May 2, 2013
27 Things You Had To Deal With As The Only Black Kid In Your Class
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27 Things You Had To Deal With As The Only Black Kid In Your Class
This Buzzfeed is perfect! I'm sure that all of my #Blackatapwi and #Blackatgwu collegians will relate! Check it out!
Hugs-For-Thugs: A Tell-All for GWU
It was my first party at GWU, and upon meeting a then junior for the first time, I extended my hand for a handshake. My handshake was immediately turned down and, instead, I was welcomed with a hug. "We hug around here," he said.
So I thought, "Okay! Hugs? I can totally do hugs!" So for the past four semesters, I've been on a hugs-for-thugs frenzy, just propagating the love, and it's been fine until now.
Lately, however, I've been getting caught up in a multitude of side hugs, 1/3 hugs, half-way lean-ins, unwelcomed church hugs, unilateral-scapula-pats-because-I-didn't-realize-we-were-hugging-hugs, and wait-but-we-just-met-confused-hugs.
And, as oversensitive as I am, I start thinking that ya'll are beginning to throw more shade than a palm tree!
And what's worse - sometimes, I'll casually run into someone on campus; then I won't realize that they're coming in for a hug so I don't reciprocate. And by the time I realize what just happened, it's too late to recover because they're all of a thousand feet away. And then I'm stuck feeling like the biggest asshole on the planet.
So what is it GWU Black community? Are we pro-hug and anti-hug? Like is it a thing? Do we need to revert to Black-girl-head-nod, the tilt-head-andddd-smirk, the all-chin-no-face-head-toss, the two-finger gun salute?
Can we get a rule book going?
Ughhh.
#irrelevantblackcollegestudentproblems
When someone blatantly disregards my "Black Girl Head Nod"...
On the outside:
But on the inside I'm like...
Shout out to Maurissa Walls!
Maurissa, a Sophomore at GWU, is the new Director of Mareting & PR of the Smart Girls Group - "an online community that connects, inspires, and empowers girls worldwide with our motto: Be Smart. Share Smarts." Maurissa is also heavily involved with The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), as well as the Black Student Union (BSU) on campus.
On her ridicuclous Young. Fly. Black. Educated wave.
Just bought my cap and gown! It just got oh so real! Less than two months until graduation :)
Dannie Moore, GWU Class of 2013
When my roommate tries to connect with me on an ethnic level by saying "gurlllll" and "lawwwwd", I'm like...
I secretly want to be on Chidi's Work-Out Plan, but I'm Scared that he might be the Gordon Ramsey of Weight-Training...
Shout out to Danielle Noel!
I would like to give a shoutout to Danielle Noel! She is a Sophomore at the George Washington University, and a Black Collegian on her grind. Apart from her loyal friendships and great involvement on campus and in her field of interest, Danielle is the Dean's List's poster child.
Don't we love it that she's Young, Black, Fly, and Educated?