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Let Go of Our Hair and Let Our Girls Learn
In recent weeks, there have been a number of news stories about black girls being discriminated against at school for wearing natural hairstyles. In July 2016, a news story went viral about a school in Pretoria, South Africa, banning black girls from wearing natural hairstyles like Afros because they were “untidy” and “unladylike.” In March…
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Abuse and Torment: When Reality Television Finally Gets Real
This season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta is the realest season of the franchise. The storyline involving the disintegration of the marriage of celebrated entertainment attorney Phaedra Parks and her husband, Apollo Nida, has taken center stage, dwarfing the contrived confrontations and all-out mean-girl sessions that previously defined the show and the genre. Parks’…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
