Dreadlocks

A man named Philando Castille lived in Saint Paul,Minnesota where he worked as a nutrition supervisor at an elementary school. The young man was 32 years old and was soon approaching his 33rd birthday. He was known for having a lively bond with the children giving them handshakes as he saw them and sneaking extra snacks to them. Along with his love for his own 4 year old daughter. Before being involved with this terrible circumstance Mr.Castille had police encounters before. He was convicted of…

It was a cold, windy Friday night the orphanage “Safe Anchorage” was having the kids go to bed. But one kid wouldn’t go to bed, his name was Steve he was a 9-year-old boy who had just been at the orphanage for 2 months. He was about 5’5, he had short brown hair, and had hazel eyes. His parents were both murdered, as they once were criminals too. Steve never knew the truth about them until he had nowhere to go, and because of this he had a really tough time sleeping, yet alone talking. Every day…

My father was a white and my mother was black. Them call me half-caste or whatever. Me don't dip on nobody's side. Me don't dip on the black man's side nor the white man's side. Me dip on God's side, the one who create me and cause me to come from black and white.” ~Bob Marley In the late fifties the scarcity of jobs forced Bob and his mother from their home to seek employment in the big city of Trenchtown. Trenchtown got its name because it was built over a huge trench which was used to drain…

`Nittle mentions in her article exactly what cultural appropriation is a “ typically involves members of a dominant group exploiting the culture of less privileged groups, often with little understanding of the latter 's history experience and traditions”(about.com).Cultural appropriation has also become relevant in public settings or functions as well .The song "Don’t Touch My Hair " by Solange Knowles helps me identify and relate to how I 've been affected by cultural appropriation.However…

When the next twitter hashtag is going viral on the death of another black African American all we seem to hear is the many different ways the media tries to criminalize the person who may be considered the victim in this situation. When the media starts talking they can change a victim into a thug and then make the story a whole new story than what it actually was. For a community that already goes through enough, this has to be one of the worst ways and one of the most effective ways to…

faith, the believers are not to work in Babylonian corrupt society, which is built on the sufferings of the World’s oppressed. Rastafaris are to wait passively for the fall of Babylon. They are not to cut their hair, allowing them to form “nappy” dreadlocks. The beginning for Bob Marley’s interest in the Rasta movement, began in1966, while he was visiting his mother in Delaware. While Marley was there, he missed the visit of the Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie to Jamaica. Emperor…