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Through the eyes of an island boy

(03/28/14 7:20am)

As a freshman, I noticed that the cold of the winter did not end in March. That it continued in the eyes of the people I saw everyday and in the ignorance of the minds I studied with. As I saw everyone in their own groups, I felt like that awkward, lonely kid from the Virgin Islands. I felt like that one black kid who never fit in with the black community. I felt like the one black kid who everyone saw as an awkward tag-along. I felt like a nobody.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2014/03/through-eyes-island-boy

The importance of black faculty

(02/28/14 10:00am)

When approached about an educational reform I would implement at Duke, my response was simple: I want the African and African American Studies department expanded. Furthermore, I want more black faculty at Duke across the board. The intrigued look of the person who asked me about educational reform prompted me to communicate the importance of black faculty members. Although it is imperative for all students to know black faculty, it is extremely important for black students at Duke to know black faculty.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2014/02/importance-black-faculty

The black guy

(02/14/14 9:55am)

I’ve been the black guy since the third grade. It was in the third grade that I learned that I was different because I was black. I mean, I always knew I was chromatically different, but I didn’t really think it meant anything. But it meant everything. I suddenly changed to the other, and this has had advantages and disadvantages. I could lie to you and say that it’s all negatives, but the fact is that there is some odd level of coolness that comes with being black that I really like. There are also a lot of misconceptions that come with being “the black guy,” and I would like to share my experience. Hopefully it helps someone somewhere, and I would like to stress that this is just my life. The following are issues I’ve had to deal with in my 21 years on this planet.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2014/02/black-guy