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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.
Brittany Yost
Sep 5, 2019
Black People Created American Democracy
Black People Created American Democracy
America owes much of its success to Black people
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.
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…
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
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…
Tai Salih (she/her)
Nov 14
Black Attitude
Black Attitude
If we want to combat racism, let’s end “bystanderism.”
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.
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
Lisa Lau
Nov 13
Assigned Seats in the Black Church
Assigned Seats in the Black Church
Know Where to Go to Save Your Soul
William Spivey
Nov 9
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