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Communications around the Black Diaspora
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My time in this Class and at Morgan
“I trained for 4 whole years to run 9 seconds. Some people don’t see results in 2 months and give up.”— Usain Bolt This class has taught...
Meilani Wilson
May 6, 20251 min read


Intersectionality in America
Intersectionality is widely known around the nation for various reasons, but let's start by discussing its original meaning....
Meilani Wilson
May 4, 20251 min read
Rap Then vs Now
Rap has changed significantly changed throughout the years. African Americans created rap in the 1970s and since then it's made many...
Meilani Wilson
Apr 29, 20251 min read


Opportunity Gap
The opportunity gap between Black and Brown students and their White counterparts has been and still is unproportionate and needs...
Meilani Wilson
Apr 22, 20251 min read
The Middle Passage a glorified Slavery
In school, we probably talked about slavery for at most a week and when we did it was always referred to as the middle passage. I never...
Meilani Wilson
Apr 15, 20251 min read
Cultural Appreciation
Last week I talked about cultural appropriation and its impact on minority groups when one cultures is mocked or copied to become...
Meilani Wilson
Apr 10, 20251 min read
Cultural Appropriation
Cultural Appropriation is a worldwide controversy in simple terms it means when a person from one culture usually the majority copies or...
Meilani Wilson
Apr 2, 20251 min read
Code-Switching
Code switching is defined as the practice of alternating voices between two or more languages, dialects, or communication styles in a...
Meilani Wilson
Mar 27, 20251 min read
How Blues Came To Be
The blues emerged in America as a deeply emotional and soulful expression of the African American experience, rooted in the struggles and...
Meilani Wilson
Mar 10, 20251 min read
The Influence of Black Hair
Black hair holds deep cultural, social, and historical significance within the Black community in America. It is more than just a...
Meilani Wilson
Mar 10, 20251 min read
Timeline: Afro-Brazilian Samba
Samba Throughout the Years In the 19th century, in the colorful streets of Brazil, where African culture was most apparent, a rhythm was...
Meilani Wilson
Feb 22, 20252 min read
Book Banning
Book banning has been and is becoming a huge issue nationwide. Book banning is censorship that restricts or removes access to books in...
Meilani Wilson
Feb 20, 20251 min read


Holloway Prompt (African Linguistics)
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Meilani Wilson
Feb 14, 20251 min read
Critical Race Theory
Should Black history be taught in schools? This has been a controversial question around the nation for decades now. There's a lot of...
Meilani Wilson
Feb 5, 20252 min read
What is Africa to me?
For the longest had no real meaning to me it was just another continent. As an African American I find it difficult to feel like I belong...
Meilani Wilson
Jan 26, 20251 min read
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