Tag: the tipping point

• “Krazy”

  

  I’ve been quiet lately. I was living inside my head. I have my views, but my voice was silent…until now. But before I got here, I had to go for a run. It was just me, the wind, the sun, and God. By the end, I was emotionally better but exhausted. The drama I was…

  kashema

  September 23, 2016

  observations

  afeni shakur, angela davis, black lives matter, black youth, brooklyn, chicago, jaden smith, keith lamont scott, solange, terence crutcher, the tipping point, tiarah poyau, tyre king, tyreke borel, willow smith

• Simone and Suicide

  

  Saturday morning, I awoke to the news of GRL singer, Simone Battle, 25, dying from suicide.  Posts of her character, her talent and her beauty were all over social media. I was reluctant to write about it because there was news that the cause of her death was not confirmed as a suicide. In a time where misinformation…

  kashema

  September 9, 2014

  observations

  cdc, contagion, grl, kurt cobain, malcolm gladwell, marilyn monroe, music, robin williams, simone battle, suicide, the tipping point