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Do You 'Friend' a Childhood Bully?
It was an ordinary day at the job. I was running reports, checking emails and checking my Facebook account for the umpteenth time that afternoon. “Ooh, a new friend request,” I thought. But when that window popped up and I saw my elementary school bully, Sabrina Jefferson (name changed to protect the guilty), I screeched, “Oh…
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Yet Another TV Show About Black Women and Black Men
It was fitting that ABC chose to tape its Nightline “Face-Off” segment, ”Why Can’t a Successful Black Woman Find a Man?” in Atlanta, a city where many black women have become the hunters and black men are the gatherers. This kind of reality brought droves of black women and men out for the taping of the…
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The Secret Delight of Reality Television
MTV will air the finale of its hit reality series, Jersey Shore, tonight. At one point it seemed like the show wouldn’t make it because of criticism and complaints from organizations like the New Jersey Italian American Legislative Caucus. Apparently, many were up in arms (but their fists weren’t pumping) about the stereotypical characters and…
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