Tomorrow is World AIDS Day and I don't know how many people are aware of this. AIDS/HIV once thought to be a gay disease is now devastating the African-American community. The fastest growing segment now getting this disease is African-American women ...
Posted Monday, November 30th 2009 at 11:03AM
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I heard a young female radio announcer make this statement. I was perplexed. She apparently didn't think her premise out. If she had, maybe, she wouldn't have made that proclamation over the airwaves.
What you do for a living doesn't tell me your ...
Posted Monday, November 30th 2009 at 10:53AM
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My past has caught up with me and I couldn't be happier. An old friend of mine sent me a link to Facebook nearly two years ago. He said it would be a great way for us to stay in touch. I just dismissed as something else I didn't need to be bothered w ...
Posted Monday, November 30th 2009 at 10:48AM
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Every year at Thanksgiving, our extended family goes around the table saying what we are thankful for. Most of the responses this year focused on family. This year mine was a little different. I mentioned family and my improved health, but I was real ...
Posted Saturday, November 28th 2009 at 11:57AM
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My editor at about...time magazine wants me to send her a piece about why I write. What motivates me? Where does my desire come from? She plans on running it next to my new novel, Win...Win's review.
I had to really think about this. I never thou ...
Posted Saturday, November 28th 2009 at 11:50AM
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My daughter wanted some milk to go with her cereal. We didn't have any liquid milk, but I had canned milk on hand. I told her that I would make her some. She was home from school sick and I was trying to make feel better. Little did I know that my ki ...
Posted Tuesday, November 24th 2009 at 7:10AM
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I made a deal with myself early on when I was pregnant with my second child. Whatever I did for my first child; I would do for the second child. It was only fair. That way, each child would be treated equally and they could never accuse me of favorit ...
Posted Sunday, November 22nd 2009 at 11:31AM
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This is the time of year, I dread as a disabled person. I'm trying hard to take care of outside errands before snow graces my presence. When snow comes down, I have to be even more careful because if I fall that could be a disaster. I get annoyed wit ...
Posted Sunday, November 22nd 2009 at 11:29AM
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Give me a break. I know my football. I'm not a t-shirt wearer and I'm not a jump-on-the-band-wagon fan either. When I tell people that my newest novel, Win...Win is a tale of love in the world of semi-professional football, I get odd looks. Then I ge ...
Posted Sunday, November 22nd 2009 at 11:20AM
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A loud burst of laughter erupts in the house. My daughters know how to get to me. "Just kidding mom," my youngest replies. Asking me who Spike Lee is like asking me who Michael Jackson is?
I'm a huge movie buff. I curated a black film festival, " ...
Posted Sunday, November 22nd 2009 at 11:16AM
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Think about it. Black mail, Black Monday, and Black Plague to name a few. In Cowboy Western movies, the bad guys always wear the color black.
My question is the title of a poem that I wrote during my college years, but I put a spin on it. My spin ...
Posted Friday, November 20th 2009 at 5:16PM
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I remember going into my youngest daughter's preschool class a few years ago and be introduced to some of the kids in her class. There was a Dyquan, Jacquan, Canei, Jayron among others. I just bit my lip and thought why?
It's bad enough that Acad ...
Posted Thursday, November 19th 2009 at 7:49AM
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I have heard some crazy statements made about black folks. I've been told by others both black and white, that we:
* don't own pets
* have water droplets bounce off our hair (and it ) doesn't get wet when it rains.
* never get a suntan, if we ...
Posted Thursday, November 19th 2009 at 7:42AM
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This question drives my mother crazy. When I was in elementary school, my teachers would meet my mother at parent-teacher conferences. She would sit down with them, introduce herself, and they would fall in love with her British accent.
When she ...
Posted Wednesday, November 18th 2009 at 10:09AM
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