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Forgiveness & Unity Is Not a Layaway Plan for Justice or Accountability

Pleading for unity instead of pleading guilty and being held accountable is a cry that I won’t entertain.

3 min readJan 23, 2021

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Forgiveness & Unity Is Not a Layaway Plan for Justice or Accountability

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Crystal Lynese

Capitalize the B-Word. It’s Black.

During the summer of 2020, the Associated Press (AP) updated the writing style rules to now capitalize ‘B’ in Black when referring to…

2 min readJan 19, 2021

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Six Black people standing outside of a rock formation wearing 80s style fashion

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Crystal Lynese

Let Me Introduce You to Emotional Tax

Everyone knows about the infamous date of April 15th. It’s the date that the U.S government has set into place as the deadline for you to…

3 min readApr 16, 2021

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Black woman with green shirt sitting at desk with silver laptop

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Crystal Lynese

This is Personal: Staring Death & Racism in the Face

When your first major purchase becomes a death threat.

4 min readMar 9, 2021

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This is Personal: Staring Death & Racism in the Face

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Crystal Lynese

Hobbies Over Hustles: Get Somethin’ for Yourself

There are a lot of reasons why we are obsessed with hustling; fear of failure, the constant need to be busy, needing more money, trying to…

3 min readFeb 20, 2021

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Hobbies Over Hustles: Get Somethin’ for Yourself

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Crystal Lynese

My Black Parade Series: My Fave Black-Owned Businesses

Join my virtual Black Parade as I feature some of my favorite Black businesses to celebrate the everyday life of Black culture.

5 min readFeb 1, 2021

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My Black Parade Series: My Fave Black-Owned Businesses

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Crystal Lynese

The Speech That Changes Your Childhood

When did you hear the speech? What speech do you ask? Although there are some slight variations, mine went like this: “Crystal, you’re…

2 min readJan 16, 2021

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The Speech That Changes Your Childhood

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Crystal Lynese

Crystal Lynese

A Black millennial woman trying to balance the free agency my ancestors paid for with their lives while trying to build a dope life of liberation.

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