soulfullyme:

People get on my nerves, acting like there’s no one else out there similar to them…don’t act like you’re literally one of a kind, and get that stick out of your anus. ««««<THIS

(Source: j4nexx, via e-n-o-n)

Hurts to be deep

The way these poets are leaving a part of themselves on stage, finishing with tears, walking away more hurt than ever. Their bravery is something to commend.

In the last hour or so I watched Alysia Harris’ “Cab Rides and Morning After”  and Jasmine Mans’ “Dear ex lover” vids of their spoken word over and over. They make you eat up the words…so powerful that you end up choking, I almost cried but I was too occupied too deep in.

lebonchoix: Antares by jpstanley on Flickr.
yanghi: Mississippi Masala In 1990, 24-year-old Mina, who cleans at Anil’s (Ranjit Chowdhry) family’s motel (the Monte Cristo), falls in love with Demetrius (Denzel Washington), a local African American self-employed carpet cleaner. The respective families erupt in turmoil after the pair are discovered and confronted by members of the Indian family during a clandestine weekend of pleasure in Biloxi. Ultimately, the two families cannot come to terms with the interracial pair, who flee the state together in Demetrius’ van. After a brief return to Kampala to attend a court proceeding on the disposition of his confiscated Ugandan house, Jay relinquishes his long-nurtured dream of returning to Uganda, the place he considered home.

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eclecticmindsoul:

The tv is playing in the background and there’s a bunch of black men debating/discussing about if it’s better to date black women or white women. Why is this discussion even happening? Like WTF? You can’t assign mental or even some physical attributes and characteristics to any particular race or…