In 2012 I was involved in a relationship with an African American woman in Los Angeles, CA. At the time finding a decent black woman in Los Angeles was proving to be difficult. So when I finally found one, I jumped on the opportunity to lock her down. Even though […]
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Most people may have read about Asha Mandela, the Florida woman and native of Trinidad-Tobago who has earned the name “Black Rapunzel” for owning the Guinness World Record for “World’s Longest Dreadlocks.” (Amazing Zambian Woman with Incredibly Long Hair Twice Her Height Seeks Guinness World Record [Photos]) There is also Aevin Dugas, […]
Even for people unencumbered by any disability, the fashion world can be really difficult to break into but Lebohang Monyatsi will not let anything stop her. Organisations like The Only One Foundation are helping to make it easier for disabled people to find a space in the industry. (5 Things […]
Johannes Tomana, prosecutor general in Zimbabwe, proposed that little 12-year-old girls out of school and with no prospect in life because of the dire socio-economic conditions in the country should be allowed to have sex and get married. (Child Marriages…) Child marriage violates girls’ basic human rights. When girls are […]
Humans have always been obsessed by tampering with their looks to improve and enhance their beauty among which is skin lighting. It is a phenomenon that has existed in the world for centuries. (The Complex Skin Lightening Crisis In Africa – Will It End?) But in Africa, skin lightening comes […]
Institutional racism is when racial discrimination is established as normal behaviour within organisations that make up society. In other words, it’s so ingrained, it becomes completely commonplace – and it can be hard to even spot it. But the existence of this structural form of racism is obvious through disparities […]
When I was ten, my mother made me read Roots cover to cover, and she’d coax me to curl up beside her to watch old newsreels of black civil rights protesters being hosed, beaten, and dragged off to prison. We watched Norman Lear sitcoms, so I’d learn from Archie Bunker […]
It’s better to be single than to fight for the wrong relationship. To fight for the wrong person. To fight for the wrong love. It’s better to be single than to remain with the wrong someone, simply because you have history with them. Because you’re used to them. Because you […]
Two types of energies that we possess are negative and positive. Positive energy is terrific as it motivates and inspires us, as well as making us feel happy, alive, and energized. On the flip side, negative energy will make us feel exactly the opposite, unhappy, depressed, even angry. Extreme volumes […]
Traditionally when children act up in school, they would get detention or they get suspended. An Elementary School in Baltimore has a far healthier approach to discipline. (Meditation Instead Of Detention) Robert W. Coleman Elementary has Partnered with the Holistic Life Foundation, changing its approach, and instead of punishing the […]
