Slideshow: 13 Swirl-Inspired Ads You Wouldn’t Have See...

Advertisers aren’t in the business of social engineering, but do keep their hands firmly on the pulse of demographic shifts, and interracial relationships have not escaped their radar. Just like all of us, they’re seeing more and more black women moving across color lines to find love, and since the universal color of money is GREEN, the amount of ads with interracial depictions have risen so that the people involved in these unions can see themselves buying whatever product or service the company peddles. Here’s 15 ads you wouldn’t have seen 15 years ago. Enjoy!

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Just in Time for V-Day: AfroRomance’s Extreme Profile ...

One-on-one time with hotty, Matthew Hussey. $1000 Nordstrom spending spree...get it, girl!...

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Who Came Before Rosa Parks?...

Elizabeth Jenkins found herself running late for church. Making to the corner of Pearl and Chatham Streets, Elizabeth hailed a horse-drawn streetcar. ...

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I’m Always Learning…Now Is the Time to Bombard M...

I'm a 'spiritual' person. And what I mean by that is this: I feel that when I'm in need of hearing or learning something, God--I'm a Christian, so I'm...

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What is Feminine?...

Note: This post is meant for women who want to be more feminine in the old fashioned sense. It's really not about being a male-identified woman or abo...

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Swirling and Marriage: Cynthia and Hatim’s Moroccan We...

Get ready for some SERIOUS eye candy......

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Playing in the Sand- Dating and relating with Arab Rainbeaus...

Janet Jackson's upcoming wedding to Qatari billionaire Wissam Al Mana has the whole world talking. It appears that the beloved little sister of Micha...

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Maxi Me Turns 15 Today!...

I have no regrets. I would do it all again....

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Chef Bob: Beef Cabbage Carrot Soup...

Something savory and healthy to warm you from the cold......

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‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’: Quvenzhané Walli...

The movie is based on a stageplay called Juicy and Delicious written by a non-Black woman so yes, I was wondering if they chose to cast this role with...

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Daniel Patrick Moynihan Predicted the Future of the Black Fa...

People widely panned the Moynihan Report. But looking at it now, it reads like a Nostradamus quatrain....

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Who Knew?! The real Django — Dangerfield Newby...

Who knew D'jango was a real man? ...

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One Blogger Says, “Feminism Ruined Courtship”...

Feminism has left a relationship vacuüm resulting in confused women who do not know how to interact with men thus making them more vulnerable to expl...

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President Obama Pushes Strict Gun Control and the NRA Attack...

According to the NRA, Obama is an "elitist hypocrite" because he has armed guards for his children, like every other president. Ooookay.......

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Niala: Dress Smart Like a London Lass...

Walking the streets of London is equivalent to walking down a haute couture runway. When I leave my flat, I have to keep up with the well-dressed wome...

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400 Pound Woman Makes Easy Target for Rupert Murdoch...

But, and this is just me thinking out loud, with black women leading the pack in obesity in America, we just make it too damn easy for men like Rupert...

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ABC’s “The Bachelor” is back — with ...

The question is, how long will they last......

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Wanna Get Fit? Eat Like an African Woman....

People ask me all the time how I can be so fit after having four kids. This is how. ...

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Why Do Some Black Women Reject Self-Improvement?...

  I’ll warn you right now that this will sound harsh but I hope that you can hear the caring message I’m trying to send. I think Blac...

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Praise the gods!! Word Has it Oxygen is Pulling the Plug on ...

Whoever said armchair activism doesn't work? Turns out that all the complaining and petition signing has got the producers over at Oxygen scared enoug...

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Up for a BB&W Meet Up In New York City Today and Beyond...

Why not take all this togetherness online, offline?...

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Top Five Hair Myths–Busted by Black Hair Care Expert...

Time to set the record straight......

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Day Two of the Curly Twist-Out...

Yesterday I sported curly twists and was happy with Day One, but was concerned with how it would look after I'd slept in "the mushroom cloud" all nigh...

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Girl, 13, Plunges to Her Death While Begging Boy to Delete S...

A 13-year-old child falls to her death begging the boy who taped them having sex to delete the footage....

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Regarding Broomhilda: Was she worth being rescued and why wa...

Quentin Tarantino’s new film Django: Unchained has stirred a lot of different thoughts, feelings, opinions and emotions in people; about slavery, Dj...

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Question of the Week: “Am I Damaged Goods Because I...

Can a single mother get a quality mate?...

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