Black community
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My Thoughts About “Guilt-Free” Listening of R. Kelly’s Music
The link to the above EUR article can be found here. The original Page Six article is here. Syleena Johnson is a singer and has even worked with R Kelly on a few songs, early in his career, so she financially benefits from airplay of those songs on radio, the Internet, and through DJs spins.…
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Part Four: A Conversation About Female-Male Relationships in the Black Community
But when will we individually and collectively say, “no more” and mean it? When will we stop subscribing to past lies masqueraded as truths? When will we stop buying into the stereotypes that were created as propaganda mechanisms to divide? When will we stop perpetuating the lies that even our elders told because they didn’t…
Black community, black family, Black people, break the shackles, change, Christianity, Christians, drug addiction, female-male relationship, gang violence, gangs, ghetto, inner city, love, love sees no color, male-female relationship, oppression, pimping, poverty, poverty eradication, racism, racism in the black community, radical change, sexism, shame, slavery, stop the hate -
Part Two- a Message to the Men: A Conversation About Female-Male Relationships in the Black Community
Yesterday was part one of this discussion. Hopefully not too many toes were stepped on. For those who felt offended or slighted in any way, look within to see why my observations bothered you so deeply. Are they not accurate? I would be interested in furthering our dialogue to examine any points that I made…
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My Response to John Hope Bryant’s Article “If Bill Gates Were Black”
By Natasha L. Foreman, MBA I wanted to share my thoughts regarding John Hope Bryant’s brilliant article that was posted on and by Bloomberg BusinessWeek today. I also wanted to have a healthy dialogue with those individuals who showed their lack of critical thinking skills before they reacted, and quickly responded in the negative,…