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#OnlineDating Success…She Made the First Mov...

Online dating has it’s ups and downs, I’ll admit you often have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince. However, with 52% of m...
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Ready to Flee to Freedom? Tips to Get You on Your ...

How many people are unhappy with their lives but do virtually nothing to fix them? Unfortunately, far too many. There are deeply ingrained bad habits,...
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QOTW: “How Do I Tell My Girlfriend I Love He...

This note made me go “AWWWW!!!” Dear Ms. Karazin, I am writing to you as a young “white” boy of 18 years (though I only ackno...
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“Help! My Mother is a Mammy, and Resents My ...

Hey Christelyn!First, I want to say thank you for showing me the light. Your site led me to discover BWE groups all over and has exposed me to the wor...
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New Documentary Decrying 72% Out-of-Wedlock Rate&#...

Moguldum Studios just released a documentary lending a hard look at the astronomical 72% out-of-wedlock rate in the black community. And I’m LOV...
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Blatant Rejection of “Traditional” Loo...

Someone on my You Tube channel sent this video to me, and upon looking at the title, I thought it was just another cuss-filled, vitriolic video about ...
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Latest News of NYPD Brutality PROVES You Can’...

I think I might have been a lone voice in the wilderness in my blog space when I reported and expressed my outrage over the tragic and unnecessary dea...
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OMG…Let These Folks Be! In Their Ninety̵...

This has got to be the sweetest thing in the whole world, and even more endearing that this couple–a white man and a black woman–live in t...
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Eric Garner: He Was Murdered. Definitively.

It looks like Eric Garner, the victim of homocide via the Staten Island police, might get some justice. According to the New York Daily News, “T...
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Cool Tools To Help You Get Your Yoga On

I know everyone has a preference, but I personally believe that yoga is the single most amazing, body changing, stress reducing, and weight loss pract...
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Writer Reads “Swirling,” and Is Overwh...

You won’t want to miss this. One of the most touching letters I’ve ever received. Ladies, don’t let anyone tell you that non-black m...
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#NWNW: Don’t Look for the New Man to Clean U...

It’s very rare that I get questions that stir my emotions, frustrate me, and make me deeply sad. I just received such a letter from a very young...
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Quick! Help Me Create Some Meals with the Massive ...

Whew. Got back from the Tenth Annual BlogHer conference in San Jose feeling a bit nervous. I mean, I called everyday to say hello to the hubby and kid...
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QOTW: “Help! My White Friends Ask My Black G...

How many us have felt like you’ve had to be the ambassador of all black people when you’re around people of other races? On guy wrote me,...
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