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A publication from Medium that centers the stories, poetry, essays and thoughts of women of color.

Why I Don’t Share My Grandmother’s Apple Pie Recipe
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Why I Don’t Share My Grandmother’s Apple Pie Recipe

This dish has sustained my family since slavery. I cannot freely let it go.
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Brittany Yost
Sep 5, 2019
Black People Created American Democracy

Black People Created American Democracy

America owes much of its success to Black people
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Jeffrey Kass
Dec 5

When Renaissance Took Over New Orleans

Rosalyn Morris

Sleeping With Your Late Wife’s Half-Sister

William Spivey

Stop Blaming Mercury

Jeffrey Kass

Grassroots Empowerment in Africa: A Personal Reflection

Tai Salih (she/her)

Mental Health: Communication Matters

Wayne Ince

Racism Is Like Hot Dogs

Jeffrey Kass
Putting My Business in a Time Out on the Biggest Shopping Days of the Year

Putting My Business in a Time Out on the Biggest Shopping Days of t...

I’m closing my retail store for Black Friday and Small Business Saturday.
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Cakewalk Chicago
Nov 21
What It Means When a Guy Takes You to The Cheesecake Factory

What It Means When a Guy Takes You to The Cheesecake Factory

The internet has been set ablaze with dissertations on The Cheesecake Factory date scandal. Well, here is one more dissertation, but in it…
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ASUS BUTTERFLY
Nov 16
Jeezy had a Come to Jesus Moment with Nia Long & I’m Not Impressed

Jeezy had a Come to Jesus Moment with Nia Long & I’m Not Impressed

Colorist Black men Love to Lean on Phenotypically Black Women when They’re Down
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Ivylockewrites
Nov 16
Collective Grief and Trauma: Applying Black and Indigenous Healing Practices to D.O.S.E Regulations

Collective Grief and Trauma: Applying Black and Indigenous Healing ...

Addressing collective grief and trauma necessitates a mindful acknowledgment of the deliberate erasure and appropriation of Indigenous and…
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Tai Salih (she/her)
Nov 14
Black Attitude

Black Attitude

If we want to combat racism, let’s end “bystanderism.”
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Jeffrey Kass
Nov 13
Keke Palmer Has Been In An Abusive Relationship This Whole Time

Keke Palmer Has Been In An Abusive Relationship This Whole Time

This is really sad and I hate this for her.
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Melissa Alvarez
Nov 13
In Search of Fortune Cookies in America’s Heartland

In Search of Fortune Cookies in America’s Heartland

How the American spirit fueled a Chinese Restaurant
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Lisa Lau
Nov 13
Assigned Seats in the Black Church

Assigned Seats in the Black Church

Know Where to Go to Save Your Soul
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William Spivey
Nov 9
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