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NC Greensboro’s Black Community Comes Together
For almost two decades, the residents who live in a predominantly African-American Greensboro neighborhood didn’t have a place to shop for food. The community tried to attract the attention of a popular grocery store, but when that plan didn’t work, they decided to open their own store.
Read more: http://atlantablackstar.com/2015/11/2…
Posted by Latti Nerd Gangsta on November 22, 2015
https://sincereignorance.org/2015/11/22/nc-greensboros-black-community-comes-together/
First They Came: Look Into A Mirror
Posted by Latti Nerd Gangsta on November 16, 2015
https://sincereignorance.org/2015/11/16/first-they-came-look-into-a-mirror/
4 Ways to Make Your Brain Work Better
By Chris Mooney
You’re a busy person. Keeping up with your job, plus your life, has you constantly racing. It doesn’t help that when working, you’re distracted not only by your mobile devices, but also by your computer. You average 10 tabs open in your browser at any one time, and you compulsively click amongst them. One’s your email, which never stops flowing in. At the end of the day, you sleep less than you know you should, but as you tell yourself, there’s just never enough time.
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Posted by Latti Nerd Gangsta on March 25, 2015
https://sincereignorance.org/2015/03/25/4-ways-to-make-your-brain-work-better/
American Bandit + Black Literary Magazines
From the darkness, I approached a woman with a daringness and audacity not seen since the Old West. Her brown eyes lit up. I flashed a gun and any intention of heroics died in an instant. I aimed the barrel at her chest and she froze; her silk green dress ruffled in the wind.
But those shock-stricken eyes were familiar. Thick, white lines of cocaine had nearly erased my memory, but not of her. I blinked and she came back in flashes. I remembered her short, curly black hair and her smooth, dark skin. Danielle, the woman I once loved.
My confident smirk faded and my head sunk low like broken ships into the cold harbor. A shadow lingered above me, not below. She said my name, asking if I needed help. The worry in her voice was a needle to my heart. I could feel the spots and blotches dotted along my arm. I needed help. I needed her.
I didn’t want help, though. Help strangely always arrived and handcuffed me. The blue bandits. Red and blue lights flicked in my eyes just thinking of them. I didn’t want to risk rotting. A drizzle of rain pattered on the worn sleeves of my jacket as I contemplated both lunacy and salvation.
“Just give me the money,” I said.
I closed my eyes held out my hand, expecting crumpled bills or a credit card on my palm. After a few seconds of silence, a soft hand wrapped around mine and squeezed gently. Whispers of support floated through the air.
I squeezed back.
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I’ve been reading more, so that’s inspired me to write more. Not my best work, fairly heavy-handed, but pretty decent for 15 minutes. I’ve been struggling between activist and artist for the past year now.
I’m leaning more towards artist.
Black Literary Magazines to check for:
http://www.unionstationmag.com/issues-3/
http://www.spectermagazine.com/
http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/new-literary-magazine-spook-228#.VQh5M-FsWM8
Posted by C.J on March 17, 2015
https://sincereignorance.org/2015/03/17/american-bandit-black-literary-magazines/
A Will to Live Written by Priscilla Brown and Sung by Derreck McLaughlin
Posted by Latti Nerd Gangsta on February 18, 2015
https://sincereignorance.org/2015/02/18/a-will-to-live-written-by-priscilla-brown-and-sung-derreck-mclaughlin/
Jada Pinkett-Smith: “The War on Men Through the Degradation of Woman”
How is man to recognize his full self, his full power through the eye’s of an incomplete woman? The woman who has been stripped of Goddess recognition and diminished to a big ass and full breast for physical comfort only.
The woman who has been silenced so she may forget her spiritual essence because her words stir too much thought outside of the pleasure space. The woman who has been diminished to covering all that rots inside of her with weaves and red bottom shoes.
I am sure the men, who restructured our societies from cultures that honored woman, had no idea of the outcome. They had no idea that eventually, even men would render themselves empty and longing for meaning, depth and connection.
There is a deep sadness when I witness a man that can’t recognize the emptiness he feels when he objectifies himself as a bank and truly believes he can buy love with things and status. It is painful to witness the betrayal when a woman takes him up on that offer.
He doesn’t recognize that the [creation] of a half woman has contributed to his repressed anger and frustration of feeling he is not enough. He then may love no woman or keep many half women as his prize.
He doesn’t recognize that it’s his submersion in the imbalanced warrior culture, where violence is the means of getting respect and power, as the reason he can break the face of the woman who bore him four children.
When woman is lost, so is man. The truth is, woman is the window to a man’s heart and a man’s heart is the gateway to his soul.
Power and control will NEVER out weigh love.
May we all find our way.
By Jada Pinkett Smith
http://www.sinuousmag.com/2012/12/jada-pinket-smith-war-on-men/
Posted by Latti Nerd Gangsta on February 6, 2015
https://sincereignorance.org/2015/02/06/jada-pinkett-smith-the-war-on-men-through-the-degradation-of-woman/
Bear with me!!!
I’ve been trying to carry the site on my own mostly and trying to branch out even further. I don’t want Sincere Ignorance to simply be a brand, and I want it to go beyond verbal discussions. I’m heading to New Jersey, New York, and Philadelphia to do just that, so this will be my last post until Tuesday or Wednesday. I have so much for you guys and ladies, that I think you will appreciate. I also want to thank those who have already decided to follow Sincere Ignorance, and I promise I will do better. I’m trying to build a team of ambitious people who leave excuses by the waste side. If anyone is interested, please contact me at doctanian.latti@gmail.com and I will respond immediately.
Posted by Latti Nerd Gangsta on January 30, 2015
https://sincereignorance.org/2015/01/30/bear-with-me/
Being A Man 2014 | Being a Black Man
Posted by Latti Nerd Gangsta on January 6, 2015
https://sincereignorance.org/2015/01/06/being-a-man-2014-being-a-black-man/