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Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child..Maybe Not

May 23, 2017July 13, 2008 by shay subscriber

Like a lot of Black folks, I grew up with parents whose primary form of keeping me in line aka disciplining us kids, was to spank us, no correction was to whup the shit out of us. My two earliest childhood memories, go back to when I was 4 and 5 and involved me getting spanked. …

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Categories Parenting, Racial and Cultural 9 Comments

We must take care of ourselves

May 23, 2017July 10, 2008 by shay subscriber

Today was a rare type of day for me, both the spousal unit and I were not working today, so I had the time to do some serious reading on-line and checking out other blogs. That said, there were several blogs I read by fellow sista bloggers that really hit upon something that has been …

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Categories Current Events, Racial and Cultural

Friendships and Race- Black women and white women

May 23, 2017July 9, 2008 by shay subscriber

Since moving to Maine, I have spent a lot of time by myself, since when I made the decision to relocate 1100 miles away from family and friends it pretty much meant re-starting over as far as friends. Don’t get me wrong I still have some close friends back in Chicago but the one thing …

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Categories Racial and Cultural 19 Comments
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