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Madness

Dinner with the Man Who Taught Me ‘Silas Marner’

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For every living being on Earth, there is another who has left an indelible mark upon them, whether negative or positive.  Take a moment and think. Who is that one person who makes you feel the powerful emotions of warmth and safety? Who is the person who makes you feel unadulterated hate and disdain? It […]

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Madness

The Power of the Haka

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I only recently discovered Haka a few days ago after my husband went on a 23 hour video posting spree on FaceBook. Ah. What is this thing he keeps posting? Why is he flooding my wall with these useless updates?!? I clicked on a link and instantly found myself mesmerized. For the next three hours, […]

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Marriage

Does Porn Have a Place in Marriage?

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A reader sent me an email this week, asking me about my views on pornography as it relates to relationships that have potential to end in marriage. “I know that you are not a counselor or any such thing. I am just asking in case you may have some insight into issues of this nature,” […]

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Madness

Let’s Work to End White on White Crime

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Whenever you have a cluster of homogenous ethnicities dwelling in one geographical area, it is expected that the majority of commerce, worship, entertainment or any other form of human interaction will remain within the boundaries of that group’s dwelling. Despite government mandated desegregation, America remains largely segregated in along the lines of race. I believe […]

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Madness

Yippy Skippy: Yet Another Reason Black Women Remain Unmarried in America

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Yippy Skippy: a sarcastic answer to anything that you have to do or something that doesn’t sound fun. Also can be used when you just don’t give a damn about something and want to use sarcasm. Example – Idiot 1: I’m leaving. Idiot 2: Yippy skippy. According to the 2010 US Census, there are 38,929,319 […]

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Say what??

The Burden of Being an Average Looking Woman

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This week a woman named Samantha Brick sent the internet into a tizzy when she wrote an article entitled ‘There are downsides to looking this pretty’: Why women hate me for being beautiful. She asserts that while she is no Elle Macpherson, she “is tall, slim, blonde and often told, a good-looking woman.” She continues […]

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Madness

Witchcraft Will Save Africa, Not the Diaspora

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A few hundred years ago, mankind thought that the Earth was flat, and that if you sailed long enough, you could sail right off the edge. It was commonly accepted that the Earth, not the sun, was the center of our universe, as God had ordained it. When Galileo presented his theories that the Earth […]

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Musings

What If Uncle Ruckus Had Killed Trayvon Martin?

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You laugh, but I am asking a very serious question. I was introduced to the topics of racism and violence against women very early in life…probably too early. The Color Purple on VHS was a movie stable in my house, and it is with pride that I tell you that I can quote each line […]

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Marriage

Marriage Is Not For Wimps, Punks or Weaklings

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I swear, you meet the strangest people at Wal-Mart In the book Is Marriage for White People?: How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone, Ralph Richard Banks explores the causes and effects of the decline of marriage within the African American community, particularly among Black women. The reasons for this decline are not foreign […]

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