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The New Black

A friend of mine from UNH, Mrs. Smalls, once said to me "college is the new black", and I was blown away. How true was that? I will explain. Black... I saw as a revolution, like when dudes rocked "leather Africa" around their necks and dreamed about the Mother land was a time when blacks expressed the colorfulness of their culture, defined the Hip Hop era and made bold statements about justice and equality. This was a trend. No one really cared about the revolution. No one really believed in saving children in africa, they just want to rock red, green and black around their necks, with silk-screened t-shirts displaying powerful civil rights leaders. This monumental period in the early 80's was great, but it was simply a fad, trend, the new black. And now in the 21 century, we seek to find another trend. What more fitting than college? College is the new black. It is that new trend that young minds strive to gain. The new revolution, back to Africa, your mamma's new boyfriend color black.For those that don't know, the saying comes from the fashion world. Pink is the new black. A color is chosen by fashion guru who set aside a color for each year and season. Believe it or not, our world in set around these new colors. From art in hotels, the food we eat, the color of the Gaps window display, ice cream flavors, the way we feel, the books we read all draw a correlation with the seasonal color. So it makes sense to consider college as a color since it reflects who we are. College is the new black. A lot of students in college are there because their parents made them or there is nothing else to do with their life. Therefore, college becomes a hobby, a past-time, a post life in some sense, and the new black.

I thank Mrs. Smalls for her generous thoughts and many passionate debates and conversations we held last year. It was great getting to know you, because I thought I was the only one. (just had to throw that in there)

posted by Liber8Lyph @ 2:05 PM