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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…

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Brilliance is defined as: having or showing great intelligence, talent, and quality. Well, if you’ve ever had the privilege of watching…

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Once upon a time (i.e. this past spring), Spike Lee put Tyler Perry on blast:

“Each artist should be allowed to…

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I remember way back when… Reminisce with me. Life was less complicated for a youngster. My Huffy Bike was valet’d in the driveway, Saturday morning cartoons were in heavy rotation, Puma wasn’t just an animal at the zoo…

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Who can take out a housemaid with a single Smackberry? Who can rock community service hours in New York City’s…

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Who sold this idea to women that it is the sole responsibility of a man to always have condoms at…

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It seems like every week a new skin care cream hits the shelf. Products for frown lines, laugh lines, crows…

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Talent aside (ahem), there have been very few celebrities who warrant as much media coverage as Robyn Rihanna Fenty. Sure,…

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You can kill the revolutionary, but you can’t kill the revolution. – Fred Hampton, Nov. 3, 1969

This week I came across…

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The conflict in the Congo is a much overlooked atrocity that is claiming the lives of hundreds of thousands of…

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I remember when I was in high school. When it came to fitting in with all the different peer groups…

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Have you ever come across a group of juveniles whose fundraising practices consist of canvassing commercial hubs, or expressway entry…

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So you spent a lot of the governments change (not the free kind) getting your education, you haven’t gotten into…

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October 7, 2009

Daily News Feed 10.7.2009/Vocab: foofaraw

How Amber Riley Won Her Role in ‘Glee’, NY Post Fires Editor Critical of Racist Obama-Stimulus Cartoon, Shyne Remains in Custody Due to Immigration Status + More…

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October 5, 2009

Daily News Feed 10.5.2009/Vocab: esurient

Maya Angelou was Not Hospitalized, For Shepherd, ‘Sherri’ is Reality Television, Real Housewives’ Kandi Burruss Releases Statement On Fiance AJ’s Death + More…

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September 22, 2009

Daily News Feed 9.22.2009/Vocab: cognoscente

Obama Tells Letterman: I Was Black Before the Election, HBO Develops New Series about The Black Panthers + more…

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July 31, 2009

Daily News Feed 7.31.2009/Vocab: sui generis

AKA President Sued for Buying Wax Statue of Herself, Officer who sent ‘jungle-monkey’ e-mail: ‘I am not a racist’, Obama Sees ‘Beginning of the End’ of U.S. Recession + more…

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July 30, 2009

Daily News Feed 7.30.2009/Vocab: aplom

‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ Adds New Face, Arizona Girl’s Attack Sheds Light on Rape in Liberia, Caller in Gates Case Says She’d Do It Again + more…

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July 29, 2009

Daily News Feed 7.29.2009/Vocab: apocryphal

LeToya Set to Release ‘Lady Love’ CD, Obama Takes Health Care Pitch to People – Again, Sudan Woman Journalist to Be Flogged for ‘Indecency’ + more…

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July 28, 2009

Daily News Feed 7.28.2009/Vocab: sapid

One On 1: B. Smith Holds Keys To Style Empire, NFL Reinstates Michael Vick on Conditional Basis, Diddy’s Atlanta Restaurant Owes the IRS + more…

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July 22, 2009

Daily News Feed 7.22.2009/Vocab: glabrous

Jordin Sparks: I’ve Grown Up a Little Bit, Black Barbie on the Cover of Vogue Italia, Nas ‘Not Allowed’ to Witness Son’s Birth + more…

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July 21, 2009

Daily News Feed 7.21.2009/Vocab: lexicography

Brown Says Ashamed of Rihanna Attack, Slumping Auto Sales Could Mean Less Ad Revenue for Black Sites + more…

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December 26, 2008

Vocab: beneficence

Vocab – Word of the Day: beneficence \buh-NEFF-i-suhns\, noun — The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity..

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December 24, 2008

Vocab: chichi

Vocab – Word of the Day: chichi \SHEE-shee\, adjective –Affectedly trendy.

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December 23, 2008

Vocab: polymath

Vocab – Word of the Day: polymath \POL-ee-math\, noun — A person of great or varied learning; one acquainted with various subjects of study.

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December 22, 2008

Vocab: egregious

Vocab – Word of the Day: egregious \ih-GREE-juhs\, adjective — Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible.

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December 19, 2008

Vocab: soi-disant

Vocab – Word of the Day: soi-disant \swah-dee-ZAHN\, adjective — Self-styled; so-called.

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December 18, 2008

Vocab: Gravitas

Vocab – Word of the Day: Gravitas \GRAV-uh-tahs\, noun — High seriousness (as in a person’s bearing or in the treatment of a subject).

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