Author: Ashley Rae

Welcome to the era when the FDA approved birth control (1960). It’s when the Vietnam war officially began (1961). President Kennedy was assassinated (1963). A time when the KILLERS oops I mean the Nation of Islam suspended Malcolm X (1964). The Civil Rights Act to stop discrimination was also signed and passed by Congress in 1964. Malcolm X was assassinated by the same group he was suspended from on the first day of National brotherhood week (1965). In 1968 President Nixon was elected,Robert Kennedy,and Martin Luther King jr. were both assassinated (Really, American Government?). Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969.
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Have you ever heard of the “Dark Continent”? It’s the term that people used to call the continent of Africa! It was given that name because of the color of the people that were from the Motherland. If Africa was known as the “Dark Continent”, how is it that now if you are from North Africa you are considered white?! Shouldn’t that person just be considered African? There are plenty of people born and raised in South Africa that are white in color, so what measurements are being used to determine ethnicity?
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I am not a mother but I am a leader, a life learner, and a mentor. When I was a teenager, I had my times with my smart mouth just like any other teenager, but I was never disrespectful to adults. Even if I didn’t want to hear what an adult was telling me, I listened anyway because you can’t debate an adult. Debating an adult would be disrespectful.
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