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October 10th, 2014 - 12:09 pm § in America, Misc., The Ave Scene

5 Reasons I cant wait for the NBA season to start!

1) Chicago Bulls For the last few seasons the Bulls title hopes were put on hold due to injuries suffered by their star player Derrick Rose. The return of Rose, along with the addition of 2-time NBA champion Pau Gasol should put the Bulls at the top of the standings in the East this year. […][...]

October 9th, 2014 - 5:48 pm § in America, Misc., Politics, The Ave Scene

Big Ten is a step ahead

  “The Big Ten conference announced Wednesday that all of its institutions will grant athletic scholarships for the entire term of an athlete’s enrollment, and allow some athletes who leave school to return and finish their degrees on scholarship.” Here is a link to Adam Rittenber[...]

October 6th, 2014 - 6:35 pm § in America, Hypocrisy, Politics

What if it was the other way around?

A young African American male has shot and killed a Seattle Police officer.  He is claiming self defense. When asked why, the suspect said “As I was walking down the street, I was suddenly stopped for no reason!  This guy(Police Officer) asked me, matter fact he told me to stop and started y[...]

September 21st, 2014 - 3:47 pm § in The Ave Scene

THE Ave Scene: Where to eat!

Nate’s Wings and Waffles in the same location at 9261 57th Ave S.  A collaboration between Happy Grillmore’s Darren McGill and restauranteur Marcus Lalario (Li’l Woody’s)  is opening, The Ave’s own Husky basketball star, Anthony Washington.  is part of the at the new[...]

September 19th, 2014 - 3:50 pm § in America, Politics

Cultural Analysis of African American males. Intro

Although African Americans are not in control of structural barriers like racial discrimination, and lack of employment opportunities, we are in control of certain aspects of our culture.  It is vital to identify what aspects of our culture are hindering our progress as a community. Athletics, musi[...]

September 19th, 2014 - 3:44 pm § in America, Hypocrisy, Politics

The bigger issue.

I have been seeing a lot of posts like this lately, and quite frankly it’s starting to irritate me.  It is true politicians, as well as police officers are less likely to lose employment over domestic violence issues. Although I agree that there is a huge double standard here, I am questionin[...]

June 3rd, 2014 - 3:12 pm § in America, Hypocrisy, Jews, Misc., The Ave Scene

I am African.

I got into a nice debate about genetics the other day.  I was told African Americans are not African, genetically speaking.  The debate started as a result of a comment that I made about black people needing to embrace Africa in the same way the majority of Jewish people I have met embrace Israel[...]

June 1st, 2014 - 8:57 am § in Misc.

A Response to Anthony

 Anthony, blaming Euros for responding to the hoodie is unfair. The way ANYONE chooses to dress is a form of speech.  The hoodie is no different from the Pope’s costume, an Al Quaeda face mask with Arabic,  a French maid costume, a nun’s habit, or the black coats of a radical Jew.  T[...]

May 31st, 2014 - 1:28 pm § in America, Hypocrisy, Misc., Politics, Schools & Colleges, Science, The Ave Scene

A Black Man’s Thoughts on The Hoodie

A man in a police uniform scares me more than the biggest strongest dude wearing a hoodie ever would. Lets be honest, its not a hoodie, nor is it a puffy starter jacket that people fear.  Black men were feared way before the modern day hoodie was invented so please try again.  Can we just [&hellip[...]

May 21st, 2014 - 3:36 pm § in America, Misc., Politics, The Ave Scene

Life Changing

Over the past few months I have gone back and forth about how I feel about a fifteen dollar minimum wage for Seattle employees. On one end I ask why those of us that do not make fifteen dollars an hour chose to work for businesses that pay less than that? I have come to […][...]