Black abortion rate 3 times the U.S. average

November 2, 2011 No Comments

Tweet African-Americans account for 36.5% of the nation’s abortions while making up 12.6% of nation’s population, according to CDC figures reported by the Cybercast News Service. The statistic holds urgent significance in Mississippi. Next week voters in the state will go to the polls to determine and decide on a yes-or-no question regarding their state constitution ...

Have black men ‘built bridges’ over black women? (VIDEO)

October 28, 2011 No Comments

Tweet Shoutout to MsKSera, who touched on a vital topic that deserves more attention: Why aren’t black men “having these issues”? When black men get together there is no angst, no tears, no gnashing of teeth about relationships and a “biological clock.” Essentially, black men talk about only positive things, good things, things that build ...

Why 70% of black women are single (VIDEO)

October 28, 2011 No Comments

Tweet An over-the-top dramatization of how women and men struggle to understand each other. While the couple here are black, many white women actually act like this as well. She says: “I need a boss. I need a baller. I need a man like Lil Wayne.” He says: “I don’t have alot of money but ...

The State of Black Relationships (VIDEO)

June 13, 2011 1 Comment

Tweet “It’s very adversarial,” says Timothy James, 32. “It’s almost as if there’s an anger between black men and black women in our society.” “Even though this is [today] women still have a place, we still have to be supportive of our man,” says one sister, Sparkl Mitchell, 42 and married. “We’ve gotten so independent, ...

Study: Weave tied to baldness

May 6, 2011 No Comments

Tweet That new weave you wanted to rock? It could be causing baldness. That’s the word from researchers. Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, or C.C.C.A., is a type of central hair loss diagnosed only in black women, a new study in the New York Times reveals. The hair loss is also tied to Type 2 diabetes ...

Black girls surf, too

March 29, 2011 No Comments

Tweet While you may let your hair stop you from living life and enjoying outdoor activities, many people are not like you. They do fun things that you want to do. Some of them are even surfer chicks. A group of women go out to the Gulf of Mexico every spring and take to the ...

Shopping While Black: Is it a myth? (VIDEO)

February 23, 2011 1 Comment

Tweet ABC went behind the scene to see what would happen if an African-American woman was accosted by discriminatory employees at a clothing store. Shopping While Black: Sixty-percent of black shoppers say they have experienced it, according to ABC. In a SoHo boutique, the show stages an experiment to see if shoppers would say something ...

Who spends more: Single or Married folks?

February 22, 2011 No Comments

Tweet If you’re single, you’ve no doubt had this thought: “If I only had someone to help me with the bills. I just need a little help, not a lot.” If you’re married, you’ve probably contemplated a time or two: “If it was just me (and my child) I could be saving half my income. ...

Do Married Women Flaunt Their Rings at Single Women?

January 13, 2011 1 Comment

Tweet You can’t help but see her Rock. She’s waving it like a football. Every gesture she makes she swings it like a glowstick. While some may say the woman, engaged/married and obviously excited, is within her rights to talk with her hands you know the truth: The chick is putting it on a bit ...

Interracial Dating: Is this Video Racist?

January 9, 2011 11 Comments

Tweet The beginning segment of a tearful black woman (“they don’t want me”) is absolutely tear-jerking. As far as the rest of this mess, is it true?

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