By LaMon Jones
February 6, 2018
Let’s talk about race. Race, in its basic definition, is “a social construct” created to separate people by the way they look. Racism has not always existed simply because race itself hasn’t always been a part of society. These two things and many more are facts I learned at an REI (Racial Equity Institute) […]
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April 16, 2017
Before I entered PYO two years ago, I had the reputation at school of being unmotivated and lazy. One day I got suspended from school for a week — and luckily got sent to a great program called “Rebound,” which helped me keep up with my schoolwork while out of classes. Once I finished […]
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February 7, 2017
Being the editor of the Durham Voice is not a role you can just joke around with. You’re in charge of a monthly column, and although that may not seem like much, it’s more than most think. Depending on what you have going on in life, some months may be easy and others not […]
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November 11, 2016
The 2016 election has been a rollercoaster ride of insults, hate speech, sexism and racism. The Clinton campaign versus the Trump campaign will go down in history as one of the nastiest battles in politics. The career politician Hillary Clinton battled it out with one of the most iconic businessmen of the modern era, […]
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September 22, 2016
There is a level of perception when it comes to community colleges that they are not as good as four-year schools. I decided to question one of my long-time friends who just started a semester at Durham Tech about the school in general and its level of education. My first impression about places on […]
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February 23, 2015
I recently heard about the My Brother’s Keeper events being hosted by Durham from someone close to me. It sounded interesting enough so I decided to check it out. I wanted to be able to tell my story to other kids like me, as well as hear their stories. I was hoping I could […]
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November 10, 2014
The purpose of suspensions is to take a student out of an environment where a problem was caused or a problem is brewing. The goal of a modern school is to keep a child in a structured learning environment at all cost. The idea of suspension is the exact opposite of what schools try to […]
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