Now, in an effort to join the conversation and allow black women’s voices to be heard on this issue, Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network, or WEEN (which boasts of members including rapper MC Lyte), has published its own “Open Letter” to black men in response to derogatory comments rapper Slim Thug recently made in...
Single Black Women: Admire Them and Leave Them Alone By: Jeff Bolton Young black women in America – many of whom have been grossly labeled in the vile underbelly of hip hop culture with street monikers — bitches, ho’s and baby mamas — are displaying a gutsy propensity in 2010 to succeed in life...
First, let me make one thing perfectly clear: I love being single! That’s right, singlehood has been great to me, and quite frankly, I have no complaints. None. Really. But now that my plans have changed, my priorities have changed. I love being single, but I would prefer being a relationship. Imagine that. In...
Wednesday night, ABC’s Nightline aired Part II of a segment it had aired a few months ago titled, “Why Can’t Successful Black Women Find A Man?” Part I featured four to five black women in their late twenties to early thirties. All were attractive, educated, and professional women all bemoaning the apparent shortage of...
