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    She Matters: This writer wishes someone had told her these things at her commencement.

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    Against the backdrop of the Cleveland kidnapping saga and the heroism of rescuer Charles Ramsey, Nikki Woods explores at BlackAmericaWeb.com how the concept of community, when everyone knew their neighbor, has been lost.

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    A pilot stopped in Kansas City, Mo., on a flight from Los Angeles to New York after a passenger refused to stop singing the song made famous by Whitney Houston.

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    Angelina's Double Mastectomy: What Black Women Can Learn

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    A recent study found that African-American women not diagnosed with breast cancer were less likely than white women to get genetic testing for gene abnormalities, despite recommendations from their doctors.

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    During a recent talk at Harvard, the former CNN anchor charged that whites are afraid to deal with the nation's black-white division. 

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    The linguist on our failure to recognize inner-city genius.

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