Everyday Melanin Magazine presents...TRENTON

A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are

caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly."- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 04

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The air is thick and we are literally at war against life and death as if we live in a third world country. While I sit listening to the "Blackness 2020" playlist from spotify, I can't help but feel so many different emotions that I can't even explain. I trust that many of you have been affected one way or another with this pandemic directly or indirectly.

One of the greater pandemics that rests at the feet of all African Americans is that of police brutality, racism and inequality. This isn't something new, but for so many years, it's like we just sing the same songs and cry the same cries.

Our why's are drowned out by social bullies which cause us to be more enraged. We are no longer scared, we are standing up to those that have effortlessly tried to tear us down.

This issue is special for us all. By us, I mean the one's that need the outlet; that need the creative space; and a voice of reason. Bringing some light to the best of what our community has to offer is truly the wave right now. The submissions that overflowed into our inbox proves that this is deeper than what's at surface.

I would like to thank you all for your contiued support as Everyday Melanin Magazine works hard to stay persistent with the content provided to each and everyone of you.

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Did We Drop The Ball?

Was Generation Y expected to carry the country on their shoulders?

Written by Ebony Johnson

THERE'S NO I IN TEAM It's the start of the game against the Utah Jazz on February 4, 1998 and one of the greatest players in the world arrives on the court hitting the game opening shot! We all know the capabilites of Michael Jordan, but what most may have forgotten is that he was human when he played the game of basketball.

Jordan carried the world on his shoulders and had high expectations of himself and his teamates. This is normal for a lot of true athletes.

By the second quarter, the Chicago Bulls are leading, but this quickly changed as Utah took the lead by 8pts ending the game at 93101. Utah with the win.

Rumor has it that Jordan was not to return the next year due to Phil Jackson's remarks on leaving the Bulls. Some may even speculate that has a lot to do with the outcome on how he played the game. But was it for Michael Jordan to finish off with the win for his team? Did his team do the best they could to come back from that defeat?

How does this tie into Generation Y might you ask? Well it's simple. All of the generations before were taught how to be the strong ones and how to work hard and be sure to keep religion in the forefront. This isn't wrong, infact it is something most of us lack. As we begin to move into the new millenium, a lot of our elders took a seat and allowed for the new age to take over and be "know it alls" Technology surely changed and we now have internet at a capacity of running the world right at our fingertips.

I get it, where am I going with this point, right?! Well, hear me out. The elders most times stick to the script. And please, when I say elders, i'm talking baby boomers, boomers, and we will get to Generation X in a moment. However, for those born between 1946-1965, change just isn't their thing unless they can see years ahead of how the turnout will be. If it isn't concrete, you can forget it.

I know, because i've experienced some family members of this exact form of living. We are in the year 2020, Respectively, Generation Y has possibly took a seat as well. Generation Y created the jobs, created the safe space, but lacked leadership.

BELOW: MICHAEL JORDAN TAKING A JUMPER WITH KARL MALONE BY HIS SIDE REACHING TO BLOCK THE SHOT.

Michael Jordan 40 PTS 17/37 FG 5/6 FT KARL MALONE 30 PTS 14/21 FG 2/3 FT IMAGE SOURCE: USATODAY.COM

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Believe me, this is not to say that the work has not been done and that all in Generation Y has dropped the ball, but did we put the problems of the world on the next generation? Did we not fight hard enough to prevent so much from happening or would have happened anyway?

I am part of the Gengeration Y. I am mainly speaking from what I see and even my own regressions. I still feel like I could do more and am working on it.

But so often, we turn the other cheek when our youth is calling out for the help. Could this be a generational curse?

Blessings to those that truly are there when most need them and do not feel it's a dog eat dog world. It's already cruel out there to see that many could use our skills and knowledge to the game as we know it. We all can't be Jordan, but we damn sure can be as a team.

Let's take a step back to Generation X. They had a lot to prove through the years and reasons for why they are here today. I call them the hardbody's though because they truly don't take any mess.

But same time, Generation Y has a bit of that hardbody persona from them but it doesn't make us very approachable.

How do we soften up to be what the

world truly needs us to be? We have the "rebels", we have the "know it alls" but where are the "I got you (s)", or the "you got this (s)" We can hate the process, but we can't hate the ones really trying. That energy can be put towards fighting against police brutality together with our youth, because they are FED UP! I mean, we say we are too, but they have seen what we have had to go through and are refusing to settle. I mean, should we?

