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Zac: “ I wish a muthaf#^%*a WOULD,” and Other...

By: ZacOnBothSides By now, you know about it, have heard about it, have seen it or were watching it: Kanye West, upset again about a Grammy he felt sh...
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Update on the ‘Meme’ Couple!

You’ll recall that Beyond Black & White led the charge in re-writing the rotten memes that were created by haters of Cassia and Jacob. The r...
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6 Ways To Improve Your Self-Esteem

If you haven’t realized it, self-esteem affects every part of our lives. It decides what jobs or promotions we go for, who we choose to date or ...
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Everybody Ain’t “The Lovings”: W...

On the fan page today I presented a man, Stan, 58, who reached out to me because he wished to connect with a like-minded black woman. I was a little ...
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Video Diary: For Those Who Want to Know What the H...

I’ve never done a video like this before, but the Little Man was excited to be front and center because he wanted to be like “The Nive Nul...
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Taraji P. Henson on her role as Cookie on FOX’s ...

Empire, the new music-drama from FOX, is a humongous hit. It follows hip-hop mogul Luscious Lyon (portrayed by Terrence Howard) as he prepares to take...
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When IBM Nonsense Doesn’t Go Over Well with Whit...

There is yet another “relationship” book by black men aimed at black women. As soon as I heard this one has eight – EIGHT – co-authors, I knew...
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Sleepy Hollow is on the Verge of Cancellation. Wha...

  The TV show Scandal ushered in a wave of TV projects starring black women. One of the first was Sleepy Hollow, starring Nicole Beharie, which b...
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‘Black or White’: New Film Tackles White Grand...

It’s been great to see Kevin Costner regularly making films again. (We all love The Bodyguard, right? lol). Honestly, I had forgotten all about him ...
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Conservative White Men Married to Black Women Soun...

People should really do their homework when they come for this community, because I find that you folks are truly galvanized to protect what’s y...
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A Nigerian in Paris – Torn between 2 Terrors...

Written by: Zara Chiron, check out her website here. I guess this is what I was getting at when I defined what the term ‘Afropolitan’ mea...
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WTF? Worst and Most Racist Interview Ever!!

Yesterday I was invited to do an interview for some wacky, right-wing, conservative sock puppet for Sean Hannity named Jesse Peterson. Worst. Intervie...
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It’s Time to Kill Claire Huxtable

Despite the horrific sexual abuse claims leveled against Bill Cosby over the years, The Cosby Show remains one of America’s most revered family sitc...
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Reader Weighs In: Wife vs. ‘Wifey’

I got this letter from a reader the other day, and it was so impactful, I had to cut and paste just as is! It also goes along with my video commentary...
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