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Guest Post: I won’t fall in love with a brown girl
by Kimberly Coleman of Mom in the City As a Black woman, I feel very fortunate to be happily married to an amazing man. He happens to be Black too. (Yes, contrary to media portrayals, there are plenty...
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Don’t settle for the ADD/ADHD label
My oldest daughter gives me the most gray hairs. At 17, I still have to manage her academically. When she was in 8th grade her grades were horrible. I was reteaching the material at home so she could...
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I’m NOT an Adoptive Parent; I am a Parent!
OK, I’m HOT and I admit it! If there is one thing that can easily make the top-5 on my “You Have Just Crossed the Line and Really Pissed Me Off!” list it is being called an adoptive parent. Along with...
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African-American children’s books that inspire and empower
by Shannon Harmon You don’t have to wait until African-American history month to learn about and celebrate the lives of powerful men and women who contributed greatly to the well-being of all...
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Hate Bill Gates’ Plans for Education? Got a Better Idea?
About a week ago our illustrious founder, Kristina Daniele, posted an article by Huffington Post reporter Gary Stager entitled, “Who Elected Bill Gates?” Normally I would just read an article such as...
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Teachers are not the enemy of education reform
There is a very popular idea that teachers do not want their students to be successful. That educators are really at fault for what ails the failing education system. Additionally, there is the popular...
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Educate parents rather than banning homemade lunches
Yeah…you read that right. How does that make you feel? It would be a bad day any day somebody would tell me I can’t send my child’s lunch to school. “Nutrition wise, it is better for the children to...
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When the dark, comes to light.
My teen love story – over a number of posts I will be sharing my first love story. As you read over the coming posts, you will understand that I had to purge the past. I must say it has helped me...
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Jay-Z’s Respect: Too Little too Late
EDIT: The reports that Jay-Z has decided to remove the word from his vocabulary are false. I am not surprised! Jay-Z is no longer going using the word “bitch” in his songs because the birth of his and...
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On seeing color
I’ve been in an interracial relationship since 1997. It’s been a long time. In the beginning, I was adamant that I did not see color- that I was colorblind and that love is colorblind. In fact, when...
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