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October 12, 2011 · 1 Comment

Black Feminist and The Help…. a comment on Black Women sterotypes

Furthermore, African American domestic workers often suffered sexual harassment as well as physical and verbal abuse in the homes of white employers. For example, a recently discovered letter written by Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks indicates that she, like many black domestic workers, lived under the threat and sometimes reality of sexual assault. The film, on the other hand, makes light of black women’s fears and vulnerabilities turning them into moments of comic relief.

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Why This Billboard is a FAIL

February 28, 2011 · No comments

By Thembisa Mshaka An offensive, incendiary ad went up in Manhattan this week targeting the wombs of Black women. I was not alone in my anger at

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Honoring Black Women’s Role in Health

February 28, 2011 · No comments

The theme for Black History Month 2011, as suggested by the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History, is “African Americans

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Live at the Pagoda w/ Mara Hruby |Andy Allo | DJ The C.M.E

February 22, 2011 · No comments

It was a cold, gloomy, rainy Friday. I just got out of capoeira class and I wasn't looking forward to my trip down on Highway 880 en route

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Take the billboards down

February 14, 2011 · No comments

By Jan Robinson Flint- ED of Black Women for Wellness Black Women for Wellness joined with others nationally and locally this week to celebrate the

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Shop Talk; The Salon Edition, Are Black Women too bitter to marry?

July 11, 2010 · 11 Comments

Written by "The Bombshell"

“It is a well known fact that in our culture the shops; hair salons/braid spots and barbershops, are more

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Big Ass Chains

August 20, 2009 · No comments

By Joel Bridgeman In the rap world, many people who were deprived of basic necessities are blessed with financial success. I am proud of them

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Money Well Spent- This Week’s Classic Pick

August 18, 2009 · 2 Comments

Baggy Jeans, girls wearing boxers, junior mafia...yeah I just brought it back to the 90's ya'll. This weeks classic pick is from none other than the Notorious

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Faulty Report Card

August 14, 2009 · 12 Comments

By Angela Hughes November 4, 2008 was one of the most monumental days within black political history along with the passing of the Civil Rights Act of

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First Black Super Model, Naomi Sims Dies at age 61

August 3, 2009 · 4 Comments

One of the first Black Super Models has passed away. Naomi Sims died of cancer August 1, 2009. Sim’s broke color lines in the modeling world

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