White Saviors, You’re Doing It Wrong
[gdlr_frame type=”rectangle border” background=”#b89f80″ align=”left” caption=”Photo Courtesy Imani Khayyam”] [gdlr_image_link type=”image” image_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Chole_Bishop_Ik.jpg” alt=” ” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Chole_Bishop_Ik.jpg” target=”_blank” width=”270px”][/gdlr_frame] by Chloe Bishop Every black community has that white person who comes in, looks around the place and decides that they are going to “save the youth” or “fix the community.” Some people call this the “white savior […]
Carpe Diem! Live In The Moment!
[gdlr_frame type=”rectangle border” background=”#b89f80″ align=”left” caption=”Photo Courtesy Imani Khayyam”] [gdlr_image_link type=”image” image_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Kenytta_Brown_Ik.jpg” alt=” ” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Kenytta_Brown_Ik.jpg” target=”_blank” width=”270px”][/gdlr_frame] by Kenytta Brown When I was 15, I remember using my silver laptop sitting on my soft green couch just writing my thoughts about what will happen in the next five years. I thought so much about college […]
Stop Whitewashing and Exploiting Asians in the Film Industry
[gdlr_frame type=”border” align=”left” caption=”Photo Courtesy Imani Khayyam”][gdlr_image_link type=”image” image_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Jeffery_Caliedo_Ik.jpg” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Jeffery_Caliedo_Ik.jpg” alt=””][/gdlr_frame] by Jeffrey Caliedo With the recent release of new Hollywood movie, “Ghost in the Shell,” and Netflix original “Death Note,” anger is growing over the constant diminishment of Asian people and culture, replaced with European counterparts. This form of systematic oppression is known as […]
Maisie Brown: Being the Best She Can Be
by Shakira Porter Photo of Maisie Brown by Kelsee Ford Maisie E. Brown, in her white shirt and loose khaki pants, hopped out of the car excitedly. It was her first time visiting the University of Southern California in downtown Los Angeles. She was surprised at how large the campus buildings were covered in California-like architecture. […]
Lailaa Bashir: Star Athlete
by August Harp Photo above of Lailaa Bashir by Kelsee Ford Game. The amount of time between when Lailaa Bashir was born and the first time she fell in love with tennis: 1460 days. How long it took Bashir to knock off her first opponent in the qualifiers for the Southern Regional tournament in 2011: […]
Woolworth Sit-In Vets Recount ‘Brutal Attacks’
by Kaitlyn Fowler Photo above by Chauncey Nettles: The “Woolworth’s Sit-In for Change” Exhibit opened at Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center this summer. Rev. Edwin King came to the Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center in downtown Jackson on June 14 ready to educate the audience there during a conversation about the “Woolworth’s Sit-In […]
Minia Johnson: A Long Journey
by Kenytta Brown Photo above of Minia Johnson by Kelsee Ford On May 3, 2009, Minia Johnson’s godmother, Classy Victor, woke her up and said, “Get in the car. It’s time to go.” On their way from Picayune, Miss., riding inside a white Cadillac heading on their way home at 11 p.m. Suddenly, two cars […]
Aja Purvis: A Free Spirit and Writer
by Chauncey Nettles Photo of Aja Purvis by Kelsee Ford It was around 10:15 a.m. on a Tuesday at Murrah High School. Aja Purvis sat at her desk closest to the wall. She was nervous and impatient about getting her essay back. She had worked so hard on her grammar and spelling the night before, […]
Liberty and Justice for ‘All’
[gdlr_frame type=”border” align=”left” caption=”Photo Courtesy Imani Khayyam”][gdlr_image_link type=”image” image_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Meche_LeFlore_Ik.jpg” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Meche_LeFlore_Ik.jpg” alt=””][/gdlr_frame] By Meché Leflore I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation Under God indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Ah, America, a country that prides itself on being a […]
Meche Leflore: Talking for a Living
by Ariyana Jones Photo of Meché Leflore by Kelsee Ford “Oh Lord, I wonder what they are going to say about her this time,” Meché Leflore’s mother, Paula Sharp, thought with a sigh as she pulled up to the auburn building of Davis Magnet IB Elementary School in downtown Jackson. Her heart pounded as she walked […]
