When I was 15 years old my family moved to a new town and I had to switch high schools. Prior to moving I attended Dunwoody High School, located in a suburb north of Atlanta. I went their on a program called Optional Transfer, formerly called M2M (or Minority to Majority). The program was designed to diversify schools in majority…

Today I found my old poetry book from middle school. I had forgotten what a voracious writer I once was. I write a lot still, but it's mostly e-mail, not poetry. I found that I had written in the notebook something I called "Poetic Words of Wisdom." Here's what 12-year-old me picked up: In life there are no problems, just…

I thought they were both interesting reads. I;m not saying that I agree with all of the opinions expressed in either. I have never read the book that the first post references, so I certainly can't say I agree or cosign. However, I enjoy a solid opinion piece. The first one is about Kanye West's changing attitude about racism and the…