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Entries from March 2008

Image: Black Women In Popular Culture

March 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment

From “Perspectives: The Status of African-American Women”
by Dr. Julianne Malveaux - Article - Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Through the lens of the third burden, aspects of African-American women’s depiction in popular culture become partly understandable, though wholly unacceptable. The rap music artists who insist on portraying African-American women as sexual objects, as “-itches” and […]

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Tags: african american · black people · black women · culture · history · popular culture · trends

Black Love Under (Additional) Management

March 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Now, back to our regularly scheduled program already in progress…
We’ve got some great contributors on board.  Ready to get this “ting” moving.  This was never meant to be a party of one.
Welcome Autumn, AverageBro, and The Inkognegro!  You could be next!  We wanna hear your take on stuff black people love.  Send me a post […]

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Tags: african american · black love · stuff black people love

Conversate

March 2nd, 2008 · 12 Comments

Classic Black Slang - Definition:  to socialize and chat; to converse with another
Black people love to say “conversate”.  Black people also love to tell other people that “conversate” is NOT a word.  The irony is always that is a word.  It’s slang.
langmaker.com defines it as “Slang term used primarily by under-educated sub-cultures.”  I wonder what “sub-cultures” […]

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Tags: african american · black people · culture · love · slang

Looking for Contibutors

March 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

We’re looking for writers. If you’re interested and you are a blogger, send me the link to your blog.  If not send a sample “Stuff Black People Love” post.
contact@stuffblackpeoplelove.com.
Blessings

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