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Archive for October, 2014

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    America: Afraid of Ebola But NOT Them Albino Deer!

    October 24, 2014 • Culture, Media, Politics, Race • Views: 4355

    It never ceases to amaze me what cowards Americans are. They are afraid of everything. Afraid of terrorism, afraid of air travel, afraid of countries thousands of miles away, afraid of Cuba, afraid of rare diseases. Yet somehow they think they are the most

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    Family Secrets: Domestic Violence, Generational Abuse

    October 16, 2014 • Culture, Gender • Views: 4996

    As an adoptee On my own personal journey to healing, I sat down and wrote an Open Letter to My Birth Mother with the intention of releasing and or venting my own pain and frustration as a result of what I felt were HER choices vs. me having no choice..

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    Wesley Meredith the Republican Welfare King

    October 16, 2014 • Politics • Views: 4854

    When the phrase “welfare recipients” is used, people tend to think of poor Black people. We have all heard it before: references to single Black women with a whole bunch of kids as being “welfare queens”. We know the narrative because we see it every

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    St. Louis: If You Can’t Shoot Straight DON’T Become A Cop #shawshooting

    October 10, 2014 • Justice, Race • Views: 5581

    The latest shooting of a black kid by a cop, once again in the state of Missouri, has created more hatred and distrust of the police. There are more protests, this time in the city of St.Louis. The details surrounding the shooting are fuzzy, as in they

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    Raven Symone, Labels, & Idealism

    October 8, 2014 • Entertainment, Gender, Race • Views: 5497

    Raven Symone does not want to be referred to as “African American” or “gay”. When I first heard these statements, they did/didn’t surprise me one bit. One side of me thought it was denial. The other part of me realized that Raven Symone didn’t

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    Steve Harvey Wants Paula Deen to Mentor Black Youth

    October 8, 2014 • Entertainment, Race • Views: 4490

    I will be the first to admit: I have always been critical of Steve Harvey. Let us face the fact that he made a pretty penny keeping women single. People actually think that he was helping out all those women that wanted to “understand men”. However,