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*The Shaniqua’s, Shanene’s, LaQuan’s, Monifa’s, LaTiquia’s and others with flavorful, unique, undeniably African American names may be intensely reading this article to see the outcome of the question: “Can I change my ghetto name?” A woman who begged the courageous question is named “Laquita” and The Root’s Jenee’ Desmond-Harris addressed it as a question of [...]
*Serena Williams has to be one of the baddest athletes to ever grace a tennis court. Her athleticism shows off in the rock hard frame she sports on the court, but now she’s taken it to the beach in swimwear that’s sure to make some of you salivate incessantly. She was seen striking several poses [...]
*We just saw Mississippi finally emancipate the enslaved by kicking off this year’s Black History Month with the ratification of the 13th Amendment. Now, there is yet another first for a town in the southwest. Since the establishment of Temple, Texas, 130 years ago, there has never been a mayor or mayoral candidate for the [...]
*We see plenty of beauty trends come and go. Some of the trends are gone in a season. The latest “beauty” trend out of West Africa may never catch on in America though…for more reasons than you might think. The Senegalese women have long had a tradition of tattooing their gums black. The idea is [...]
*Hate crimes aren’t lacking in quantity or originality these days. Most try to pick themselves up and dust themselves off after they’ve been victimized, but some are ready to fight and rightfully so. The latest display of cruelty came against a mosque in the Houston, Texas area. The Islamic Outreach Center in Cypress was disgraced [...]
*The president has been consistently criticized for one reason or another. In some instances, his service has been weighed against his blackness. He has had Tavis Smiley and Cornel West on his back since he took the seat in the Oval Office. ”You’re not doing enough for the black community.” Well, the president on one [...]
*There are many conservatives (Mitt Romney) that are clueless when it comes to hiding the racist rhetoric that is at the core of their beliefs. They are sometimes so completely involved in their need to be right, they let some things slip. But not Ann Coulter! She says what she means and means what she [...]
*The 5000 year old, ancient art of Ayurveda in India is the natural science of balance. Indian medicine’s long history makes it one of the oldest catalogued systems of medicine in the world. In fact, Greek and Chinese medicine are both based upon ancient Ayurvedic arts. The earliest concepts of Ayurveda are documented in the [...]
*There are many cultures that come to America and live as white or Caucasian. Then there are some that have been designated as such in their own country, but come here and are considered anything but white. You ever pay attention to the race and/or ethnic categories that you fit into on applications and other [...]
*Everyone knows that network television has been lacking in diversity for as long as television has existed. It’s been nearly over 20 years since a family show or any show with a black cast has been on the three big networks dominating the ratings. Shonda Rhimes is definitely qualified to weigh in on the lack [...]
*There is no shortage of inmates that will tell you that they are innocent of the crime that put them behind bars. Many of them have sought appeal after appeal, but to no avail, they do not get justice. But the latest stats that have been released reveal an alarming discovery that might change the [...]
*This is one of the creepiest, supposedly not racist, masquerading as art, pieces of all time. It is one of the most horrible things we have ever seen … in the form of a cake. But one artist thought that he was making a statement about women’s circumcision with a black “female mutilation” cake. Apparently, [...]
*There has been numerous reports over the last 30 years about something called autoerotic asphyxiation–the sexual practice of choking your partner while having sex with them until they pass out–which is supposed to cause a euphoric sexual experience. Oprah was the first to bring mass attention to this act on her show during the late [...]
The streets are getting more dangerous by the minute when tourists aren’t safe to take in the sights in major cities throughout the U.S. One man is grasping for answers to a severe beating he took as he woke up in his hotel room with no way of knowing how he became so severely injured. [...]
*The leading national organization opposing same-sex marriage has sought to split the Democratic Party base by pitting African-Americans and Hispanics against gay-rights groups, according to confidential strategy memos made public by court officials in Maine. “The strategic goal of this project is to drive a wedge between gays and blacks – two key Democratic constituencies,” [...]
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