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Our Sh*t Is Beginning to Stink: Bill O’Reill...

The Black blogospere is up in arms again because someone outside of the "black collective" has the nerve to comment on our abysmal 80% out-of-wedlock ...
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Rethinking Black Reality: One Woman + Her 20 Chara...

For those of you who enjoy theater arts and poetry I thought you may find this young woman worthy of your time and attention. Dominique Fishback is a ...
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Could We Be So Lucky? Chris ‘the GF Beater&#...

Personally I'm not buying it. The album OR his latest tantrum. Chris thinks he's being demonized for one incident, but I assure you it's not just that...
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Watch Zoe Saldana and Christian Bale in the First ...

Zoe Saldana has GOT to be the luckiest Afro-Latina actress in Hollywood right now......
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Orange is the New Black: Are You Watching the New ...

My news feed has been going crazy lately and I'm no dummy, how many times must I see "Orange is the New Black" before I caved in and watched. I know t...
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DUPLICATE POST with fresh comment thread ~ com...

I'm gonna go ahead and ask....what's the worst thing about being the rare flower in the garden?...
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Another Rich and Powerful Man Grabs a Sistah–...

The entire city of Chicago is abuzz with the news that former Richard Daley is dating again. And take a look at who she is....
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4 Year Old Genius Invited to Mensa: But Are Her Pa...

Anala Beevers is just four years old, but she already knows the location and capital of every US state. She learned the alphabet at four months of age...
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ORIGINAL POST with restored comment thread ~ B...

I'm gonna go ahead and ask....what's the worst thing about being the rare flower in the garden?...
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Getting Familiar with His Familia: Meeting His Fam...

The word family can either cause the average person to break out in a huge smile while feeling those warm and tingly reminders of all things safe and ...
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10 Mentoring Activities That Urban Kids Can Use...

I'm so stoked to see that roaring interest in actually inquiring into the needs of the po' innah city youfs. After all, one can't be expected to achie...
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Why Do Some Black Women Consider Marriage “T...

I wrote the first part in response to the negative attitudes I'd seen from single black women regarding marriage. Specifically people who have never b...
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Rae Dawn Chong’s Comments About Oprah Exempl...

Thanks to my many BB&W look-outs, I came across some pretty vile comments said by Rae Dawn Chong about Oprah Winfrey. It's pretty shocking. ...
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