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By// Quassan Castro. Dark Girls premiered on the OWN network earlier this week, featuring the narratives of women wounded by the effects of colorism, and it’s about time the taboo conversation was brought to a mainstream platform. In the superb documentary, one of the most haunting accounts of colorism was a woman that recalls her mother ...A crucial aspect addressed in these resources is the impact of systemic inequalities on African American students' educational outcomes (Castro, 2012). Educators are encouraged to acknowledge the historical and ongoing injustices faced by this community, such as implicit bias, microaggressions, and discriminatory policies (Yosso, 2005).A low-residency MFA accommodates every writer’s complicated schedule and ambition. Dedicate time to your writing without upending your life in progress, get feedback from acclaimed writers and teachers, workshop online and in person, travel, focus and retreat, read, be as creative as you want to be, meet new people who are as serious about writing as you are, meet great writers in person ...Quassan Castro Biography Quassan T. Castro is a journalist, columnist, entertainment and culture critic, poet and author. Quassan hails from the streets of East Orange, New Jersey. His work ranges from personal essays, fiction, poetry, music and book reviews, celebrity interviews and culture writing. Quassan has taught writing and literature.MSNBC Live In this weeks edition of MADE OF SHADE via Jet Magazine, I sit with popular syndicated journalist, columnist, TV host, commentator and author ->Roland Martin -->Martin brings the shade to...By Quassan Castro · Jan 10, 2011. News. 5 Questions for Tichina Arnold on New Film By Quassan Castro · Jan 5, 2011. News. Sharon Leal Brings the Heat to 'Hellcats' By Quassan Castro · Nov 16, 2010.By Bloomfield College student, Quassan Castro Dr. Halima Taha is renowned in art circles for an exuberant personality that is just as memorable as the creative art she appraises.GRANDSON TO GRANDMOTHER – Quassan Castro November 29, 2013 | in Poetry | admininfin8 | 0 Grandmother, You sit, Wrapped in your Persian melon-colored blanket, Rock back and forth, On that old rusty country porch, Whom the neighbors across the street Once called, Rusty Oak. Spit...Quassan T. Castro, The WriterQuassan T. Castro is a journalist, educator, motivation and empowerment speaker, poet and author. Quassan T. Castro is a journalist, educator, motivation and empowerment speaker, poet and author. Sep 20, 2013, 09:38 PM EDT. This post was published on the now-closed HuffPost Contributor platform. Contributors control their …Mercury in CFLs and fish are the best known sources of mercury exposure. 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Kelley, Rita Dove, Cornel West and Amy Goodman, Thandisizwe Chimurenga, Alexander Cockburn, Etan Thomas, Tara Skurtu, bell hooks and Quassan Castro, June Jordan, Jesse Jackson, Tim Wise, Patricia Williams, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Vijay Prashad, Jesmyn Ward, Jordan Flaherty and more, Killing …See President Obama's 1979 Prom Photo Quassan Castro Biography Quassan T. Castro is a journalist, columnist, entertainment and culture critic, poet and author. Quassan hails from the streets of East Orange, New Jersey. His work ranges from personal essays, fiction, poetry, music and book reviews, celebrity interviews and culture writing. Quassan has taught writing and literature. In this weeks MADE OF SHADE via Jet Magazine-Ditigal, I write about violence and the elderly. Check it out and pass it on!...that burnt umber. is the color of poetry —. Yesenia Montilla is a New York City poet with Afro-Caribbean roots. Her poetry has appeared in the Chapbook For the Crowns of Your Head, as well as the literary journals 5 AM, Adanna, The Wide Shore and others. She received her MFA from Drew University in Poetry and Poetry in Translation and is a ...Castro’s anti-American rhetoric, his stated plans to nationalize foreign properties in Cuba, and his association with a number of suspected leftists (including his …Cuba became a communist state because Cuban leader Fidel Castro believed communism was the movement of the working class. Castro also established strong ties with the Soviet Union,...Quassan T. Castro is a journalist, educator, mot Quassan T. Castro, The Writer. 5,460 likes. Qu Quassan T. Castro is a journalist, educator, motivation and empowerment speaker, poet and author. Jan 7, 2014, 02:25 PM EST This post was published on the now-closed HuffPost Contributor platform.Grandmother to Child By Quassan Castro. February 1, 2011 / 8:50 PM. 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Wow! My column with Jet Mag. made the, "Hottest Jet Mag. Articles of 2013," list.....Sheesh! I'm humbled and speechless! Thanks!!...I know nothing better. than to give myself into a starved breeze. oh sweet moon. Marlin Figgins is a poet from Detroit, Michigan. He is currently an undergraduate at the University of Chicago. His work has appeared in or is forthcoming in The Shallow Ends, Cotton Xenomorph, and Glass: A Journal of Poetry.Quassan T. Castro is a Journalist and Author. His journalistic pieces appear in the following magazines and newspapers: Huffington Post Huff Post-Black Voices .Dec 12, 2014 · With contributions from Robin D.G. Kelley, Rita Dove, Cornel West and Amy Goodman, Thandisizwe Chimurenga, Alexander Cockburn, Etan Thomas, Tara Skurtu, bell hooks and Quassan Castro, June Jordan, Jesse Jackson, Tim Wise, Patricia Williams, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Vijay Prashad, Jesmyn Ward, Jordan Flaherty and more, Killing Trayvons is an ...

In my column MADE OF SHADE, this week I have a rare and exclusive interview w/ popular author and intellectual Dr. bell hooks via Jet Magazine. And she really brings the heat....talks Zimmerman and...By// Quassan Castro. Dark Girls premiered on the OWN network earlier this week, featuring the narratives of women wounded by the effects of colorism, and it’s about time the taboo conversation was brought to a mainstream platform. In the superb documentary, one of the most haunting accounts of colorism was a woman that recalls her mother ...Quassent Castro, Quassen T Castro, Quassan T Castro, Quasson I Castro. 22 Visits. Photos. LOW HIGH. 0 Add Rating Anonymously. 0 ...…

Reader Q&A - also see RECOMMENDED ARTICLES & FAQs. Posted by Quassan Castro Growing up in Mississi. Possible cause: Quassan Castro was guest/co-editor for Issue 3. He has a MFA in Creative .