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<\/a>Having obtained both a Bachelors and Masters degree in English Literature from the University of Memphis, as well as an African American Literature Certification, Gee Joyner has utilized his rhetorical prowess as an empowering tool of social commentary to record the dichotomy and disturbing behaviors indicative of God\u2019s wonderful and complex creation; humanity. After surviving an attempted murder in 2002 and using his skills in composition to aid and assist troubled juveniles in their quest to overcome the sociopolitical, economical, and violent pitfalls indicative of U.S. culture, Joyner now embarks on a sojourner to infiltrate the literary world by documenting his take on America and the attributes thereof that define what it truly is to be American. His Masters thesis, White Man\u2019s Fame, Black Man\u2019s Shame: The American Textual Canon\u2019s Negative Depiction of African American\u2019s in Mass Media, resides in the Ned McWherter Library at the University of Memphis and is a document of depth that further explains his literary, social, and cultural convictions. He is the author of Kim; The Story of John and several published Literary Criticisms.\u00a0 Joyner is currently a professor of English in the Fine Arts and Humanities Department at the historical LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis. Gee also blogs at Rainbows and Lilacs\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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<\/span>Gee\u2019s articles:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Apples and the Girl from East Orange: How Bites from the Forbidden Fruit led to the Demise of Whitney Houston<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
American Ministers: Preachers or Pimps<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Don\u2019t Ask and Don\u2019t Tell God: The Quandary of Homosexuality in America<\/a><\/span>
The Passion of the (Negroes\u2019s) Christ: Why America will Never Elect Another Black President<\/span><\/a>
F**ck the Police, the Scribes and Pharisees: Rodney King, Jesus, and Hip Hop\u2019s Prophetic Tradition<\/span><\/a>
The Lamb That Was Slain: The Killing of Trayvon Martin<\/a><\/span>\n
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