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My Life Update & The Tuskegee Dress Code Debate: Is Appearance Really an Attack on Black Culture?

In this episode I’m catching you up on what’s been happening in my life before diving into one of the biggest conversations happening online right now—the debate over Tuskegee University’s dress code policy on bonnets and durags.

While many people see the policy as an attack on Black culture, I see it differently. I believe how we present ourselves matters—not because we should abandon our identity, but because appearance communicates respect, intention, and awareness of the environment we’re in.

This conversation isn’t about policing Blackness or denying cultural expression. It’s about…

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