1) McCain picked “short bus” Palin..I mean come on!!

2) White folks were more revolutionary than incense & head wrapped negroes.

3) Black folks stood in line for over four hours…and it was not the Young Jeezy after party!

4) Michelle Obama made “round the way girls” wanna finish school.

5) We found out Obama could cross your ass over and bust a 3 pointer.

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About Sugar Between catching the uptown train to conduct “we luv the kids” writing workshops to dancing rumba on the Lower East Side, Sugar Johnson flaunts his creative freedom in various mediums. The actor, vocalist, and educator has not only shared the stage with prolific artists such as The Last Poets, M-1 of Dead Prez, Jessica Care Moore, and Spike Lee, but he also labors to cultivate the forgotten souls of Rikers Island. Johnson made his film debut in Dave Chappelle’s Block Party. The ASCAP member holds a B.A. in Mathematics from DePauw University and will release the poetry collection Food Clothes and Shelter on his imprint Home Grown Publishing, LLC in 2008.

About Ed Award winning writer, educator, counselor, and activist Edward M. Garnes, Jr. is the founder of From Afros to Shelltoes: Art, Action, and Conversation, a nationally acclaimed series of cultural productions confronting the social divide between elders and hip hop heads, and holds a B.A. in English Writing from DePauw University and a M.A. in Counseling from Michigan State University.  His seminal essay, ” Sweet Tea Ethics: Black Luv, Healthcare, and Cultural Mistrust,” currently appears in Not In My Family: AIDS in the African American Community, a 2007 NAACP Image Award nominated collection edited by Gil Robertson. (www.afrostoshelltoes.com).

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