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10 Things Everyone Should Know by Now About Black Women
Responding in a piece for Clutch magazine to recent headlines highlighting disrespect toward black women, The Root’s contributing editor Demetria L. Lucas offers some remedial guidelines for potential line-crossers. Humbly, I submit a basic list, my Rules of Engagement, and ask you NOT to do the following (and encourage Black women to add to the list…
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I Want to Sell My Home. Why Is He Mad?
(The Root) — “My fiance is mad because I’m putting my house that we live in on the market, simply because I bought it, and I would like us to buy something together. Yet I can tell he’s crazy insecure with it being mine. I feel I can’t win. Advice?” —R.T. Ma’am, your fiance has…
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I Won't Be a Side Chick. But Can I Call?
(The Root) — “I like a guy, but he has a girlfriend. He’s flirty and admitted he’s attracted to me, but I’ve been blunt that I won’t entertain anything more than a friendship unless he’s single. He agreed. Curious — is it wrong of me to reach out every now and then just to say…
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What's Next? Straight Black Women Should Marry Each Other?
Writing at Clutch magazine, The Root’s contributing editor Demetria L. Lucas offers a sarcastic riff on the latest advice to single African-American women: that they should consider bisexual men as romantic partners. Here’s what she says might be next. … Unfortunately, it’s probably too late for all of you, especially if you’ve wasted prime husband-hunting…
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Love and Happiness in a Blended Family
(The Root) — With all the fuss over what’s keeping black women and black men from jumping the broom, black married couples have been lost in the fray. Yes, of course they exist! In fact, the vast majority of black women and men do indeed get married. Many of us are putting our own spin…
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Can We Trust Reporters With Black Breaking News?
The Root’s contributing editor Demetria L. Lucas reflects in a piece for Clutch magazine on how the real-life drama surrounding the Chris Dorner saga was covered and what was missed. As commentators and “experts” kept yapping, I wondered if I — you know as a Black member of the general public — was even the…
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Love Under Pressure in Lesbian Matrimony
(The Root) — With all the fuss over what’s keeping black women and black men from jumping the broom, black married couples have been lost in the fray. Yes, of course they exist! In fact, the vast majority of black women and men do indeed get married. Many of us are putting our own spin…
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Getting to Wedded Bliss Is a Labor of Love
(The Root) — With all the fuss over what’s keeping black women and black men from jumping the broom, black married couples have been lost in the fray. Yes, of course, they exist! In fact, the vast majority of black women and men do indeed get married. Of course, many of us are putting our…
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Who You Calling a Female?
(The Root) — “What’s your take on men who refer to women as ‘females’? Dude hit me up on a dating site, and his profile, when describing what he’s looking for, referred to women as females through the whole thing. Why couldn’t he just say ‘ladies’ or ‘women’?” —D.F. Some form of this question comes…
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I'm a Rape Survivor: How Do I Tell My Man?
(The Root) — “I am afraid to tell my boyfriend about my past. I was raped when I was in high school by someone I knew, and I don’t think I’ve ever really gotten over it. I think about it sometimes when I’m intimate with my boyfriend, and then I don’t want to have sex…
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