Before I left for Grambling I was dating a recent graduate of Dartmouth who told me I should reconsider my college choice because "corporate America isn't black" and he and his friends made fun of schools like that. And now a Black woman, HBCU grad is on her way to becoming our next VP.
Black ass poems. Black ass stories. Black ass art. Black ass life. Black ass love. Black ass hate. Black ass parenting. Black ass depression. Black ass mania. And other stuff too.
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