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(Stands up and claps hand.)  Now I wait for all the black apologists to crawl from under their rocks berating the President for his speech.  One thousand one, one thousand two....

7 hours, 55 minutes ago on President Obama Addresses the Importance of Personal Responsibility During Morehouse Commencement Speech

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It is just one of the many facets of being a girl. A privilege the male gender doesn’t get to enjoy due to the rigid criteria of being masculine in western societies.  A little girl can aspire to be beautiful and the object of a young prince’s desire to a medical doctor (Doc McStuffin).  I see no conflict.

 As a young girl growing up on military bases I enjoyed these many facets.  Many times my female friends and I played dressed up and pretended to be princess.  It wasn’t too much later that our male friends knocked on the door to invite us to climb trees with them which we gladly obliged shedding our princess wardrobe.. I also played a mean game of marbles and was a formidable foe to any who challenged me.

Still to this day I enjoy crawling on my belly in red clay to go caving in the Ozarks to dressing up to impress the male gender.  That’s just me.

8 hours, 8 minutes ago on Author Spotlight: Fairy Tales Especially for Our Little Girls...

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I finally bought a white pair of jeans.  Just $19 at Old Navy. I'm thinking a red stripped shirt would really rock with the jeans.

10 hours, 31 minutes ago on How to Wear White Denim Pants: 3 Ways

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Oh yes I recall a few of his articles. I enjoyed them thoroughly. Congratulations and his bride to be is beautiful. I hope he can contribute some post-marriage articles.

13 hours, 34 minutes ago on "Young Teach," Former BB&W Blogger is Getting Hitched!!

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This looks like a book my granddaughter would enjoy. She loves princess and dressing up like them.

1 day, 1 hour ago on Author Spotlight: Fairy Tales Especially for Our Little Girls...

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I meant to say sporty is more practical. 

2 days, 8 hours ago on 3 Ways to Wear This Spring’s Wardrobe Staple: White Tee | Beyond Black & White

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I just bought that tee a few weeks ago at Target. It's definitely a wardrobe staple and quite versatile. Oh Tanisha though I'm into vintage, please note I appreciate sporty as well.  In my case it's more sporty is more practical.

2 days, 8 hours ago on 3 Ways to Wear This Spring’s Wardrobe Staple: White Tee | Beyond Black & White

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Reading this article and comments has given more incentive to eat healthy and exercise. I in no way want to be burden to my daughtes in my latter years. Much love and prayers to those of you who are now or will soon be a caregiver to a family member.

2 days, 13 hours ago on Health: Why I Never Want to Be Like My Mother.

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Wow as I increase my increments each day I can really feel the burn.  This is good. righ?  I did 110 squats  this morning and was breathing heavily afterwards. I know it's good to give the ole heart a workout, however, I may have to do a set of squats in the morning and then the rest in the evening. 

3 days, 4 hours ago on BB&W Fitness Challenge Part One: Sign Up and You Could Win $100 Visa Gift Card!

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Wow this is great.  I rarely buy magazines but this may be an exception.

3 days, 4 hours ago on Well It's About Time! Kerry Washington Finally Lands the Cover of a Major Fashion Magazine

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A beautiful love story just too short, I was heavily engrossed then The End.

4 days, 1 hour ago on You Think You Had it Rough?! Check Out This WWII Swirl Couple

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 White men are stealing all the Black women that Black men want.”

 

I didn't realize black women were the property of black men.Who is even saying these black women want to date black men.  As if! ( valley girl's voice) 

 

These particular black men are playing a pissing game with white men in their heads.  I doubt Mr. Anti-Everything had anything negative to say about all the black men "stealing" white women.  These black men feel they are winning some type of game by dating and marrying the white's man prize possession (white women).  But when the prize "possession" is a black woman, they cry "foul" and want to change the rules of the game. Now black women should suddenly be available for their choosing and happy be about. 

 

Black women who choose to date non-black men realize they have options just like everyone else and Mr. Anti-Everything and his ilk need to get over their  narcisstist, nefarious,and hypocritical attitudes

 

I'm so excited that publishers are giving black women a "voice" to express the many options we have including dating.

4 days, 5 hours ago on What All Those BWE Bloggers Predicted is Finally Coming True… | Beyond Black & White

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 @Moon Child

 Many women and men because of these experiences then make a conscious choice to love OTHER.

 

THIS!  Love is a choice not something that just happens as Hollywood would have us to believe. 

4 days, 7 hours ago on What Types of People Marry Interracially?

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I guess once interracial relationships are viewed as the norm, then such articles (and beliefs) will become obsolete.

4 days, 8 hours ago on What Types of People Marry Interracially?

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 @Toni_M

 The catagories also can be fodder to those who are against interracial marrage and believe there is a pathological reason to those of us who do seek to date and marry interracially. 

4 days, 9 hours ago on What Types of People Marry Interracially?

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I fall under several of these but I don't think it is by choce but maybe default.  I'm somewhat of an Outcast because I grew up around whites and have adoped most of their norms.  When I married I moved into a predominately black neighborhood and soon realized that many of the beliefs and norms were "unique" to  how I had been raised. It was and has been diffiuclt to fit in with my own race.

 

Now I am an Adventurer.  I am seeking to datie and marry a white man because I need to release the "white girl" in me.  I love to go skiing, swimming, caving, canoing and want to experience parasailing.   I have expressed wanting to parasail and skydive on my Facebook page.  From my white friends I get "wow that's cool" or "you are going to enjoy that, we did"  From my black friends "better you than me" or "really?"

I don't fault my black friends, they just have never been exposed to anything outside the so-called black collective mindset.  New adventures to them is "acting white" or "for white people."They show no signs of exploring beyond their quaint neighborhood or family.

4 days, 9 hours ago on What Types of People Marry Interracially?

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I just left hair shop and the stylist and patrons were buzzing about Scandal.  I know the show is popular with the Beyond Black & White community, I just didn't realize the magnitude of the show 's popularity globally.

4 days, 23 hours ago on Four Reasons to Turn on Your TV: Defiance, Mad Men, Game of Thrones, and Scandal | Beyond Black & White

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Swirling is so delicious!

 

Boy it sure is.  I'm on a  sugar moratorium until after the squat challenge but afterwrds I;m going to forward this recipe to my sister-n-law who the cupcake queen of the family.

5 days, 5 hours ago on Beyond Black and White, The Cupcake

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 @Brenda55

 *revving

 

5 days, 9 hours ago on Retro Chic with Sandra D

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 @Brenda55

 I used to back in the day too, only I had two afro puffs to complement the outfit.  The white guys in my junior high class used to up behind me and pretend they were the handles to motorcycles making that annoying reviving sound. 

5 days, 9 hours ago on Retro Chic with Sandra D

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