Growing up with afro hair can be traumatic, especially when white ideals of beauty are everywhere. But, says Emma Dabiri, black women are increasingly letting their natural hair out, and the ‘fro is becoming fashionable. But, she argues, they are still too often measuring their beauty by the yardstick of whiteness
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‘New Slaves’ Lets African-American
Sometimes, all it takes to help adapt to an unfamiliar world is talking it out with someone who shares the struggle.
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Indy’s Oldest African-American Church
Indianapolis’ oldest African-American church has been sold. With it goes the last of what was left of Indiana Avenue, historically the mecca of black culture in the city.
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Uhuru Activists Decry Centuries of “Terror and Genocide”
A crowd of approximately 25 members of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement (USM) and the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) gathered Saturday morning at the intersection of 2nd Avenue S and 9th Street, the site of the brutal 1914 lynching of John Evans, an African-American laborer.
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Aisha Tyler: African-American Teens Should “Be Brave”
“What would we be like if black people didn’t go into the heart and didn’t try to change things?” she asks.
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Poll: Blacks More Focused on Community Violence, Not Police Violence
In a poll recently conducted by YouGov, a majority of African-American respondents surveyed nationally share the view that community violence (or structural neighborhood violence popularly referred to as “Black-on-Black crime”) is a larger problem than racial injustice in the criminal justice system.
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No Questions Asked:
The Chicago Police Department, in collaboration with St. Sabina Parish, is hosting a Gun Turn-In Event. During this event, community members will receive a $100 gift card in exchange for every gun turned in and a $10 gift card for each BB-gun, air-gun, or replica firearm – No questions asked!
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Prince Dies at 57
Prince died earlier today (April 21) at age 57 at his Paisley Park home and studio, his publicist confirmed to the Associated Press. TMZ first reported the news.
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Why I Don’t Want To Be Labeled As “African American”
I have heard the term “African-American” used interchangeably with “black” all my life but have never been comfortable with it.
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Taxpayers Have Spent A ‘Staggering’ Amount Of Money On NFL Stadiums
Taxpayers have spent nearly $3 billion on the 16 stadiums that will host NFL games during the season’s opening weekend, according to figures in a new analysis from the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, a Washington, D.C-based conservative nonprofit group.
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