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01 Aug 14

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...

black girls, violence towards black women, abuse, society, culture, rape culture, racism, media, stereotypes, technology, awareness,

29 Jul 14

Where Did 64,000 Black Women and Girls Go?

A person doesn’t just disappear into thin air but you would think they do when you learn that 64,000 Black women and girls are currently missing...

15 Jul 14

Got to Give Credit Where It’s Due…Some...

I have to admit I was among the folks who cringed with Rachel Jeantel took the stand in the Trayvon Martin murder trail. She was a walking, talking st...

05 Jul 14

Why I Have Mixed Feelings About the Firing of the ...

I remember when I was working as a lowly PR grunt representing a bagel company and trying to get a mention on the “Opie and Anthony” show ...

29 Jun 14

Riddle Me This: What Other Award Shows Have Actual...

I’m convinced most of the wealthy black elite class in America could not give two negative phucks for ‘regular’ black people, and th...

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24 Jun 14

Robin Thicke and His Very Public Attempt to Win Ba...

Robin Thicke is really, really, really serious about winning back his humiliated wife, Paula Patton with this new video, “Get You Back,” a...

24 Jun 14

Company’s Photo Discrepancy Gives Subtle Mes...

I’ve quietly watched a company called Baby K’Tan work to dig itself out of a public relation social media nightmare because of this photo....

Dr. Cicely Cobb, teacher, racism, lawsuit, Nevada, harassment, black woman, culture, white children, disrespect, integration, diversity,

10 Jun 14

When Exploring The Global Village Becomes A Nightm...

A dedicated teacher with a Phd in her field is a dream for any public high school, right? Unfortunately for Dr. Cicely Cobb, it was a nightmare. She...

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10 Jun 14

Halle Ordered to Pay $16K a Month in Child Support...

Trending right now is the unusual court decision handed down that Halle Berry pay her daughter’s father, Gabriel Aubrey, $16,000 per month in ch...

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06 Jun 14

Essence Excludes Gabrielle Union’s Interraci...

I have to admit, I never saw Think Like a Man. And most likely, I won’t be spending my change to see Think Like a Man Too. But let’s for t...

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05 Jun 14

Oakland Paul: Two Women Badly Beaten, Only One Get...

I have nothing new to say. Just sharing my observation of an obvious truth. A truth I am just now learning to notice. It is the painful truth of dis...