No, right?!?

In recent events, I have witnessed a lot of our youth getting the Boomers, Generation X and Y's up out of those same seats that they kept warm for many years.

They have used their voice to no end and continue to. It's so beautful to see how everyone is lending the hand and knowledge that soon seemed lost and hidden in the mist of anguish and defeat of our nation.

This is what it is all about; coming together as a whole to get the job done, and to seize the corruption that surrounds our community. We must continue to be ready and persistant for the generations to come and to raise awareness of the inadequacy that EVERYDAY MELANIN MAGAZINE plagues our youth forcing them to face | 05 their own demise.

13 REASONS WHY ALL LIVES MATTER DOESN'T WORK UNTIL ALL LIVES MATTER

To explain why a black life even matters is a problem in itself. It's like saying "I see that you have a cut and are bleeding but what about my finger? (all while it is perfectly fine) It's no surprise that it has gotten to this point where we have to educate other's how much our life is just as valuable and worthy as their own. A black man, woman or child has to fight so much harder to keep alive, feel alive and to be seen as equal.

Mentally, it is draining. We are tired, ya'll. It isn't the job of the person going through the trenches to explain the why's but while we are here, let's just jump into WHY saying all lives matter just doesn't work when ALL lives haven't mattered.

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Race/Gender

WHILE WE KNOW THERE ARE MANY RACIAL INDIFFERENCES, GENDERS ARE ALSO BEING LEFT OUT REGARDLESS OF THEIR RACE. WE KNOW THIS TO BE FACTUAL AND WE HAVE SEEN THE SCARS FROM WHAT COMES FROM BEING SINGLED OUT.

A BLACK MAN AND A WHITE MAN ARE DRIVING AND BOTH RUN A RED LIGHT ON DIFFERENT DAYS AND ARE STOPPED

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TIFFANY AND BRAD ARE BOTH IN THE IT DEPARTMENT OF THEIR JOB. THEY COME WITH THE SAME CREDENTIALS FROM THE SAME COLLEGE AND HAVE THE SAME WORK EXPERIENCE. BRAD MAKES TWICE AS MUCH AS TIFFANY. TIFFANY IS BLACK. TIFFANY IS A WOMAN WWW.CATALYST.ORG/MEDIARELEASE/RACIAL-AND-GENDER-BIAS-ATWORK-HARMFUL-FOR-WOMEN-OF-COLORAND-THEIR-HEALTH/

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Karen

IT ISN'T ENOUGH TO JUST BE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD IN WHICH YOU OR A FAMILY MEMBER MAY LIVE, TO BE BLACK AND TO BE APPROACHED BY A WOMAN WHO THEN WANTS TO SAY YOU DO NOT BELONG THERE. THAT W

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MARY IS PREGNANT AND IN PAIN. SHE GOES TO THE ER BECAUSE HER DR. HASN'T BEEN RETURNING HER CALLS. MARY GOES IN AND IS SENT HOME IMMEDIATELY AFTER AND TOLD TO REST SHE SHOULD BE FINE. MARY LATER HAS A MISCARRIAGE THAT EVENING. JULIE HAS THE SAME SITUATION AND IS IMMEDIETLY GIVEN A ROOM TO HAVE TESTS RUN TO ASSURE THE SAFETY OF HER AND THE CHILD. MARY IS A MINORITY BLACK WOMAN.

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IT IS A KNOWN FACT THAT CHILDREN IN LOWER INCOME COMMUNITES AS WELL AS HOUSEHOLDS DO NOT GET THE SAME BENEFITS AS THAT IN RURAL AREAS. IT IS UP TO THE FAMILIES OF THAT CITY TO WANT MORE. THIS TIES IN WITH EQUALITY.

FAR TO OFTEN YOU WILL SEE THE COMMUNITY BUILDING UP THEIR OWN AND PROTECTING AGAINST BUT IT IS STILL A FIGHT TO NOT BE RAN OUT OF THEIR HOMES DUE TO THE BUILDING UP OF CORPORATE OFFICES AS WELL AS LUXURY LIVING WITHIN THE MINORITY COMMUINTY.

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Token

BEING A TOKEN IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. JUST BECAUSE YOU MIGHT HAVE A BLACK FRIEND DOES NOT MEAN YOU KNOW THE BLACK CULTURE ENOUGH TO MAKE FUN OF OR A MOCKERY ASSUMING THEY "AREN'T LIKE THE REST"

UNTIL BLACK LIVES, OR TRANS LIVES OR WHATEVER LIVES ARE LONGING FOR ACCEPTANCE MATTER, ALL LIVES CAN NEVER MATTER.

