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Shondra J Brown
Aug 15, 20236 min read
TheSandbox: Girls’ Edition
Being the target of White backlash is daunting. It also makes you doubt yourself. What did I do wrong? How could I have avoided this?
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Shondra J Brown
Jun 1, 20234 min read
No More Hoods, Show Your Faces
No More Hoods…Show Your Faces How do you tone check Black people specifically Black women? Ban a poem written by one…with no context as...
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Shondra J Brown
Apr 9, 20233 min read
Resurrection
I’m not “religious”. I tried; I tried Catholicism, Christianity, Muslim and Episcopalian. And I always found myself unfulfilled and even...
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Shondra J Brown
Jan 11, 20233 min read
ARE RESUMES OUTDATED
If it’s not right, take flight
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Shondra J Brown
Jan 5, 20233 min read
BUFFALO STRONG: MORE THAN LIP SERVICE
ALLOW ME TO REINTRODUCE MYSELF: I was so recalcitrant in my resolve against being engulfed in the massive movement of the Bills Mafia!...
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Shondra J Brown
Nov 6, 20221 min read
WHEN THEY SAY:WE SEE YOU!
Representation matters! Diversity matters! Black people but specifically black women bring a level of common sense to any situation....
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Shondra J Brown
Feb 17, 20225 min read
I Am Because of THEM…
This is why the 1619 Project means so much to those who understand. You cannot White wash history, to suppress it is to allow room for…
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Shondra J Brown
Oct 12, 20214 min read
Dave Punched White Fragility In The Face!
Dave gives no fucks about white fragility
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Shondra J Brown
Sep 12, 202111 min read
We Must Protect DA Jack McCoy At All Costs
I am the stepmother to a very hard headed Black man. Once, a boy, a very defiant, impulsive Black boy. I immediately noticed he had...
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Shondra J Brown
Aug 29, 20213 min read
Let’s Talk About Sex…uality
I am not a prude. Never have been, never will be. I am the mother of an adult daughter, married with a child and bonus mom to a lesbian....
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Shondra J Brown
Aug 8, 20213 min read
Police Serve and Protect Whom?
Sunday Sermon*names have been changed* Defund the police…You all realize Police Officers are not “drafted” this is a voluntary...
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Shondra J Brown
Apr 11, 20214 min read
Earl’s Trauma
Reflection: the lost girl, the angry boy, the quiet, the withdrawn...the pain, the trauma...the ugly of being ignorant to the face of...
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Shondra Brown
Jan 29, 20212 min read
A garden for a rose
Many of you may not even know who Marva Collins was but Ms. Tyson portrayed her and we sat glued to the TV watching that made for TV...
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Shondra Brown
Jan 28, 20211 min read
Naw...I’m the Nurse Practitioner
Yesterday I wore a uniform to work. It was too cold to be all dressed up. I went to the gym and checked in. The young lady, of Indian...
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Shondra Brown
Jan 24, 20211 min read
A Dream, Deferred
This is the abridged version of a poem I wrote 20 years ago. I shortened it so people wouldn’t loose attention. Humans can only sit still...
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Shondra Brown
Jan 24, 20211 min read
What Is Privilege?
Privilege starts with an assumption.The idea that you will always be given the benefit of the doubt. You can be a heinous POS but because...
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Shondra Brown
Jan 23, 20210 min read
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Shondra Brown
Jan 23, 20211 min read
What is “privilege”
Privilege is never having to code switch, never having to consider changing your natural hair style, and never using your initials on a...
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