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What Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer Can Learn From a Kindergartener
Posted Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 8:03pm by Kimberly Seals Allers
Kimberly Seals Allers

I’ve got two problems with Arizona governor Jan Brewer. As a mother of three sons, Jan Brewer should be ashamed of her behavior during her recent so-called “tarmac tussle” with President Obama.... Read More »

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Dear Mr. George Lucas, Black People Didn’t Need a Guilt Trip to Support “Red Tails.”
Posted Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 9:00am by Kimberly Seals Allers
Kimberly Seals Allers

When Red Tails opened in movie theatres last week, you would have thought the two-decades-in-the-making film highlighting the difficult journey of the Tuskegee Airmen (the all-black World War II... Read More »

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Holidays
Chinese New Year Traditions and How To Celebrate With Your Family!
Posted Monday, January 23, 2012 - 3:02pm by Angela Chee
Angela Chee

I’ve been celebrating Chinese New Year since I was a child, but I didn’t always know what all the traditions meant. To me it just involved lots of food and getting dollar bills from my relatives in... Read More »

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Celebrity News
Hold Your Horses Halle. Engaged? I Hope Not.
Posted Saturday, January 14, 2012 - 12:37pm by Kimberly Seals Allers
Kimberly Seals Allers

As a huge Halle Berry fan, I'm hoping and praying that the recent rumors of her engagement to Olivier Martinez, her boyfriend of about a year, are just rumors. I'm not a playa hater and I... Read More »

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In The News
Why We Needed Beyonce To Have A Baby
Posted Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 3:50pm by Kimberly Seals Allers
Kimberly Seals Allers

We really needed Beyonce to have a baby. Or maybe I did. I don't mean that because our generation is procreating less and calculating our families more. And when I say, we needed this, I mean black... Read More »

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Friendship
Sh*t Girls Say And How To Handle It
Posted Sunday, January 8, 2012 - 8:27pm by Carol Cain
Carol Cain

The video Sh*t White Girls Say…To Black Girls is out on YouTube and it is stirring up some serious conversations. Journalist Laina Dawes has done a great job at explaining the video further, both... Read More »

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In The News
FLOTUS “YoMama” Email, No Media Attention for Missing Woman in Atlanta. Can Black Women Get Any Respect?
Posted Saturday, January 7, 2012 - 4:00am by Kimberly Seals Allers
Kimberly Seals Allers

The situation may be depressingly hopeless. Here we have a Princeton University and Harvard Law School educated woman, who has worked at the top law firms, selflessly served her community, is a... Read More »

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In The News
Mount Rainier Tragic Murder Highlights Military’s Dirty Little Secret
Posted Tuesday, January 3, 2012 - 8:32pm by Kimberly Seals Allers
Kimberly Seals Allers

Now that thousands of service members are coming home from Iraq, the joy of their homecoming and the media reports celebrating the end of the war often overshadow the lingering impact of combat... Read More »

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Parenting Issues
Tweens Acting Up At School. Are Parents to Blame?
Posted Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 8:00pm by Kimberly Seals Allers
Kimberly Seals Allers

Recently, I was at open school week at my daughter’s middle school. The one week of the whole school year where the middle school principal dares to put the entire school on display and review.... Read More »

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Thanksgiving Left A Bad Taste In My Mouth
Posted Sunday, November 27, 2011 - 9:42pm by Kimberly Seals Allers
Kimberly Seals Allers

Thanksgiving is already one of those "makes me go hmmm" holidays. Similar to Columbus Day, it's one of those holidays that is only a celebration if you use a revisionist version of history. Somehow... Read More »

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