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Dec 19

How Planning My Wedding Reminded Me Of Something Else Slavery Took From Us

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Photo by Alekon pictures on Unsplash How Planning My Wedding Reminded Me Of Something Else Slavery Took From Us By Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com Despite some ominous, misery-loves-company-ass-predictions, my wedding planning process and my actual wedding day went very smoothly. (Thanks in large part to a groom who didn’t really care what I did and the leadership of my Jill…

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.…

Sep 21

Top 10 African Tribes Taken in the Atlantic Slave Trade

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By Erickka Sy Savané With Black Panther/Wakanda fever forever cementing a place in our hearts, and the rise of African Americans getting their DNA tested, especially from AfricanAncestry.com, where they can trace your ancestry back to your African ethnic group, we're at a time when we want to know more about where we came from. So it's not surprising that…

May 04

The SPLC Found that the Reality of American Slavery is Severely MisTaught in Schools. Here’s What You Can Do.

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Photo via Fabrice Moneiro By Nikki Igbo A Southern Poverty Law Center report based on a national study conducted in 2017 has revealed a sad truth about how American slavery is taught and learned. Plain and simply, American kids don’t know much about it and teachers are ill-equipped to provide students with information on the key concepts surrounding slavery. How…