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Olurinatti Essays

America Moved Right. What Should the Left Do?

On the heels of Donald Trump winning the 2024 Election, I made a video sharing my thoughts, many of which made many different kinds of people angry.

Dec 8, 2024 • Olayemi Olurin

The Root of Xenophobia & Anti-Blackness

Oct 7, 2024 • Olayemi Olurin

15 Years a Black Immigrant

I can still hear my grandmother’s feet coming around the corner to my room and feel the wrinkled confusion on my fifteen-year-old face as I opened my…

Sep 1, 2023 • Olayemi Olurin

Stop Romanticizing the George Floyd Protests

A question I’m asked religiously is what happened?

Jun 2, 2023 • Olayemi Olurin

The Law Won't Save Us

If you’re Black in America, you’re aware that the law doesn’t operate for us the way it does for our white counterparts.

Apr 24, 2023 • Olayemi Olurin

Olay Show

9:54

The Root of Xenophobia & Anti-Blackness

Oct 7, 2024 • Olayemi Olurin

OSquared

20:31

The Absurd Cost of Ego Driven Policing

https://wondery.com/shows/empire-city/

Oct 17, 2024 • Olayemi Olurin

Is Obama Helping Democrats Scapegoat Black Men?

Oct 14, 2024 • Olayemi Olurin

10:30

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