May 2013
“Kiss me with your eyes. Peer knowingly into me, test my heart and weigh its...”
– blacklifeandlove
“Real Love shares its darkest fears, its closest insecurities, its deepest faults...”
– ~ blacklifeandlove
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On the Pinnacle - Change ain't for the weak
So….
There’s a lot of transition in my life at the moment. Much of it (honestly, a solid 90+%) is out of my hands.
And if there’s anything I know about myself, is that, as easy-going, spontaneous, and relaxed a person as I like (or imagine myself) to be, when changes are out of my control and I’m really forced to wait on the Lord, I feel so uncomfortable.
I usually...
Every 28 Hours an African American is... →
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement: This report documents how people of African descent remain “without sanctuary” throughout the United States. Nowhere is a Black woman or man safe from racial profiling, invasive policing, constant surveillance, and overriding suspicion.
All Black people – regardless of education, class, occupation, behavior or dress – are subject to the whims of the police whose...
“When I arrived at the University of Ghana to begin my freshman year, I was...”
– John Dramani Mahama, My First Coup D’Etat: And Other True Stories From the Lost Decades of Africa (New York: Bloomsbury, 2012), 198, 199–202. (via erkjhnsn)
In Honor of Peace Corps Worker Danielle Dunlap
Peace Corps Mourns the Loss of Volunteer Danielle Dunlap
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WASHINGTON, D.C. April 30, 2013 – Peace Corps Deputy Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet is saddened to confirm the death of Peace Corps volunteer Danielle Dunlap. Dani, 25, died in Ghana on Sunday, April 28 after becoming ill.
“Dani was a widely...
April 2013
“There was a time when we were infatuated with who we thought the other person...”
– blacklifeandlove
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My Husband Uses Racial Slurs During Sex →
theuppitynegras:
yepdeesaidit:
knowledgeequalsblackpower:
courtnation:
manif3stlove:
Ivy league educated Black Woman marries Ivy League educated White man and finds out that he’s racist in the bedroom and doesn’t give a damn about her feelings.
Crazy interesting read. Essence does it again.
We discussed this on twitter this morning. I had a hearty laugh because really, that’s all...
