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Ambitionz Az A Writer: Apr 29, 2010

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Ambitionz Az A Writer. The Writings of Michael Partis. Thursday, April 29, 2010. Turning Drum Majors into a Band. Below is the text to a talk I gave last night at Fordham University. Please feel free to leave comments and thoughts. M.P. April 28, 2010. Turning Drum Majors into a Band: Engaged Scholarship, Community Focus, and Praxis. Presented at the Fordham University (Rose Hill) 2010 African American Studies Department/Urban Studies Thesis Dinner. What are today’s social realities? What struck me most ...

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Ambitionz Az A Writer: Jul 29, 2010

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Ambitionz Az A Writer. The Writings of Michael Partis. Thursday, July 29, 2010. It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop. Recently I was asked to participate in the inaugural installment of the new City Limits. Web feature, City Conversations. I, along with several community activists, academics, and young people, wrote about the different effects hip-hop music has on New York City's youth today, more than 30 years after the art form first burst onto the scene. We were asked to response to an article by Mustafa Sullivan.

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Ambitionz Az A Writer: Killing The Vibe, Forgetting The Meaning

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Ambitionz Az A Writer. The Writings of Michael Partis. Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Killing The Vibe, Forgetting The Meaning. Kendrick Lamar and Misconceptions of Black Men. I be off the slave ship.building pyramids, writing my own hieroglyphs". Kendrick Lamar - HiiPower. The other day, I told my fiance that Biggie's most underrated line ever was:. Considered a fool because I dropped out of high school/Stereotypes of a Black man misunderstood, and it's still all good.". I think about Kendrick Lamar's young bo...

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Ambitionz Az A Writer: A Letter to a Community In Need Of Healing

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Ambitionz Az A Writer. The Writings of Michael Partis. Thursday, February 14, 2013. A Letter to a Community In Need Of Healing. During the search for Christopher Dorner, and subsequent confrontation and murder, I thought often about Larry Davis. I concentrated on the fact that in mist of the media and journalistic efforts to characterize him as a scourge, and contextualize him as practically an enemy of the state. The Larry Davis Project. To unjustly destroy communities and ruin lives. In combination...

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Ambitionz Az A Writer: Jan 17, 2010

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Ambitionz Az A Writer. The Writings of Michael Partis. Sunday, January 17, 2010. The True Measure of Education. Below I've written a response to The Case of Myron Rolle. An article on the Liberator Magazine's blog. It is my rejection of narrow solutions and simple explanations; my attempt to debunk anecdotal evidence as the answer to large social problems. The answer to racial and economic inequality will not happen with one key, or through one door. Scarier: how many of them are the kids who worked hard...

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Ambitionz Az A Writer: Book Review: Allen Jones and Mark Naison’s The Rat That Got Away

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Ambitionz Az A Writer. The Writings of Michael Partis. Tuesday, August 18, 2009. Book Review: Allen Jones and Mark Naison’s The Rat That Got Away. 8220;A Public View of a Bronx Life”. Allen Jones and Mark Naison’s The Rat That Got Away. 8220;…I stopped by the East Side Center to let PJ know how I was doing, and during the conversation he said to me. ‘I know you don’t tell those white folks where you are from.’”. 8220;My conversation with PJ…helped me understand who I was.”. The Rat That Got Away. Allen J...

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Ambitionz Az A Writer: Jun 18, 2013

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Ambitionz Az A Writer. The Writings of Michael Partis. Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Killing The Vibe, Forgetting The Meaning. Kendrick Lamar and Misconceptions of Black Men. I be off the slave ship.building pyramids, writing my own hieroglyphs". Kendrick Lamar - HiiPower. The other day, I told my fiance that Biggie's most underrated line ever was:. Considered a fool because I dropped out of high school/Stereotypes of a Black man misunderstood, and it's still all good.". I think about Kendrick Lamar's young bo...

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Ambitionz Az A Writer: Feb 14, 2013

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Ambitionz Az A Writer. The Writings of Michael Partis. Thursday, February 14, 2013. A Letter to a Community In Need Of Healing. During the search for Christopher Dorner, and subsequent confrontation and murder, I thought often about Larry Davis. I concentrated on the fact that in mist of the media and journalistic efforts to characterize him as a scourge, and contextualize him as practically an enemy of the state. The Larry Davis Project. To unjustly destroy communities and ruin lives. In combination...