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The World According to O

Opening Eyes, One Mind at a Time...

My interview with Tray "Poot" Chaney from "The Wire"!

Tray Chaney stopped by the set of "Real Talk" to debut his new video on fatherhood and talk about his new fatherhood campaign! Watch the video here: http://vimeo.com/35077609. Please spread the word!

Are Republican presidential candidates racist and homophobic?

Video: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-716057

They may not be personally but recent comments about Palestinians & gays in the military by Gingrich and Perry respectively should have voters concerned.

I knew the Cambridge killer

Video: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-716075

The triple homicide and eventual suicide in Cambridge, my place of birth, really is hitting hard for me. What makes the situation even more tragic for me is that I actually knew the killer.

White House Choir: all heaven breaks loose!

Videos: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-715239

This elementary school choir from Boston called "Voices of Renaissance" sang at the White House holiday party on Wednesday. On Thursday they sang Christmas carols and gospel songs at a church in Maryland. Check out the practice and then how they wowed the crowd in these videos. Don't watch if you don't want to feel good! Oh yeah, My sister is the one who leads them in the rehearsal dance and my nephew is the young man with the glasses in the men's performance of "Invictus."

Zero tolerance policies do not work!

Video: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-712744

The case of the 9-year old student in North Carolina being suspended because he said his teacher was cute is just another example of how we in America seek to do anything in the name of "zero tolerance" to get our children out of the class room as opposed to actually teach them.

Privatizing Life (a poem on water rights)

After traveling the globe and being asked to write about issues highlighting water rights and access acros the globe, I wrote the poem below...

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By the time you read this, 17 children worldwide will have lost their lives
Because 8 children die a minute in pursuit of potable water in order to survive
Partner that with the loss of husbands and wives
And you may end up cursing your eyes
Because you know these preventable mortalities will rise
Since water is now being privatized

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Cain: it's a rap (I mean a real rap)

Video: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-712008

So sometimes when I have trouble getting my thoughts together I just start rapping off the top of my head to try to make sense of everything. It's Saturday and I'm having fun. There is no rehearsal for this. Welcome to the crazy mind of a poet!

Bachmann vs. Palin: no comparison

Soup nazis, MJ, and forcing my daughter to dance

Video: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-611138

Had a very interesting experience at my daughter's dance recital. Thought you iReporters who have children, have been around children, or ever were a child yourself would have some great feedback on it!

If Obama's not black enough, what about me?

Video: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-611137

The ridiculous debate over whether President Obama is a real black man or even a strong black man has gotten out of control. He just proved to the world that he's American, now he has to prove that he's black? Wait, if he's not black, am I? Are you?

The World According to O

Opening Eyes, One Mind at a Time...

My interview with Tray "Poot" Chaney from "The Wire"!

Tray Chaney stopped by the set of "Real Talk" to debut his new video on fatherhood and talk about his new fatherhood campaign! Watch the video here: http://vimeo.com/35077609. Please spread the word!

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