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What advocates fear gets lost in the urgent message ‘Black people don’t hang themselves’ (opens the original)
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T-Kea Blackman, co-founder of Black People Die By Suicide Too, gets real about the rising rates of suicides among the Black community. When someone like T-Kea Blackman hears the message, “Black people don’t hang themselves,” she understands the sentiment behind it. She knows why mysterious Black deaths, particularly those ruled suicides with little to no investigation, can raise questions in a community with a long and horrific history of underreported lynching. She, of course, believes those de
Savannah James flies first class while her bestie flies business — and they’re both fine with that (opens the original)
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We unpack the etiquette and nuances of having “mixed-income” friendships in today’s economy. There’s having a friend with money, and then there’s having a friend with money. We’re talking, rich, rich. We’re talking first-class to Japan, rich. But does that necessarily mean that if they got it, you do, too? Well, you can just ask Savannah James and her good friend April McDaniel. During a recent episode of their podcast, the longtime friends, business partners, and hosts revealed the financial dy
Rare footage brings the legends of the Harlem Renaissance back to life 50 years later (opens the original)
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“Once Upon a Time in Harlem” captures Black cultural icons gathering at Duke Ellington’s home in 1972. On a warm August afternoon in Harlem, New York, in 1972, a cocktail party took place at Duke Ellington’s home. Not just any cocktail party but one filled with Black painters, poets, writers, musicians, and other luminaries who, more than five decades earlier, gave birth to the Harlem Renaissance. And we almost never saw the footage. The new documentary, “Once Upon a Time in Harlem,” which captu
Jasmine Guy and the burden of ‘Black don’t crack’ (opens the original)
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Jasmine Guy responds to the ageism discourse sparked by the “A Different World” reboot landing on Netflix. After the iconic Jasmine Guy stepped back into the role of the legendary Whitley Gilbert in Netflix’s highly anticipated “A Different World” sequel with pitch-perfect bougie poise and her unmistakable crackly southern belle twang, the veteran actress quickly began to trend online. Not because of her clever callbacks to the original series, or her jaw-dropping style, which included Chanel se
‘It is OK to experience joy’: Grief expert shares how Black communities can navigate painful moments (opens the original)
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In the wake of the latest developments following the death of Nolan Wells grief expert Marisa Renee Lee reminds us it’s okay to be upset. Even the grief experts are having a difficult time right now. Marisa Renee Lee, an advocate and author of “Grief Is Love,” admitted that despite years spent researching and writing about grief, she recently found herself sitting in therapy trying to figure out what to do with her own. “This was literally my entire therapy session yesterday,” Lee told theGrio b
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