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Let's see how this blog thing works! For a class assignment we were asked to create a blog... so here it is.

Welcome to Young Black and Gifted!  Where this young, black and gifted girl will share her thoughts on all of the "fun" she is having reading in her phd program.  So sit back and enjoy all of the not so scholarly thoughts I may have!

This is a safe space to be yourself! 

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