On Tuesday, October 29, 2024, the JBS hosted its first debate series installment. The adopted resolution declared that "Black people should NOT use the 'N' Word." Panelists squared off defending black linguistic autonomy against etymology and historical context. In the end ... well ... watch the video! What do YOU think? DEBATING: Will Diggs - … Continue reading JBS DEBATE #1: “Should Black People Use the ‘N’ Word?”
Month: October 2024
CONTROVERSIAL CONVERSATIONS!
Join us Tuesday, October 29th at 6pm in the Lee Biology Bldg. Rm. 318 for the first of our "Controversial Conversations" debate series. Based on Baldwin's famous speech entitled, "Who's the N*****?", this installation considers the topic, "Should Black People Use the 'N' Word?" We'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback on the topic … Continue reading CONTROVERSIAL CONVERSATIONS!
“The Wiz” – A Mental Health Check-In
“What would I do if I could feel”? The lyrics to a song that the Tin Man belts out in the Wiz. He’s pleading for the Wizard to give him a heart and the song truly has to be heard. Ne-Yo did it justice in the latest live studio version on tv; Queen Latifah gives … Continue reading “The Wiz” – A Mental Health Check-In
On Society Values: We’re Talking Love-in-Service
RENT, the Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway musical by Jonathan Larson, features the song “Seasons of Love” to open Act II. The song has made its way into popular culture as a sensation itself, especially that high note performed by Tracie Thomas in the trailer for the 2005 movie adaptation. The lyrics suggest that … Continue reading On Society Values: We’re Talking Love-in-Service
What It Means To Be Healed
The pervasive conceptualization of healing is rather simplistic and paradoxical to the effect in which humans believe. Relying upon a comprehensive idea of time- compartmentalized to be made linear and definitive- humans qualify the process of healing in respect to these “pasts” to juxtapose our present, and thus future selves. To man, healing is thus … Continue reading What It Means To Be Healed
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