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Playing the Victim - This Black Community Thing is Counter-productive

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On the 22 nd of June, black students from the University of Toronto gathered at the Institution Hart House. Regardless of the motive, the segmentation of a particular race in a public institution should not be supported. What this further does is to create further gulf between the black community and others. Black Lives Matter  is an example of how a protectionist plot has failed in fact, in its quest to protect the Black communityin the US . Such movements cause further division and brings about suspicion. This is simply not the time to concentrate on what divides us, but to focus on how we all can effectively break any form of glass ceiling, and fight injustice done on the black community with subtle intelligence. It should be noted that the Civil Rights Movement of the 60s led by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was successful because it wasn’t just about a single race. It was struggle that involved some white folks too. It will be in the collective interest of the Black communi

The 'Gospel' Against Mainstream Media According to Trump

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You may have probably lost count of the time you heard or read the President of the United States use the term “ fake News ” to depict some notable news organizations in the US such as CNN , New York Times, Washington Post and others, well I lost count too. Is there any justification for this labelling by the President of a country that tags herself as a country that upholds freedom of information? There are two answers to this question, one borders on what ought to and what is and the other is on the division of media outlets into two sides of the political divide. There is no doubt that the ideological background of news outlets in the US is filled with either expositions that appeal to the left wing or the right in what is referred to as media bias . This in fact, is an aberration of what the media ought to stand for. Both sides then go all out to find the negative sides of their presumed ideological enemy. In other words, CNN has a version of a story and Fox has its own

In search of the Perfect Husband and wife: Can celebrities be our guide?

Perhaps, one of the reasons why many ladies remain single is their quest to find that perfect man. Unfortunately, Mr. and Mrs. ‘perfect’ only exist in the movies, probably Bollywood. Nowadays, young boys and girls have a model of who they want to marry that they begin a weeding process by drawing out a list of character and attributes they desire. They rather remain single until the lady or man of their dreams emerge from jupiter. Celebrities such as Usher Raymond, Justin Bieber, and Snoop dog would appeal to ladies who are so much attached to pop music and of course, their scintillating voices and dance steps. Taylor swift, Amber Rose, Kim Kardashian, Alicia Keys, Rihanna and the evergreen Beyonce could be the perfect deal for young men. They’ve got amazing slim bodies that have been socially defined as beautiful, they also possess the glamor and style that satisfies our sexual cravings. When the flashy lives of celebrities become a yardstick for picking a partner, we can be

The normality in the misnormal of Serena's nude photo

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Some see it as normal, Serena enjoyed herself going nude, are we ready for more? A lot of reactions has trailed the recent pregnancy photos of Serena Williams on the Vanity Fair magazine , where she posed nude . While some are of the opinion that the Tennis Star may have gone too far since she is regarded as a role model to many women, others see it as ‘freedom’ for womanhood. Wherever you belong on the side of the argument, it is more than certain that we live in a world of constant flux, where some changes are inevitable. Whether you regard it as good or bad, it all depends on your value orientation which is a function of religion and cultural environment we find ourselves. Serena Williams Nude photos is only a glimpse, a tip of the iceberg to what tomorrow will bring. What seems immoral today is what will become the norm tomorrow. Every craze, fad and fashion which we accept today had once been considered a taboo and inappropriate. The presence of the material component of