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"AMERICA HAS ALL WALKS OF LIFE IN THIS NATION. BUT ONLY IN AMERICA DOES AN ANIMAL'S LIFE MEAN MORE THAN A HUMAN LIFE."

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Poetry submissions I see Color IProud to be Black Black Is #Blacklivesmatter

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Antoinette Marchfelder I SEE COLOR WWW.AMARCHFELDERART.COM

I See Color Yeah, I said it.

I see color.

"I see your pain, the constant judgement, the berating depraved indifference of privilege.

I see and hear your voice when you create a hashtag and a slogan of Black Lives Matter, only to be pushed back with all lives matter or blue lives matter."

I see you with your rich, deep hues, blacker than the night, with blue undertones.

I see that melanin that courses through your veins, from generations past, ebony buffed to shine down undulating valleys and peaks of beauty.

I see you.

I see your flawless skin, carved from the Creator, in pure beauty, every possible hue and tone of brown and black, dancing in the light, I see you.

I see the difference in you and I, my pink skin, burning easy, white. I see how we contrast, not only in the color of our skin, but the shape of our nose, the texture of our hair, bone structure, culture, our ethnicity..

I see you.

I see you in all your glorious beauty and strength. I see the intricate designs that grace your hair, weaving in ancestry, stories, and traditions.

I see your back bone, your head held high, that attitude of defiance in your stance that hit me with so many emotions that swamp me.

I see you.

I see your pain, the constant judgement, the berating depraved indifference of privilege.

I see and hear your voice when you create a hashtag and a slogan of Black Lives Matter, only to be pushed back with all lives matter or blue lives matter.

I see you.

I see the atrocious heavy price to be ordained with your beauty, your blackness, your culture.

The nonstop chipping away from the time you were born, chipping, tearing, ripping, clawing, breaking, anger, hatred, fear, undermining, rejecting, spewing sewage, verbal death, mental suicide, physical murder.

I see you.

I cannot unsee you.

I cannot turn my head away.

I cannot un-hear your stories of brutality, fear, and hatred.

I cannot.

I will see you for your beauty, for your inner majesty of strength no matter what you face.

I see you.

I will always see you. ©Antoinette Marchfelder 2018

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Shauquana Johnson BLACK IS

Black is beautiful And it's bold Black is melanin It never gets old Black is power Yet we are inferior Black is unity Tough exterior Black is excellence We all can achieve Black is smart Capable of degrees Black is love And not sadness Black is everything So stop the madness ©Shauquana Johnson

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Special submisison by 13 yr old Peyton, Daughter of Jacqui Dent Ivey My 13-yr-old daughter sat down earlier this evening and on her own cognizance wrote a poem, sharing her thoughts and feelings about these troubled times in which we are living. As she read it to me, a tear welled up in the corner of my eye, but I didn't want to distract or upset her and cause her to stop reading, so I discretely wiped it away and kept on listening intently. These are the words of a teenager living in America in 2020. The fact that she gave a voice to what is in her heart by using a comfortable, creative outlet (poetry) that is unfiltered and in her "safe space", brought joy to my heart. Hear from the perspective of a young, innocent teenage Black girl, my youngest daughter, what life looks like in her world as it is today. ********* #Blacklivesmatterpoem How many of you have seen a gun? How many of you have been pulled over for no reason at all? How many of you have lost a family member to police brutality? If you’re white you probably haven’t gone through any of these experiences, but if you’re black you most likely have experienced at least one. Being black in America to them is a sin, and that’s because they don’t see the beauty of us people within. They want us to be white girls, with blue eyes kinda tall and very thin, if you don’t make those cuts it’s as simple as that, you don’t fit in. I have to worry about my mom and my dad when they go to the store alone, if they take too long I’m wondering if they’re even coming home. This world we live in is disgusting, people like myself can’t even jog without getting gunned down or if we’re lucky put into prison.

