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It's Official: Nail Art Is Being Taken Over By White Women
Black people canât have anything. I have no problem with white women getting a french manicure or maybe one finger of sparkly polish on their nails, but theyâve been gentrifying nail art long enough. Their latest discovery? âNail sculptures.â What is a nail sculpture? To us black folks, itâs just jewels and embellishments on our…
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How to Use Your White Privilege the Right WayÂ
When bigotry abounds, itâs easy to get frustrated and want to give up (particularly on white people), but every now and then, someone steps up and demonstrates how one can use white privilege the right wayâto right the wrongs of racism and demand that white people to do better. Celebs like Anne Hathaway, Matt McGorry…
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Dwyane Wade Offered $25 Million To Play For China, Miami Heat Offers $5.3 Million
Basketball is a universal sport and players like Dwyane Wade, have offers everywhere around the world, including China. Dwyane Wade, now a free agent, has been offered a three-year, $25 million contract to play for the Zhejiang Golden Bull, according to ESPN. If he accepts the offer, heâll be the highest paid player in China,…
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Teacher Who Made a Noose Symbol Toward Black Kid Won't Face Charges; DA's Office Said It Wasn't a Hate Crime
Iâm beginning to think that schools arenât safe for black students. A little while ago a white teacher in California made a noose from an exercise rope and put it around his neck, taunting a black student. He told the student, âstay away from me.â It was a joke in the teachersâ eyes but the…
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Meek Mill Working With Philadelphia 76ers Co-Owner To Reshape The Criminal Justice System
When I think of Meek Mill, I think of his music, of course, (and immediately âDreams and Nightmaresâ plays in my head) but I also think of the constant battle heâs been facing with the criminal justice system. Since being released from jail, heâs been working to help others who may have been in the…
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Sherri Shepherd's Son Doesn't Like Black Girls Because They're Mean
Sherri Shepherd, former co-host on The View, appeared on The Breakfast Club last Thursday and discussed life as a single mother raising a black son. Shepherd told the hosts of the morning show that her 13-year-old, Jeffrey, doesnât like black girls because he thinks theyâre mean. Jeffrey goes to a predominately white school and apparently…
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Calling All Makeup Junkies: Fashion Nova Plans To Launch Nova Beauty
Fashion Nova is currently best known as an affordable fave amongst celebsâand us regular people who just want a cute outfit. Now, the brand is about to be a one stop shop, yâall. Fashion Nova is planning to launch Nova Beauty sometime between late 2018 and early 2019, and weâll be able to complete our…
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Mareena Robinson Snowden Is The 1st Black Woman to Earn a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering From MIT
Mareena Robinson Snowden became the first black woman to earn a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology when she crossed the stage at her graduation on June 8. Provocatively, a career in STEM wasnât always something Snowden was interested in. âEngineering definitely was not something I had a passion for at…
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A Real Week In New York City on an Intern's Salary
Welcome to the life of a recent college grad who is interning in New York for the first time. Iâm going to spill the real tea on how we millennials spend our hard-earned money, because let one marketing intern tell it, sheâs living the life working in HR and making $25/hour. The intern recently talked…
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Everything You Missed At The ESPYs
Like any award show, the ESPYs was filled with some amazing and some not so amazing looks. The award show, hosted by ESPN, took place in Los Angeles with Danica Patrick as host of the eventâs 26th editionâthe first women to serve the role. Many deserving athletes took home awards in various categories such as…
