be a spiritual leader but Chance The Pastor is just that. When I think about the purpose of life, I can spiral into an existential crisis very easily. After all, the very genesis of human existence is impossible to fully comprehend. About Contently, Inc.
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