Author Archives: chayilamirah

Rapsody highlights how she feels her image and how she presents herself and its hindrance to her success. If she was male or expressed her sexuality through her music, her audience would grow and society would deem her “acceptable” or “entertaining”. Her promise to stay 100% true to herself has allowed herself to build herContinue reading “Rapsody”

Don’t run from where you came from. Tyler Perry spoke about the importance representation is in our community. In the last decade we saw the first African American president, we saw black men and women build empires, we started to see people who looked like us winning at life. This has proven to be exponentiallyContinue reading “Tyler Perry”

The first episode of Trigger Warning with Killer Mike touched on the importance of a strong central economy within the African American race. My first comment on the episode has to be on the satirical nature of the show, he makes several jokes including referencing the point of desegregation was to “sit at the counterContinue reading “Trigger Warning : Killer Mike”

Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue… and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness. — Naomi Campbell Hello, my name is Chayil Townsend. I am a sophomore from Fayetteville, Nc. I am a political science and psychology major with a minor in mass communications and military history. My aspirations includeContinue reading “My First Blog Post”