Archive for May, 2008
Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Working for Change
5/17/08
One of the lines from a classic Mobb Deep song (survival of the fittest) starts off something like this, “There’s a war goin on outside…” I’m not sure of the rest of the lyrics right now but they often come to mind whenever I think of my own personal struggle to overcome my own inertia [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Black Life, Unity by Young Che
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Pain & Patience
When we went to Chicago earlier this year I remember telling Juice that the thing I loved about visiting the CHI in the winter is that the cold really makes you know that you are alive. When you are walking down those downtown Chicago streets at night and the wind whipping you in the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Skate For Life by Young Che
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
The Sean Bell Tragedy
We have a duty and a responsibility come together as a people to command the treatment we are due in a so-called civilized society. As long as we allow ourselves to be treated as sub-humans we will be given these reminders of the value our lives have to the rest of the world. [...]
