The Establishment's Blog – November 2010 Archive (6)

If I'm a Witch, do I celebrate during the Holidays?!?

I try not to see the holidays as a stressful time, they should be cheerful and bright. If the holidays are too stressful, you’ve missed the meaning entirely. Since I’m Pagan and my family isn’t very aware of it, I have to work double time. Act Christian enough around my family and do Pagan stuff with my friends. I’m used to playing the part: remembering the Christian story of Christmas, Christmas songs, refresh my scripture knowledge and try to leave… Continue

Added by The Establishment on November 26, 2010 at 3:42pm — 4 Comments

Blacks in technology, why do we OD?

The history of African culture is based on storytelling. So, is it any wonder that we've taken to our personal mobile devices like no other demographic has? African-Americans talk and use the mobile web more than any other demographic. (Need proof, according to Nielsen, African-Americans use the most voice… Continue

Added by The Establishment on November 22, 2010 at 4:02pm — 2 Comments

Wtf, is that a Conspiracy Theorist on my Block?

I have learned in my experience that just like the over-skeptical and over-analytical, there's no arguing with a conspiracy theorist who believes the world is a puppet at the complete and total whim of a few old men in a secret club that conjures the devil and do all… Continue

Added by The Establishment on November 15, 2010 at 4:09pm — 23 Comments

NEGRO SKINS Nice Fucking Tattoos, Dudes

Trends in tattoos come and go. Ten years ago all the lesbians were getting Celtic knots on their arms. Now they're getting traditional sailor pieces to cover them up. All the punks used to have homemade Exploited tats. Now they're not happy until they've got an all-seeing-eye- within-a-tree- holding-a-dagger-that's- stabbing-a-scorpion-who's- reading-the-bible-upside -down-on-top-of-a -traditional-English-sixpence design. Whatever, dudes. One… Continue

Added by The Establishment on November 8, 2010 at 4:03pm — 50 Comments

My Beard + Bald = Muslim?

People's perception of other people and the world are too easily influenced by everything that doesn’t have truth in it. The looks, treatment and comments I get these days really got me thinking how we as human beings are so quick to throw everything and everyone into a category to be readily identified and scrutinized.

My Beard + Bald = Muslim?…

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Added by The Establishment on November 5, 2010 at 5:40pm — 2 Comments

An Oxymoron's Dream: The Black Skin Head

I have had the wonderful opportunity to interview Shaun McDaniel, a Black skinhead. Now, usually when people hear the term skinhead, the idea of an uber-racist Aryan Nazi-lover springs to mind and to hear of a Black skinhead appears very oxymoronic. Getting to hear McDaniel to tell his story definitely tell otherwise.

An Oxymoron's Dream: The Black Skin Head…

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Added by The Establishment on November 3, 2010 at 12:00pm — 25 Comments