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Our foreign neighbor Canada is known for producing unforgettable musical talent like R&B singer/songwriter/actress Deborah Cox, who swore to us…

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In the world of gossip, talk ain’t cheap…

What is it about gossip that draws us in? Better yet, how many…

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The value system that our society maintains ceases to amaze me. In this crazy world of ours people who deal…

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Sylvia Arthur sets out a few inspirational and enlightening facts to get your minds in gear to explore the big…

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Ever since Rodney Parker chased me round the playground of P.S.139, past the teeter totter, through the sandbox, all up…

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Imagine this…

You’re headed home after a long drawn out lecture in your evening college class. Cruising down the highway in…

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A celebrity is a famous person.
A famous person is one who has a widespread reputation usually of a favorable nature.
A…

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“No industry is black-owned. Actually, the (NBA) Player’s Association gets 49 percent of the revenue, since most players are black.…

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This issue of The Colorful Canvas Files is brought to you by a living legend whose contributions have led to a significant…

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Many of us set out to find that Mr. Right, but for some, he is always seemingly attached to some…

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My shrink said the strangest thing to me in therapy once. She said she was sorry she’d monopolized so much…

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Q: I am going back home for the holidays and want to wow my friends and family with a glamorous…

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With Hollywood for years being a haven for the long-haired blond and brunette, it’s hard to be a sex symbol…

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We’re only human and equally subject to the chronic brainwashing that inevitably instills varying degrees of bigotry. Racism, sexism, homophobia,…

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Times are hard especially financially, however, my girlfriend does not seem to realize the whole world is undergoing something called…

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I remember exactly where I was that night that history was made. I was fast asleep in my bed and…

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It was proven best in the fashionable documentary The September Issue, that Fall is the New Year’s of fashion. Fashion…

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I vividly remember the day I got my first relaxer. I was 7 years old, and there I sat in…

Life.Culture

September 21, 2009

The Colorful Canvas Files: Thelma Golden

This issue of Colorful Canvas Files is brought to you by Art Maven and Cultural Pioneer, Thelma Golden. You may…

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Trusting Our Big Butts and Smiles

For three years, I taught at an all-women’s, historically black college that had also been my alma mater. One semester,…

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September 14, 2009

The Measure of Blackness

Despite protests from my family members and other Nigerians in my community, I consider myself first and foremost African American.…

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Swagger Jackers Anonymous

Who copied who…and why you shouldn’t care.

Raven Symone did it to Lala. Lala did it to Cassie. Cassie did it…

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To Be Kept, or Kicked to the Curb?

That is the question…

Sure, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but when it comes to deciding on…

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I Ain’t Saying She’s a Gold Digger…

Cartier watches, yachts by the bay, courtside comfort, champagne swilling After Parties, and shopping sprees down on 5th Avenue or…

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Kiss Me Through the Phone

Can Modern Romance Withstand the Digital “Divide”?

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B.ad F.emale.F.riends

It’s a Saturday night, around 11:00 p.m. to be exact, when I receive a text message from a guy friend…

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September 7, 2009

Obama’s Call To Raise Teachers’ Pay Angers Teachers

This piece is satirical. The contents of the following text are not true in any shape or form. Any resemblance…

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Making It Rain

Why “making it rain” doesn’t make a man…

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Black America and Michael Vick: A True Love Affair

Modern times dictate that the politics of sports talk, black talk, church talk, salon talk, school talk, any talk, must…

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Top 10 Reasons You May Be Single

These are the top ten reasons within in our control why we are single. This list was compiled based on…

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Mama I’m Grown

As I glance at the hands moving ever so slowly about the face of my Gucci watch, carefully advancing my…

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Wherever You Go, There You Are

I am 30 years old (this year), doing what I love (writing), happily married (two years) and live in the…

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