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Dec 19

Dear Akilah – Black Lives Matter Member Considers Interracial Dating

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Photo by JD Mason on Unsplash Dear Akilah - Black Lives Matter Member Considers Interracial Dating by Akilah Peynado of www.akilahpeynado.com Dear Akilah I am a 36-year-old woman who has had her run-ins with love. You name it, I am SURE that I have a story to tell about it. I’ve been hurt, I’ve done the hurting, and everything else in-between.…

Dec 19

We Need To Have A Family Meeting About The Lack Of Protection For Black Women

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Photo by Clarke Sanders on Unsplash We Need To Have A Family Meeting About The Lack Of Protection For Black Women By Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com (Last year), I had the pleasure of speaking with writer, activist and documentarian dream hampton for MadameNoire. I got an email from Color of Change asking me if I wanted to talk to a…

Dec 18

Watch This Viral Video Of Cops Realizing They Wrongfully Pulled Over Florida’s Only Black Female State Attorney

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Continue Reading The only thing equal about racism appears to be how it’s distributed, meaning your professional of class status doesn’t make you immune to its striking effects. Unfortunately, Florida State Attorney Aramis Ayala got a dose of that cold hard medicine after being pulled over by police in Orlando. Ayala is the only Black female state attorney in the…

Dec 18

U.S. Taxpayers Have Paid More Than $1 Billion In Settlements For Bad Policing Practices Since 2010

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Written by Nikki Igbo This past Wednesday, Atlanta Hawks forward Thabo Sefolosha received a payout of $4 million from the city of New York to settle a police brutality civil suit. In April 2015, Sefolosha suffered a potentially career-ending leg break at the hands of a police officer during an arrest outside of the 10AK nightclub in New York. Continue…