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I’ve been thinking quite a bit lately about my personal experience and journey growing up as a young Black Girl, and maturing and evolving into a “seasoned” Black Woman. I’ve had the pleasure and, thanks to the Universe, sometimes chance opportunities to meet, work with and for, and just generally be surrounded by such a …
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Role model: A role model or mentor is a person who demonstrates a particular behavior, skill, or social role for another person to emulate. Role models might emerge because of character and conduct or because of particular skills and talents. Modelling ourselves on others is part of human nature, and we all subconsciously take in the …
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Throughout my transition from a young Black girl, to a Black female teenager, to a 43 year old Black Woman, I have been witness, directly and indirectly, to the challenges that being a Black female in this country inherently brings. There are currently, and have been some powerful, national images of Black women as successful, accomplished …
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When I first saw this magazine cover I must admit I was in denial that this was actually an Ebony magazine cover. I mean after all, Ebony magazine is for US, right? And by "US" I mean Black Women! And not just the light skinned, with straight hair and acceptable European features Black Women. Smh. …
So for anyone who has not had the misfortune of being racially profiled, I thought I might describe to you an experience I recently had with it. Last Friday, my coworkers and I decided to have a business lunch at a restaurant called Max's Diner and Bar in Oakland's Citi Center. Very nice atmosphere, somewhat upscale. At …
Soooo..... again, I know some of you are probably thinking that I must be making some of this stuff up, but I promise you I'm not! This is where we are right now, in 2015. In Detroit, there is a store that now has made it possible for you to get a loan for a …
I watched part of an episode of a tv show called "Being Mary Jane" the other day and in this episode she convened a panel of guests (she hosts a talk show) to discuss an article that is actually a real life article written by Dr. Satoshi Kanazawa and was published by Psychology Today back …
I swear I don't make these things up. Apparently it's a new trend on Instagram for white women to use the hashtag #NappyHair to describe their bad hair days... Please, don't take my word for it, take a look for yourself. It's very interesting to say the least. Disturbing and irksome to be completely honest. …
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We have been conditioned, through enslavement, physical and mental abuse, and the subliminal messages that feeds us programming that informs us what being a Black woman "really" means. In other words, to be a Black woman means to be marginalized, disrespected, lazy, loud, ghetto, sex objects, uneducated, naïve, gullible, defensive, judgmental, opinionated, men haters, and …
I'm almost at a loss for words after having watched J Lo's video for "Booty" featuring Iggy Azalea. I mean, really?? Okay J Lo, you're a grown woman I get it, and just because I may frown on you being 45 and a mother and wonder why in the world you would want to put that …
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