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Notable moments in Black history we should remember in 2023

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10 thoughts about one of my favorite followups ever, ‘The Best Man: The Final Chapters’

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6 countries to visit on a return to Africa

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A clear acrylic award reading "For your outstanding achievements in the field of wypipo, Karen of the Year 2022"

The 2022 Wypipo Awards

2022 was a banner year for whiteness. Here are the standouts who earned well-deserved accolades for their achievements in wypipoing.
/ December 31, 2022

Why I started setting goals instead of making resolutions every new year

The process of defining concrete goals and laying out a roadmap for reaching them has had many benefits for me.
/ December 31, 2022
Los Angeles Special Screening of Netflix's A Jazzman's Blues

I’ve wanted to interview Tyler Perry for over a decade. I finally got my chance on ‘Masters of the Game.’

I waited a decade to interview Tyler Perry. I finally got my chance and talking to him showed me how…
/ December 30, 2022
Chris Brown In Concert - Newark, NJ

‘Free Tory Lanez’ was all about misogyny

When Tory Lanez went on trial, the boys club of hip-hop rose up and stood by him even though people…
/ December 29, 2022

How Pelé kicked off a soccer revolution in America

Americans' interest in "futbol" was meager at best until the Brazilian soccer legend came to town to help revive a…
/ December 29, 2022
LEGO bricks

This holiday season, I learned to not only ask my kids WHAT they wanted for Christmas but WHY?

My son taught me a frustrating and expensive lesson on Christmas Day using a Lego set..with a smile on his…
/ December 28, 2022

Before, during and after the trial of Tory Lanez, Megan Thee Stallion was treated as more of a villain than he was. Let’s talk about it.

The Houston rapper has been the focus of gossip, rumors and flat-out lies about what really happened in July 2020.
/ December 28, 2022

The 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation is a reminder of how far we’ve come as a country — and the work still to be done

The proclamation didn’t bring immediate freedom to the approximately 4 million enslaved Black people. But it did lead to significant…
/ December 27, 2022
A family lighting the black Kwanzaa candle

How these Black families celebrate Kwanzaa in different ways

"If we don’t know about culture, Kwanzaa educates us. If we forget our culture, Kwanzaa reminds us," says Rev. Mark…
/ December 26, 2022
A family celebrates Kwanzaa

A short, but sweet Kwanzaa jams playlist for me and you, yo’ mama and yo’ cousin, too

While there are plenty of Kwanzaa-specific bops out there at your disposal, here are some jams in the spirit of…
/ December 26, 2022

How Black resistance stole Christmas

During the holiday season, enslaved Africans often plotted escapes, acts of defiance and violent insurrections during the holidays.
/ December 25, 2022
An image of Jesus Christ as a Black man

Jesus was Black. Period.

Jesus was Black, and it's healthier for Black people to be Black-centric, which includes rejecting the whitewashed image of Jesus.
/ December 25, 2022