© Vilius Kukanauskas from Pixabay As a teenager strolling down the street in Indianapolis after a basketball tournament I heard “what up redbone?” Redbone? As my worldly travels continued I found myself in New York and was greeted with “what up shorty?”, pronounced “shawty”! Growing up in Toronto we were used to the diverse array of names and endearments tossed our way in our community. The security guards at our monthly reggae jams would always smile with a “blessings brown

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