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Jenn M. Jackson Says, “Cheerios Commercial P...

Eric Liu at Time Magazine offered a post-racialist perspective of the Cheerios Ad which aired on YouTube last week. Jenn M. Jackson has some disagreem...
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Have A Seat, Bigots: No Self-Respecting Swirl-Mind...

To said bigots, I present this empty stadium. It may take you awhile to work your way around. You might have to miss a couple of days of work. There m...
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Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way: BB&W Is N...

I think perhaps some of the fans of BB&W don't understand what this site is about. It's not just a swirling club. It's also about (1) improving your c...
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Paying It Forward: What Does BB&W Owe BWE?

BB&W is officially not a BWE blog, yet in practice and intent, BB&W is very much a BWE blog. ... my purpose is to direct the attention of the ...
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How Do Black Women Respond When Someone “Pul...

This post is a bit tricky because it deals with the issue of intersectionality. I strongly suggest people read up on the term and who is impacted. I ...
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Vetting Aabaakawad (aka Eubie Drew)

One prominent blogger has concluded that, because I made two short comments recently, on a couple of blogs, that were in poor taste, and because she k...
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Abercrombie’s CEO Michael Jeffries Created a...

It's on thing for you to have unpopular rude thoughts running through your head; it's quite another thing entirely to let those thoughts escape throug...
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Well It’s About Time! Kerry Washington Final...

Kerry Washington's role as Olivia Pope on the ABC hit Scandal is seriously causing her star to rise and she is finally getting the major media attenti...
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Gabourey Sidibe on Jason Collins:”Every Woma...

Jason Collins, a black male basketball player currently signed with the Washington Wizards, came out as being gay in a cover story for Sports Illustra...
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A Mother’s Day Message To the Non-Mothers

Everyone has a mother, but not everyone has a child; and some people just don't get into the celebration of certain holidays. But no matter what you'l...
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“How To Be An Adult,” A Book Review

Your childhood came and went, but unfortunately, even though you are now an adult, you still find yourself behaving--from time to time--as if you were...
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Why We Don’t Talk About Black Men: ...

I think in order to better understand why black men as a topic come up in BW-centric and BWE spaces, you must understand why they do not come up. ...
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“Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead,...

Women can sometimes be their own worse enemy when it comes to achieving career success. That's a controversial message in light of the fact that gende...
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BB&W Online Dating Challenge: Deconstruct My ...

I am active on four online dating sites: POF.com, Match.com, AfroRomance.com, and SeniorsMeet.com. In this post, we are going to critique the main tex...
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