RIP Ahmaud Arbery I’m sure y’all have heard about George Floyd too. Officer’s knee in his neck and he had known it was too. Does a person yelling out “I can’t breathe” mean nothing to you? That’s murder, but even after that he was roaming the streets, had to sign petitions just for him to have justice and peace, but racism doesn’t exist? RIP George Floyd Those are just two examples of the many Black people that have been unarmed but still got killed, this was only those privileged white people’s dreams that were fulfilled, and since you want to create a stereotype of black people being ratchet and in gangs, when we make a statement don’t say, “oh not all white people are same”. Y’all can’t take a joke about you guys not knowing how to season your chicken, but we do it because black people are dying and being brought down everyday, yeah that’s our reason. If you still can’t see the hatred that the world and Trump brings, then it’s clear you’ve not been educated. Never had to cry and wish the world would just change. My ancestors and Martin Luther King didn’t die for this reality, but ignorant and stuck up people like some of you only care about politics.

Stealing our culture and phrases we say, but still say you’re not racist, and once you get cancelled you make up excuses like, “I have a black friend” to cover up your scandal. It’s actually not just a word, the history of it goes way back. Get back to me and do your research after you learn the real facts. Tried to wipe off my blackness but it still remains. What do you want me to do? Let me be me because I’m letting you be you, just because I’m black doesn’t make me any different from you. To all my black queens out there, just because some black guys don’t love you doesn’t mean I don’t too. I’m waiting for a change, but we’ll need all of you. Please help out and fight for us because we would do the same for you.

A Poem by Peyton I. (Age 13) 5/30/20 ©Peyton 2020

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INEQUALITY ARTICLE BY: JAMAR REED

I SAT BACK LOOKING AT THIS WORD FOR A FEW SECONDS. INEQUALITY.

After thinking about the definition I had to quickly check myself. You see, the first thing that came to mind was something that is different. But that's not entirely true. It's something that shows differences in size, shape, circumstance, etc… something that is not equal. Over the centuries we have done this to so many things.

We dont lie about it, no, we slightly change the root. Some call this the Mandella effect. (Quick background on that). It’s when you take something and slightly change it. It's not a big change. After a while the change becomes the norm.

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Mandela Effect

Looney Tunes Froot Loops Cheeze It Space shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986

Looney Toons Fruit Loops Cheeze Itz Not 1984 or 1984

Just a few small examples. BUT, what does this have to do with anything? Well everything. One day somebody decided to say, “Blacks are lazy and don't have fathers”, “Hispanics are taking all our jobs'', “All asians know kung-Fu”, “All natives americans greet each other by saying “How".

Let's break this down and see why this all ties into Inequality.

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Stereotypes On a large scale it's the same as the Mandela effect. It was a small comment said, and one day it became an opinion/fact (opinfact) by a group of people. It spread and now it has to be true, right? “I mean most blacks do have daddy issues and hispanics do take jobs from regular hard working americans”. LOL. It's to the point where it's said in social media and has even been believed so much that men have become presidents from stoking the fires of these stereotypes. To label a bunch of people by the action or perspective of someone else, to me is just lazy and asinine. Lets keep going down the rabbit hole.

Judgement, Fear, and Superiority Now that I know (but in reality, think) I can make a “judgement call” on how I will treat you, respond to you and react to you. I should be just judging you by your character but from what I’ve been taught or seen in the media (TV, News, Social Media) I have some preconceived notions. Unfortunately this is where we all fall short.

Even as a black male writing this, I remember as a kid, we slanted our eyes and spoke gibberish saying “I’m chinese”, or how saying “forget about it!” made us Italian like Rocky Balboa. But would get mad if a white kid did it. We all have judged.

As I got older I noticed I was different from the other kids at chatholic school. I got in trouble the most. I got calls home, alot. I feared and loathed going to school at one point. I was learning to fear a good day because I believed it didn't exist, at school. I was about 7 or 8 at the time.

Then a strange thing happened. I moved to the inner city and went to a public school. I was finally with my people.

Other black kids but they didn't accept me either.I had the stench of suburbia all over me. Who does this pretty light skin kid think he is? He likes the White folk who think they are superior to us. I find that statement interesting because at the time we didn't know enough white people and the few we knew, never said they were better than us. It was a (lets bring it back) stereotype we put on them.

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This all leads to ….Drum roll please Inequality As we live and breath we are judged. Not only by God but by each other. We are taught the differences between colors, shapes, numbers and we come to a basic conclusion, not everything is equal.

When we all were kids we all wanted the biggest thing or the most of something. We couldn't have the same as the other kids. It had to be better. I wonder, is that where it started? Is that why we have this insatiable need to have someone or thing socially beneath us? Is that the reason we are ok with inequality?

Is it in our DNA? Do we just have this inherent need to be so different that we would put down or subjugate other people?

