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<![CDATA[<p style="text-align:auto"></p><figure><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/84c03e_c75d886cc18b461bb6916d1691304baa~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_447,h_754,al_c,q_80/file.png" width="447" height="754" title="Image"></figure><p style="text-align:auto">Did you know the first drag queen was a slave?</p><p style="text-align:auto"></p><p style="text-align:auto">Born In Hancock, Maryland, to two enslaved parents, William Dorsey Swann, the former […]

<![CDATA[<p style="text-align:auto"></p><figure><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/84c03e_823cd7cc8aba443cb5ba16e145bd7e49~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_768,h_1154,al_c,q_80/file.png" width="768" height="1154" title="Image"></figure><p style="text-align:left">Issa Rae celebrates the 10th anniversary of her award-winning web series <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIVa9lxkbus" target="_blank"><em>The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl</em></a><em>. </em>Rae, the actress, writer, and […]

<![CDATA[<p style="text-align:auto"></p><figure><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/84c03e_1cd76e0890274b3785668df0c6348f2d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_618,h_800,al_c,q_80/file.png" width="618" height="800" title="Image"></figure><p style="text-align:auto"></p><p style="text-align:auto"></p><p style="text-align:auto">It was 8 o’clock on a Wednesday night, around the time I usually snuggle up with a good book and a cup […]

<![CDATA[<p style="text-align:left"></p><figure><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/84c03e_2079aee1f34b40cd80af1484ea6d2bd7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_700,h_400,al_c,q_80/file.png" width="700" height="400" title="Image"></figure><p style="text-align:auto"></p><p style="text-align:left">Renowned actress Cicely Tyson died this past Thursday at 96 years old. Her beautiful presence on and off the screen created an inspiration […]

<![CDATA[<p style="text-align:auto">In the pandemic, GoFundMe has been a way to quickly amass money for various causes and people. One particular use for this platform has been for black trans folk […]

<![CDATA[<p style="text-align:auto"></p><figure><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/84c03e_2919b723726a4c2ca6b4c300da716a58~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_700,h_448,al_c,q_80/file.png" width="700" height="448" title="Image"></figure><p style="text-align:auto"></p><p style="text-align:auto"></p><p style="text-align:auto">Miya Ponsetto, a 22-year-old California native, is the latest “Karen” to go viral for once again accusing innocent black people of a […]

<![CDATA[<blockquote></blockquote><figure><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_c8d8658956c34ca398668004a1adcce6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_4500,h_3000,al_c,q_80/file.png" width="4500" height="3000" title="Image"></figure><p style="text-align:auto"></p><blockquote></blockquote><p style="text-align:left">Since the 2015 <a href="https://www.blaklotusfoundation.org/blog/hashtags/OscarsSoWhite" target="_blank">#OscarsSoWhite</a> initiative calling out the ways Black celebrities were overlooked for awards, I have wrestled immensely with the idea […]

<![CDATA[<p style="text-align:left">The Black community pulls itself into another pointless argument regarding respectability politics and how we shall conduct ourselves in the public domain. The controversy revolves around a black-owned restaurant […]