What is a magical negro?
You don’t know?!!! Here is a place to get started. Tropes in Entertainment Media: “Magical Negro”.
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Navy Bean Soup
Stimulus payments help some, but beans make a lot of food for not so much money. A bowl of beans, a big piece of cornbread, what else can you ask for? Navy Bean Soup 1 (16 ounce) package dried navy beans1 (14.5 ounce) can fire-roasted diced tomatoes1 onion, chopped2 stalks celery, chopped1 clove garlic, minced1…
Read More Navy Bean SoupHonor and Learn This Black History Month
By Adrienne Gaffney Jan. 30, 2021 It’s not an understatement to describe the events of the past year as historic, and particularly for Black Americans. The nation elected its first Black vice president, a woman, and a graduate of a historically Black university and Georgia sent its first Black senator to the Capitol. (Both of these…
Read More Honor and Learn This Black History MonthDid You Know?
42,842,000 = The Black (only) population in the United States in 2019, about 13% of the total US population. 48.2 million = The number of black people in the US, black only or in combination, in 2019. 2.1 million = The number of Black military veterans in the United States nationwide in 2019. 87.9% =…
Read More Did You Know?Black History Month
The Black History Month 2021 theme, “Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity” explores the African diaspora, and the spread of Black families across the United States. You can’t look at the black family without also looking at womanism/feminism and intersectionality. A Little History…In August of 1619, a journal entry recorded that “20 and odd” Angolans, kidnapped by…
Read More Black History MonthMy Favorite Apple Pie
Here is my favorite apple pie recipe. it is the easiest to make, looks gorgeous and tastes divine. Get your apples. I have pans of all sizes, so I will say that it takes more apples than you expect to fill your pan. Apples cook down in the pan, and you end up with a…
Read More My Favorite Apple PieJust Don’t Call Her a Ghostwriter
By Gal Beckerman Jan. 24, 2021 Michelle Burford has a fuzzy, purple ski hat, and when she puts it on, she can channel voices. It’s a magic she has manifested many times, most recently in helping the actress Cicely Tyson write her memoir “Just as I Am,” which HarperCollins is publishing on Tuesday. The New York Times Book Review praised…
Read More Just Don’t Call Her a Ghostwriter8 Items to Snag at Costco for Your Most Delicious Winter Ever
By Stacey Ballis January 08, 2021 Yeast Boullion Bake-at-home pasta casseroles BTW, I went to Costco 2 days ago and stocked up on boullion, yeast, and lobster ravioli. I also ordered laundry detergent. Read article HERE.
Read More 8 Items to Snag at Costco for Your Most Delicious Winter EverThe Talented Tessa Thompson
She’s been an action hero and a fashion rebel, but Tessa Thompson’s most important role is as Hollywood’s rising agent of change. BY ROXANE GAY JAN 15, 2021 Thompson is aware that she’s expected to do something. After all, she is, at 37, one of the most visible performers of her generation. She is a star of…
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By Kirsten Nunez January 13, 2021 If you’re a coffee fan, you probably know this situation all too well: You make a pot of coffee and drink your fill, only to realize that there’s one cup too many. Ugh. Instead of forcing it down—or worse, tossing it out—try using that extra java in your next kitchen endeavor. Read HERE. Well, here’s some…
Read More 7 Creative Ways to Use Up Leftover Coffee (is there such a thing?)15 Things to Bake When It’s Too Cold to Go Outside
By Hayley Sugg December 30, 2020 For my friends in Colorado, Illinois, Ohio, Alaska, and Utah. Bread Pudding with Warm Vanilla Sauce Chocolate Lava Cake Banana Bread Pear Cobbler Banana Brownies Read recipes HERE.
Read More 15 Things to Bake When It’s Too Cold to Go OutsideSuze Orman Says These Are The Biggest Money No-Nos
By Esther Trattner April. 07, 2020 Here are 34 major money don’ts — straight from the expert. Don’t be too quick to buy a home Don’t lease a car Don’t cosign a loan Don’t put blind faith in a financial advisor Don’t let debt linger Don’t spend to impress others Read the entire list HERE.
Read More Suze Orman Says These Are The Biggest Money No-NosApple Launches New Racial Equity and Justice Initiative Projects Nationwide
Good Black News January 13, 2021 Today, Apple announced a set of major new projects as part of its $100 million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative (REJI) to help dismantle systemic barriers to opportunity and combat injustices faced by communities of color. These efforts include the Propel Center, a first-of-its-kind global innovation and learning hub for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs);…
Read More Apple Launches New Racial Equity and Justice Initiative Projects NationwideHuman Trafficking and Global Ministries
Across the globe and right here at home, millions of people are being exploited for profit. Human trafficking, also known as modern slavery, affected some 24.9 million people in 2016 (the most recent year for which we have comprehensive data) and is estimated to be one of the most profitable forms of transnational crime. The 2009 UCC Synod…
Read More Human Trafficking and Global MinistriesA Shift in American Family Values Is Fueling Estrangement
Both parents and adult children often fail to recognize how profoundly the rules of family life have changed over the past half century. JOSHUA COLEMAN JANUARY 10, 2021 Since I wrote my book When Parents Hurt, my practice has filled with mothers and fathers who want help healing the distance with their adult children and learning how…
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