What's In a GHETTO Name? (Back Home)

What's In a GHETTO Name? (Back Home)

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Think of the most ghetto name you’ve ever heard.  Now think of why you think it’s ghetto. Who makes the rules?  Who gets to decide what constitutes civil culture and what does not?  For far too long, African Americans have looked at themselves through this dystopian lens that I believe lingers from an earlier time. Your hair is

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My Experience Attending One of the Biggest and Baddest Schools in PG County (Back Home)

My Experience Attending One of the Biggest and Baddest Schools in PG County (Back Home)

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       A thick streak of purplish gold beat diagonally down on my forehead as I took the last large leap off a bulky yellow school bus into a sea of red shirts and brown faces.  It was August in Prince George’s County and my very first day of public school.    Amid daps, playful teenage chatter

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