Black men who love black women — Forever Black Effusion (a repost)

I was on the subway the other day, when the most beautiful woman I have ever seen walked on. Now I’m not one of those every black woman is a queen brothas, but I swear the way she walked with her head up high, her style and grace, her jewellery, her clothes and her dreadlocks […]

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Spotlight Series: Blogger Kelley — Whispers of a Womanist

So this post marks the first of my “The Soulz of Black Folk: Re-defining Celebrity” series. This summer, I will feature a few carefully selected members of the black collective that demonstrate an espousal to uplifting the black collective. Everyday, countless bodies across the diaspora contribute to black upliftment in big ways deemed small by […]

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A Word From Dick Gregory

The videotapes are horrifying, all of them, but no more horrifying than a public lynching. It continues to scream I do not value your life and you are not human to me. We should be angry and emotional, however, we should not respond emotionally. This is a systemic, institutionalized problem that demands a systemwide solution. […]

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