Culture Archive

A list of all the posts about culture and current events. Book reviews are included here, as well. Post are list from oldest to most recently published.

2014

February 2014

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  Prime Time is My Time:
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  Justice for All:
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  When I'm Gone:
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  Sci-Fi Legend:
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  Confessions of a Shoe Fiend:
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  Difference:
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  Impossible Dreams:
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  Goodbye, February:

March 2014

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  The Curly Love Affair
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  Just Yesterday

April 2014

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  At Risk
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  What Greek Life Did For Me
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  Put Your Best Foot Forward
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  Mastering the Art of Public Speaking
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  Leading the Way
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  Excuses Are Tools of the Incompetent
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  Creating Bonds
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  The Little Details of the Big Picture
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  How High Will You Jump
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  The Way I Wear My Slave Hair

May 2014

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  Wild Thing
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  Actions of Change

August 2014

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  Moment of Truth: The Length Check
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  Days

2015

January 2015

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  The Lost Dream

February 2015

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  Storytellers & Black Folk Tales
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  HBCUs: A Rose Born of Adversity
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  Black Owned Cities & Towns
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  Why Don't You Call Yourself African-American?
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  The Black Identity
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  The Black Man Who Took on the KKK
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  Children are the Future
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  Jumping the Broom
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  The Pen is Mightier than the Sword
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  Think Before You Speak: Microagressions
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  This is Not the End

March 2015

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  Mr. & Mrs. Loving: Legalizing Interracial Marriage

May 2015

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  The Fast and The Furious: Diversity in Hollywood

June 2015

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  Book Review: Throne of the Crescent Moon
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  Nick Gabaldon: Surfing the Waves
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  Something Dash American
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  Pool Party Gone Wrong
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  Book Review: They That Wait
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  Diversity in Ballet
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  Book Review: The Book of Unknown Americans
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  Why I'm Tired of Being a Black Woman
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  #CharlestonStrong

July 2015

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  Book Review: Purple Hibiscus
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  Ham
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  Book Review: Kindred
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  The False Calm

August 2015

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  Book Review: Mullumbimby

September 2015

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  I am part of "The Problem"
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  Hispanic Heritage Month

October 2015

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  Remember When A Chunk of the U.S. was Owned by Spain?

December 2015

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  The Wiz Live
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  Affirmative Action: To Stay, or Not To Stay

2016

January 2016

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  "It's not racism, just preference "

February 2016

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  Real Experiences for BHM 2016
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  Real Experiences for BHM 2016: Surviving in the Early 1900's
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  Real Experiences for BHM 2016: Music Gurus
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  Real Experiences for BHM 2016: Role Models
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  Real Experiences for BHM 2016: Role Models Pt. 2
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  Real Experiences for BHM 2016: The Family CEO
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  Real Experiences for BHM 2016: Black Entrepenuership
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  Real Experiences for BHM 2016: PEER at Clemson
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  Real Experiences for BHM 2016: In Service of Our Country
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  Real Experiences for BHM 2016: Black Teachers in K-12
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  Real Experiences for BHM 2016: Black Professors Are Important For Success
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  Real Experiences for BHM 2016: Experiencing Racism
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  Real Experiences for BHM 2016: Trendsetters
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  Real Experiences for BHM 2016: Interracial Dating
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  Real Experiences for BHM 2016: Dad's Are Awesome
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  Real Experiences for BHM 2016: Black Art
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  Real Experiences for BHM 2016: Home Ownership
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  Real Experiences for BHM 2016: Black Literature for Kids
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  Real Experiences for BHM 2016: The Kentucky Derby
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  Real Experiences for BHM 2016: Mentoring and Expectations
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  Real Experiences for BHM 2016: Black Fathers

March 2016

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  Real Experiences for BHM 2016: Slave Ancestry
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  Why God Gave Me Curls

June 2016

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  Deuteronomy 28: The Curse of Israel & The Black Israelite Theory

July 2016

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  Connecting to My Past

October 2016

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  Being Greek and Christian: Is it Possible?

November 2016

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  Why it Matters: A Discourse on Why We Won't "Shut Up" About Being Black in America
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  Why I Haven't Given Up On People Just Yet

December 2016

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  Humanity
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  Why Does God Let Bad Things Happen?

2017

February 2017

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  Challenge: So You're Colorblind?

March 2017

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  Homesick

2018

February 2018

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  Black History Month 2018 Kickoff
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  Common Black Tropes
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  The Portrayal of Black Characters in SciFi/Fantasy
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  The Portrayal of Black Characters in Teen Movies
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  The Portrayal of Black Superheroes
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  How Well is Hollywood Rewarding Black Actors/Actresses?
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  Segregated TV = Segregated Reality
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  Zootopia: Are Minorities Prey or Predator?
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  Book Review: Hidden Figures
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  The Portrayal of Black Characters in Teen Shows

March 2018

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  Book Review: A Wrinkle In Time

May 2018

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  Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

June 2018

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  Asian Americans in Congress
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  The Horror that was May
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  Coming to America

July 2018

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  The "Wonderful" World of Disney

December 2018

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  Book Review: Before We Were Yours

2019

February 2019

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  Quotes to Live By: Mary McLeod Bethune
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  Quotes to Live By: Katherine Dunham
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  Quotes to Live By: Frederick Douglass
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  Quotes to Live By: James Baldwin
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  Quotes to Live By: Bryan Stevenson
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  Quotes to Live By: Hiram Rhodes Revels
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  Quotes to Live By: Colin Kaepernick

March 2019

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  Quotes to Live By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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  Why Is There So Much Senseless Violence?
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  Book Review: Just Mercy

April 2019

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  Book Review: Crazy Rich Asians

2020

January 2020

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  Book Review: The Poet X

February 2020

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  #CallMeMiss: Mary Hamilton
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  #MedicalBreakthrough: Onesimus
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  The Middle Passage
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  Bass Reeves, the Lone Ranger
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  Cultural Appropriation and Esther Jones
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  Black Patents: Miriam Benjamin
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  Colonel Allensworth
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  Book Review: Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

May 2020

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  Book Review: The Girl With Seven Names
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  Book Review: Pagan Christianity?
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  Licensed to Kill

June 2020

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  A Personal History of Racism in Church
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  Promoting a Culture of Inclusion
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  An Army of One
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  The Independence of Black America
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  Book Review: Is Christianity the White Man's Religion?

August 2020

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  Book Review: A Long Way Gone
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  Origin
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  Book Review: Moloka’i

September 2020

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  Book Review: The Feast of All Saints

October 2020

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  The BLM Controversy
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  Book Review: Mexican Gothic
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  Christianity vs. Greek Life (Pt. 2)

2021

January 2021

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  Common Knowledge
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  Do You Celebrate Kwanzaa?

February 2021

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  Whitewashing the Bible

May 2021

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  Why I Miss the Segregated Church

July 2021

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  Book Review: Keep it Shut

November 2021

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  Out of Touch: Issues with White Christianity

2022

April 2022

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  Why I Became an SGRho...and Why it Matters

September 2022

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