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The now-popular term “Black Excellence” always comes with a certain longing. In as much as accomplishments are celebrated, we lament the fact that such excellence is still the exception and not the norm. We seek a way to raise the standards of black men and women across all disciplines, knowing full well that our legacy…
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The 21st century has made the Abrahamic God obsolete. This was always an inevitability. Ever since Sir Francis Bacon (ironically enough a devout Christian) developed the scientific method, the days of religion as an all-knowing oracle were numbered. While Christianity has expanded and thrived several centuries since, its death was imminent. This is partly because…
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Death is a commonality of the human experience. In a world where we are taught to “expect the unexpected”, we all know that there will come a fateful day when our hearts will cease to beat, and we will die. Be that as it may, we seem to have a great fear of death. Mainly…
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“Radical individualism” is a term used to describe-in layman’s terms-the freedom from perceived restrictions such as religious and cultural hegemonies. Basically, the “ideology of non-ideology”. In a personal sense, I was in awe of this phenomenon when I first encountered it, but as I was well too aware, the labels used to define me won’t…
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Heartbreak isn’t the opposite of love; it is as much a part of love as the initial attraction itself. The experience of having a romantic relationship come to an end brings up so much within human beings. Some become obsessed, going to the most extreme of measures to regain their lost loves. Others hide their…
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Pro wrestlers…they are storytellers. They use the ring as their canvas, their blank page, to entertain, amuse and shock us. Whether it’s a Hulk Hogan legdrop on a giant, or it’s “The Chairshot Heard Around the World”, it’s hard to look at professional wrestlers as anything other than artists. But the ring…that’s just their public…
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There’s this phrase I hear from time to time. It goes, “everyone is a little bisexual.” I’m not going to argue its validity or anything, but it does get me thinking. Namely, that sexual orientation isn’t as black-and-white as “who you sleep with”. See, I believe that romantic relationships have two main components: the sexual…
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The road to democracy did not begin when Nelson Mandela stepped out of Victor Verster in February 1990, regardless of what our revisionist historians would have you believe. Our road to democracy was fraught with the sight of black bodies laying lifeless on the streets, with the image of old Boere men clad in police…
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I have a question to begin proceedings: Why do we find it so easy to pass judgement on others? This country has one of the most liberal Constitutions in the world, but as we all know, a document written in Pretoria doesn’t exactly give a clear reflection of the cities, the small towns, the townships,…
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Love. Oh, that four-lettered word. I’ve never felt comfortable writing about love, because I feel like my experiences are somewhat different to those of the average person. There is my tendency to linger after my exes, my inability to ask somebody out without the use of a touch screen and a social network, and of…
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