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I Don’t Know Janay Rice’s Whole Story, but I Understand
I don’t pretend to know Janay Rice’s story. And I don’t claim to know everything there is to know about her marriage to Ray Rice—or what was going on in her head and in her heart when she hit “share” on the Instagram message that went public Tuesday morning. I do, however, understand her plea…
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Brown Dolls Only for My Daughter
When she was a child, Black + Green Mama writer Kenrya Rankin Naasel’s father only allowed her and her sister to play with dolls that reflected their reality — translation, black dolls. As a result, Rankin says, she never wanted a Barbie doll or anything else that might have given her a slanted view of…
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You, Have a Baby? Girl, Please
In this day and age, when a black woman is smart, career-driven and even married, her family may still see her as a spinster if she doesn’t have children. How is this possible? Black + Green Mama blogger Kenrya Rankin Naasel writes that after following her life plan to perfection, she was happy, but her…
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