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Dec 19

How To Raise Pro-Black Kids: Reprogramming Your Anti-Blackness

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Photo by Kiana Bosman on Unsplash How To Raise Pro-Black Kids: Reprogramming Your Anti-Blackness By Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com Originally published on MadameNoire.com Last year, Gabrielle Union shared an interesting anecdote on an Essence Festival panel about her sons and their preference for lighter-skinned women. When she asked the sons she’s raising with Dwyane Wade who were the women they…

Dec 19

Black Feminist: When You Tell A Hotep You’re A Feminist

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Image by Dellon Thomas from Pixabay Black Feminist: When You Tell A Hotep You're A Feminist By Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com You have to be careful who you smile at in the street--especially when you’re in New York City about to board the train. Interact with the wrong person and you can be stuck talking to an over-eager stranger for the next thirty…

Dec 18

Respectability Politics vs. Live & Let Live

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Cardi B By Erma BreAnn Now the dust has settled on the Cardi B and Nicki Minaj encounter, let us discuss their behavior around “the white folks.” I’m kidding - let’s not. Their behavior was wrong, we know that, but it doesn’t matter where they were or who they were around; wrong is wrong everywhere. After hearing many conversations the…

Dec 18

Is It Wrong To Call Your Kids The N Word?

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By Veronica Wells If someone decided to conduct an experiment to determine the most-used word in my vocabulary, I would tell them to save their time and energy. I can answer that question myself. The word is n*gga. I can hear the disappointed groans from those of you who argue that we should’ve buried the word a few years ago.…