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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
At Inaugural, Mayor Chokwe Lumumba Lifts Up Jackson
Mayor Chowke Lumumba and the new first lady, Ebony Lumumba, greet supporters at his inauguration on July 3, 2017. (Photo by Kelsee Ford) By Kenyetta Brown Early on this sunny Monday morning, I went with a team of Youth Media Project students to witness history inside the Jackson Convention Complex as our youngest mayor in the […]
I Won’t Let My Godmother Down
by Shakira Porter Photo by Nameisha Magee My godmother Lashunda Summers made me who I am today. She is a wonderful, intelligent, hard-working woman who takes care of elderly people for a living. She often tells me how blessed I am today. She has been there for me for a good long time. She took […]
YMP-PTA Mayor Forum Video, Questionnaire
Here is the Facebook Live video from the Youth Mayoral Forum at Provine High School on Monday, April 17, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Supervisor Robert Graham had confirmed, but did not show up. The questions are below this post in the comments so you can follow along. Video #1: Video #2 (closing statements): WJTV […]
‘Money Can Read; He’s Smart’
by Marquavious Harris Photo above of Harris by Dartavius Archie Money is this 20-year-old boy who is my cousin. Money grew up in Jackson, Miss., on a small side of town called the Virden Addition. Money’s father was in jail before he turned 9, so he really didn’t have a father figure to look up […]
Overcoming Black Girls’ Barriers to Success
by Asia Mangum [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/2016/07/Asia_Mangum_Ik-200×300.jpg” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Asia_Mangum_Ik.jpg” alt=””][/gdlr_frame] Black women may be the most educated group in the country, but the employment and salary rates don’t match up, and they often face barriers to success in the workplace. Some young women of color worry that predominantly black schools are not providing […]
