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  Original Air Date: 9/21/2009 8:00 PM UTC

  music soothes me

  Just a lil something for my urbansoul.ning.com page listeners.
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  • Tags:
  • music
  • mixes
  • rap
  • rb
  • oldies
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• Original Air Date: 9/19/2009 11:30 PM UTC

  The Brown Paper Bag Test

  The "brown paper bag test" was a ritual once practiced by certain African-American and Creole fraternities and sororities who discriminated against people who were "too dark." That is, these groups would not let anyone into the sorority or fraternity whose skin tone was darker than a paper lunch bag, in order to maintain a perception of standards. Spike Lee's film School Daze satirized this practice at historically black colleges and universities. Let's discuss how this still effects us today.
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  • Tags:
  • culture
  • racism
  • color
  • history
  • people
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• Original Air Date: 9/5/2009 11:00 PM UTC

  Black in America, We have to do better!

  We as African Americans have to do better, we have to realize that the struggle is still alive and well. What are your feelings about being black in America. Are you equal or do you feel as though we have forgotten the struggle? Tune in with me and voice your opinion. We gotta do better!
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  • Tags:
  • racism
  • culture
  • politics
  • obama
  • awareness
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