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don’t you hate it when people make a joke about you, about something that you are actually incredibly insecure about and they don’t realize it, but every laugh feels like a stab in your chest, because it hurts so much and brings up memories you’d rather forget. but you can’t say anything, because then people would know your weaknesses. they’d know how insecure you really are. so instead you just laugh it off, and hide the pain you feel inside.

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- have y’all watched Imari Anderson’s interview yet ?! 

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- have y’all watched Candace Holloman’s interview yet ?!

- check out her website http://www.candaced.com/

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“Little One Inside of Me”


It’s not easy to know what is true, for you or for me,​
At what was to be the best times of my life,​
17 - “Living the Dream”​
But I guess what I want, and love, and loathe all now stops….​
For you.​
Me - who?​
It’s now all for you.​
I eat, drink, breathe all for the life of you.
I used to speed, race, party, and dine​
Thought I understood life,​
Let my “knowledge” shine.​
Came in late every nights,​
Never put the cell down,​
But this one mistake​
And life’s turned around.
In a way,
You saved me.
You are an individual.
Yet, a part of me, as I am of you.
That’s what’s called motherhood.
Sometimes you may not want to be a part of me,
Nor do I always want to carry you.
But we are one, this is true.
As I learn from you,
You’ll learn from me.
Though you’re younger and scared,
Love there will be.
This is my promise to the life inside of me.
-December 2009
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-  Elaina Perez is a sophomore here at USC. Most of her awesome poetry is inspired by her two year old daughter.

Thank you so much for sharing with us Elaina! Continue writing and we hope to hear more from you in the future!

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aaasvoices: At the end of the day on November 6, 2012, many people cried tears of joy and expressed their happiness that a president that has promised change in America and a shift forward for the common man was re-elected. Some people sat back and watched the President and his supporters enjoy their moment while others reacted violently about the results of the election. It makes you wonder, are people against President Obama because of his policies or because he doesn’t look like a typical white president? Some people say that opposition to President Obama’s administration has nothing to do with the color of his skin, but even in 2012 people still are not colorblind when it comes to a black man in a valuable, high position. College students are some of the most outspoken people about politics and they treated the re-election of President Obama no different. A protest broke out at the University of Mississippi after the election results confirmed that President Obama would be president for four more years. The group of 40 students began shouting political slogans but in a matter of minutes the crowd became rowdy and grew to more than 100 students. Racial slurs and insensitive sayings were shouted in front of the student union at the university. Eye witnesses and university officials said some protestors shouted “the south will rise again.” By 12:15 am, there were more than 400 people gathered at the union. The protest came as a surprise to many students and university officials who were celebrating the admittance of James Meredith, the first black student at the university in 1962. The incident at Ole Miss a little over a week ago sounds like an incident to refuse the enrollment of James Meredith. Although, as college students we all have the ability to stand up for our beliefs and make them known to our peers and our community, we also have to remember that people are watching and developing their perception for us. For the University of Mississippi, this was not a good way to develop a lasting impact for their university. The conflict at the University of Mississippi reminds me of the racial hate that I remember hearing among my classmates in 2008 when President Obama was first elected. We all heard the “I’m moving to Canada if that man becomes president” and rolled our eyes. I don’t remember there being such an outright disrespect for John Kerry or George W. Bush when they ran for president or when President Bush won a second term. As black students who go to a predominately white university, we have the ability to show our Caucasian counterparts that we are just as capable of being senators and maybe the next black president. In 2012, we still have a lot to prove to a society that expects young black women to be pregnant and on welfare and young black men to be in jail or on the streets selling drugs. Our president is a man of color who never would have gotten where he is today without his education. People find ways to question President Obama’s validity but they can never say anything about his educational background. The rally at the University of Mississippi just goes to show us that there is still racism and that gives us an even bigger reason to work harder than our counterparts. It’s important that we show others that black, highly educated individuals are up and coming and are looking to make their presence known. I know I’m not in college to let someone tell me that my degree is not valid and that the points I make aren’t important. President Obama has handled the pressure of being the first black president well and we should follow suit. Never let the people that are waiting for you to fail see you sweat, but work harder to make them realize that you’re not going anywhere. - Article written by Shay Davis

Voices of Color: What Obama has in Store for Us....

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President Barack Obama has been sworn in for his second term and he is still on the pursuit to reassure Americans at and encourage them that he will continue to take care of unfinished business. “Preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action,” he said to…

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aaasvoices: Hello , I hope everyone has had a great start to all of their classes! I challenge you to continue the semester off with the same motivation and drive. As I write this it is Monday, January 21. A great, as well as historic day for America. For once President Obama is being inaugurated for his second term in Washington. ​ Secondly, it is Martin Luther King Day. As I read The State newspaper and read about the civil rights stories, I realize how close to home it is right here in Columbia, even more so here at the University of South Carolina. I saw a picture of Caucasian students protesting the admittance of African Americans in 1963. It just made me realize just how different this world was just 50 years ago. It motivates me to do the best I can, sort of like my thank you to those who have paved the way before me. I mean that’s the least we can do right? T ​ his year, 2013, I challenge everyone to show appreciation to the ear of 1963. You can do this through academics, in the community or even in yourself. I challenge you to make a difference. Personally , I am taking up a challenge of reading the top 50 books all African-Americans should read. Currently I’m reading a autobiography called Assata. It’s about her youth and the experiences that led her to a living life as a black activist in black nationalist organizations, and eventually to prision. But with that being said ​ CHALLENGE YOURSELF ! TAKE ACTION! - make sure y’all go follow the AAAS Voices of Color tumblr page for future pictures and updates !
aaasvoices: Hello , I hope everyone has had a great start to all of their classes! I challenge you to continue the semester off with the same motivation and drive. As I write this it is Monday, January 21. A great, as well as historic day for America. For once President Obama is being inaugurated for his second term in Washington. ​ Secondly, it is Martin Luther King Day. As I read The State newspaper and read about the civil rights stories, I realize how close to home it is right here in Columbia, even more so here at the University of South Carolina. I saw a picture of Caucasian students protesting the admittance of African Americans in 1963. It just made me realize just how different this world was just 50 years ago. It motivates me to do the best I can, sort of like my thank you to those who have paved the way before me. I mean that’s the least we can do right? T ​ his year, 2013, I challenge everyone to show appreciation to the ear of 1963. You can do this through academics, in the community or even in yourself. I challenge you to make a difference. Personally , I am taking up a challenge of reading the top 50 books all African-Americans should read. Currently I’m reading a autobiography called Assata. It’s about her youth and the experiences that led her to a living life as a black activist in black nationalist organizations, and eventually to prision. But with that being said ​ CHALLENGE YOURSELF ! TAKE ACTION!
aaasvoices: AAAS Members doing some community service with CheerSport during Martin Luther King Weekend.
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I got to live in hope.

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Hope that everything will be alright. I can’t let one bad moment, one rejection, or one failure make me give up. I shouldn’t have fear of committing those things. I should have hope that after these trials and tribulations, everything will be the way I wanted it to be.

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