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When the One Drop Rule, Rules

If a mixed race or multiracial person wants to be white, black, biracial, multiracial, green or purple, then so be it. Who is anyone to demand what ...
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Nine Year-Old Phenom Quvenzhané Wallis Gets Oscar...

I got the thrill of the day while watching Good Morning America when the news of the Oscar nominees broke in live. Most of the movies and actors I kn...
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Crazy is as Crazy Does: Alex Jones Goes on Bazoots...

Did you see this lunatic on CNN this week?...
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Is Your Boss a “Bitch?” Eight Types to...

It's humpday. Are you contemplating calling in sick because your boss is a bitch? Then you DEFINITELY want to read this....
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“Deception” Premeires Tonight. Will Yo...

Whether the show flops or not (although I pray it's not) having another beautiful, VISIBLY BLACK woman as the star and centerpiece on a prime time sho...
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Learn all about Afro-Iranian, Malika and Khadijah ...

Did you KNOW there were Iranians of African decent?...
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This Article is for the Blerd: Star Trek And the K...

Check out the kiss that SHOCKED the country!...
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Identifying Black Counterproductive Behavior: R...

If we look at the different phrases used to describe the act of bearing and raising children there is a telltale clue to the difference in the way in ...
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BREAKING NEWS: Fiscal Cliff Averted Before the Thu...

So, you may have missed it amongst the Kim K. pregnancy news and New Year's celebrations but we just averted the fiscal cliff crisis. Happy New Year!...
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My Alternative Suggestion to “All My Baby Ma...

Instead of depicting black women as desperate and mulish, running after men and begging for scraps, how about showing positive depictions of happy, ma...
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Spike Lee, Tyler Perry, and Quentin Tarantino: Why...

Let me start by saying that I fully intended to hate every moment of Quentin Tarantino's new film, "Django Unchained." But......
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Commentary on the Crooked Room: You Mad Sapphire? ...

Ever had someone declare your anger? Without your input? Well, that's because you're an angry black woman, a Sapphire to be exact. Melissa Harris-Perr...
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Do We Care About Our Afro-Latina Sisters?

Here in America even we black folks take things for granted. We have had our civil rights movement behind us for decades and though the struggle conti...
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Why I don’t call myself a “fe...

"I want no part of any group, system or structure that sells the lie of being equal partners in striving to overcome inequality and oppression while ...
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