In my opinion we kind of do. Let's go back to my prior statement about growing up. I remember, as a kid, you had to be the best on the playground. Each kid had that sport they shined in and some kids excelled in more than 1 sport. We would make teams. The captain was that guy we knew was the best. The next group to be selected was the second best players or ones as good as the captain. Then you had the ones who filled in the numbers and were ok players (I was in this group). Then you had the final picks or the ones no one really wanted (I was also in this group).

As a teacher today you would have a parent flip if this happened. But back in the 90’s, it was normal.

We made sure to let you know, you were not on equal footing in this activity. Now when it came to academics most of the last to be picked guys had the best grades in class. So we had a nice balance. You help me on the field, I will help you in class.Growing up, it wasn't personal, we just wanted to win. BUT, there was always that one kid. He was the one who was angry and always made one particular kid feel like he was crap, the bully. As we got older we learned what racism was and then we had a name for how that kid was treated, bullying. But why was he like that?

It is definitely taught In America, inequality is 100% a part of the country going back to its foundation. It was brought here with the early settlers. They were the civilized men and women under queen, king and God, and all the daker people were uncivilized savages. Not only that, the ones in the countries they came from thought they were better than the colonizers (Ha! colonizers).

They had to be better cause they had forks, society, religion, banks, and education. Little history lesson, there were white tribes too. Where do you think Europe came from? Every country and group of people in the world has gone through a tribal period.

Ok so here's your quick lesson.

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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destin ations/europe/

What's the solution?

A big thing I usually see in people who are "better" is that they are very insecure, lack humility, and perspective. Things have happened to us all. Our past and experiences shape how we view ourselves and the world. SO, we all have some sort of baggage.

BUT, I notice people with a superiority complex tend to hide small details about themselves. See, a lot of times a childhood trauma or issue has caused people to want more control of their lives or find another person or group to take out their anger on.

I'm not giving people like this an excuse just giving Societes advance through struggle. Lack of food you some insight. Ignorance and anger can be called moves people from one place to another causing that group of people to have a bigger view of an area by knowledge. In the case of inequality the answer is, Balance. So you are going to laugh when I tell you and the perceived world. War makes a by-product how I got to this conclusion. Watching the Legend of called innovation like a spear head can also be used Korra. Don’t judge me. as a knife or digging tool. Europe had tribes that warred all the time (so did China, India, The We will all never be fully equal, but we all have a Americas, and Japan). The Franks, Goths, Celts, balancing factor to play as the human race. Marriage Welsh, Vikings, The Saxons and the Brits were all tribes. Think about it, Europe is a quarter the size of or just having 2 parents gives a child a balance. That child can now learn 2 or more views so when he/she Africa. Of course they advanced, they were right on meets life, they are not looking at it through one top of each other. lens making life just a little easier to deal with.

Inequality is fine, it's when it's twisted and used to Ok. but what does all that mean J? step on someone else, that's when it's an issue. It Well you got a group of people who advanced cause stems from one thinking they are superior, but, if I they had nothing else to do but advance. The world truly think that I have to also realize another true (especially Africa) had everything they did not have (like space to move away). They felt they were better fact I lack something, someone else has. As the old folk will tell you there is always somebody, bigger, because they thought they had better things. They better and hungrier than you are. One day we as a judged a whole continent on the beliefs of the one people we see past option A or B, Weaker or group of people they saw. It happened in India and the Americas. Just because some one or a group has Stronger, Democrat or Republican, Right or Wrong.

We will see that there are other options. Are we different views or another perspective, it does not ready as a people to open our minds to the make them inferior. Fast forward to Colonial times possibility of a 3rd or 4th option and embrace not and you have slaves. How do you keep a slave or a inequality, but our uniqueness? group of people subjugated? You make sure they lack the tools to succeed.

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EVERY DAY SHE IS BLACK

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EVERY DAY HE IS BLACK

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EVERYDAY I'M BLACK EVERYDAY MELANIN APPAREL THE MOVEMENT

"We cannot change the color of our skin, nor do we demand for you to change yours."

Everyday I'm Black is just a reminder to those that often times forget our purpose. As a reminder that we are infact just as powerful and influential as the rest. It's a reminder that we are here and should not have to prove our place in life.

Everyday I'm black was created for those who are bold and are ready to shake the table with this movement. It's not just a shirt, but this is truly a lifestyle, OUR LIFESTYLE!

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