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It’s just a joke? When Halloween costumes cross the line

It’s just a joke? When Halloween costumes cross the line

Kafaya Shitta-bey December 11, 2015 0

On October 31, 2015, the Internet ignited as an image of a man wearing an offensive Bill Cosby Halloween costume made the rounds online. With a Cosby dummy on his back, the slouched-over man was

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A View From The Ferry

A View From The Ferry

Kafaya Shitta-bey December 11, 2015 0

People hurried as time escaped them. Only a few minutes to go or they would be left behind. With tunnel vision, some walked fast, seamlessly weaving in and out of obstacles in their way

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My Father’s Laugh

My Father’s Laugh

Kafaya Shitta-bey December 10, 2015 1

I have been told that I have the kind of laugh that causes others to laugh. A piercing high pitch that increases in volume after each gasp for air, gradually followed by the absence

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