I immediately ran to Will Smith and not Chris Rock because although Rock was hit, it was Will who was damaged. It was Will that had a public melt down in front of the world. It was Will to act the monkey at an event that only a crumb of our people can even imagine being exposed to. It was Will who was the laughing stock at the Red Table and in...
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The Oscar Plantation has had some of the grandest affairs and it awards some of the finest players in the arts. They even give a few awards to the blacks and browns, supporting the idea that they can perform too. But this year, my, my, what a spectacle, when one of the most trusted of bucks decided to slap an over...
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Many people became a little frustrated with me yesterday at my piece on Will Smith violently attacking Chris Rock at the Oscars, because they didn’t read my piece on Will Smith violently attacking Chris Rock, assuming that I thought it was ok to slap another Black Man. I sort of laughed at how many over looked my writing and went on this ...
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Megan the Stallion was voted “Best Black Dressed” for the Oscars while Tiffany Haddish came in a very close second. Tiffany Haddish wore a "custom-made" Dolce & Gabbana gown at the 2022 Academy Awards and Megan the Stallion made her Oscars debut in a crystal-encrusted blue Gaurav Gupta gown with a fitted bodice and dram...
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Our feelings will get us in the worst predicaments, won't they. They will overlook the blessings, the greatest times in our lives, the times we are freakin' being awarded at the Academy Awards. Wow!!! Kanye was banned for them very same feelings, now look at Will. I've been there, holding onto emotions, hate, discord that has to go somewhere. This ...
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Pinnacle of Praise Worship Center (COGIC), in Charlotte NC is moving to a new location. This is our last day of worship at the location on South Blvd. Pastor DeJon Ellison is leading us to pure worship as we move to our new location on Beasties Ford Road. Pastor Ellison preached from Jeremiah 29:11 on March 27, 2022. “God ...
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My heart is broken because my homegirl, Traci Braxton has died of esophageal cancer at 50 years young. The morning of March 12th, the beloved singer and reality star left us. I lived in Maryland for sometime and attended the local church of the Braxton’s. Traci always stood out with her beauty, charisma and powerful voice. Her homegirl se...
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This Battles Not Yours, It's The Lords By Dearest PriceAgape VoiceI am praying for Ukraine. My heart bleeds for a people that went to work, school, the mall and congregated with friends and family one day to being air raided, forced to bunker down in subways and murdered the next. This attack is not only shocking to the innocent citizens of that na...
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This is a commonsense article laden with my opinions that are backed by facts that need no indexing. I hate labeling people, but this go round the finger must be pointed; and pointed at those against critical race theory but not the history of the Holocaust. Reason being the feelings of a certain people will be hurt, ...
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It was January 20th, 1986, 18 years after his death and the dream was still being deferred. It was during a time when the only songs MTV would play in Black culture were Michael Jackson and we stayed disillusioned in the lyrics of Billie Jean, being proud, “the kid is not my son”. It was when the crack epidemic wa...
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Being an executive for “Women Entreprenuers of America” and a freelance writer for “Black Line News”, I stay at a lot of hotels. They don’t call me a “Diamond Member” for nothing. Well last night I stayed at Tru by Hilton, a beautiful, contemporary, example of class and family comfort in the quint city of Florence, SC.&nbs...
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109 years ago, that’s when DST was made, 109 years ago, collegiate women, no longer slaves, 109 years ago, we marched with the suffrage, 109 years ago, taking our place on this equality bridge, 109 years ago, we knew scholarship was the only way, 109 years ago, sistahood would save the day, 109 years ago...
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Sidewalks, have wings that extend across Long Island streets and fields. Them wings are made tangible by individuals who came in contact with "The Teddy Bear" on the sidewalk. Like a lost child, finding a lost toy . . .I traveled that same road as him, yet I knew I was treading different waters. I knew that to stay up would take more work. Elated. ...
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According to Webster’s dictionary, “Optical Illusions are images or pictures that we perceive differently than they really are. Put another way, optical illusions occur when our eyes send information to our brains that tricks us into perceiving something that does not match reality.“ Case study 1 - 2022 “ FACEBOOK FAKE AS HELL LOL I just ...
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He was the “Tommy” of Strong Island, that one that never gave up. Many didn’t know Dearest Price was very close friends with Fashion Icon Daniel Lloyd and my stomach sank as I scrolled through FB to find out about his untimely passing. Our last conversation was before Christmas, straight boardroom politic’in. He was a boss&...
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Lauryn Hill killin’ it in her cult classic “X-Factor”, gave new meaning to the word “Reciprocity”, for me. “Tell me, who I have to be? To get some reciprocity. See no one loves you more than me and no one ever will”. Wow!!!!! That changed the game in my relationships, my jobs, my faith, my mind and this jour...
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Adrienne Aaron Pihlgren Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSWAaron Counseling and Consulting1914 JN Pease Place Suite 108Charlotte, NC 28262 (980) 229-4320 Life can be filled with incredible challenges and demands. Are you dealing with stress, anxiety, sadness, or hopeless? Have you been overwhelmed by work or school responsibilities? Are you s...
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Her name is Mia Mason and she is truly doing some dynamic things this senior year at Salisbury High School, according to her lovely mother, author, Dawn Mason. Mia has already begun her career in the arts as her close knit village came together to celebrate her awesome accomplishments. As a singer, songwriter, actress,...
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Last night me, Ms. Rhonda, Toya and God had a business meeting for Unique Plus Bridal Magazine. It was surreal. You see Ms. Rhonda went to be with the Lord on 8/16 yet this meeting was clearly held on 8/14 as I kept looking at my watch. I spatted, “why Bridal Rhonda let’s do something like Jet or Ebony where everybody can ...
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“Unsure of what the balance held, I touched my ‘Bible’ overwhelmed, by what I had been chosen to perform. But then Ms. Rhonda came one day, told me to knell down and pray for unto to me this business would be born.” If you have seen any change, any grace in me, in the last 3 years, it truly wasn’t me. I can’t clean up that ...
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