Tag: racism

• Sometimes it snows in April

  I grew up in the northeast, where life is lived in four seasons. There’s summer, when it is hot and humid, sunny, and bright, equally tiring and energizing. There’s fall, with crisp air, apple picking, and landscapes adorned by trees of both evergreen and ever changing colors of leaves. There’s winter, when the joys of…

  Simone Monique Barnes

  April 22, 2021

  Americana, Arts, Black History and Culture, Literary Arts, Performing Arts, Sermons, Simone Monique Barnes

  Emotions, Feelings, Grief, Lyrics, music, Pandemic, Poetry, Prince, racism, Snow, Spring

• No one has the right to limit your potential

  I am slowly beginning to wean myself off of social media in the mornings. It used to be fun. One could start the day with a dose of information, cuteness and joy. Instead I now open Facebook and take a deep breath in wonder, “What mean and cruel thing has happened in the world today?”…

  Simone Monique Barnes

  September 16, 2015

  Ethnic, Regional and National Identity

  African, AhmedMohamed, engineer, Islam, Nation Building, racism, schools, Sudan, teen, Texas, youth

• Cultural Appropriation Photo Scavenger Hunt

  The Kahnawa:ke Youth Forum is hosting a scavenger hunt. Although I can’t officially participate in the actual scavenger hunt contest, I do see a pinterest board in my future… #KYFdecolonize

  Simone Monique Barnes

  April 1, 2014

  Cultural Integrity, Ethnic, Regional and National Identity, Nation Building, Native American

  decolonize, Nation Building, Native American, Native Appropriations, NDN, racism, youth