A learning experience
By: Alysha Payne, Columnist This semester I have had such a great time writing “The Black Sheep” and I’m glad it has been
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The Black Sheep
Differences in the “Natural Hair Debate”
By: Alysha Payne, Columnist The debate between relaxed and natural hair has ripped apart members of the Black community for a while now.
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Praise for the Black Student Union
By: Alysha Payne, Columnist As a transfer student and a generally anti-social person, getting involved isn’t necessarily at the top of my list
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Majority always wins
By: Alysha Payne, Columnist On the first day of November, a 16-year-old New Jersey teen opened up her very own spa/salon for children,
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Two types of higher education
I remember being a senior in high school and feeling very anxious and confused about the direction of my life and which way
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A name is not a judgement of character
By: Alysha Payne, Columnist Earlier last week, Raven-Symoné, again, made a very discriminatory claim. While discussing topics on the ABC talk show “The
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Black women not represented well in the media
By: Alysha Payne, Columnist There seems to be a stigma in mass media regarding the image of Black women today. Generally, when one
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Dissecting #AllLivesMatter
by: Alysha Payne, Columnist Before even reading this article, you probably already know about the debate between the infamous “#BlackLivesMatter” and the secondary
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Dismantling the “black wave” around campus
By: Alysha Payne, Columnist In general, I wonder why there seems to be a large following of people who believe that being black
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End cultural appropriation
By: Alysha Payne, Columnist Cultural appropriation is the use of elements or views of one culture depicted by members of another, usually larger
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