Category: black family
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Painted Pictures Worth a Thousand Words
If you want to paint a certain group as being needier and less fortunate than another, you simply use pictures. You get that group front and center at every opportunity. Whether it be on billboards, television, the Internet, magazines, newspapers, etc. Always, always, pretend that their story is one that should be shared with the…
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“Dark Girls” Isn’t the Only Problem Blacks Face
I’ve received notifications about it in e-mails and read about it on Facebook statuses. The new talk is the upcoming documentary Dark Girls. Until last night, I hadn’t viewed the trailer, because I didn’t feel a need to do so. I already know this story. Not so much from personally experiencing the harsh color-based words, but…
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Don’t Sweat the “Minor”ity Stuff
Originally penned May 10, 2007, but just as relevant today. See my note at end of article. I’ve come to believe there is no greater power than that which flows from the mouth into the Universe. It takes words to order a hit. It takes words to communicate a need. A certain preacher named his…