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February 17, 2012

Beyonce Won’t Be Getting Blue Ivy Carter Baby Advice From Solange—And Other MyBrownBaby Fresh Links

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Beyonce and Jay-Z’s daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, is getting a lot of love from her aunt, Solange Knowles. But Solange, Beyonce’s younger sister, who has a 7-year-old son of her own, says she she isn’t eager to start dishing baby advice to her older sister. “I think it’s really important for every mother to find ...

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February 13, 2012

Jennifer Hudson’s Grammy Awards Tribute To Whitney Houston (Video)

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LL Cool J’s move to open the Grammy Awards 2012 show with a prayer for Whitney Houston was touching, and Alicia Keys was right to declare that last night’s feting of music’s best and brightest should be a celebration of her life, but Jennifer Hudson’s tribute rendition of Houston’s “I ...

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February 13, 2012

Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds: Watch the Live Chat and Red Carpet Premiere Here on MyBrownBaby

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Grab your popcorn, grab your drinks: Filmmaker Tyler Perry will be chatting live today with his fans via Yahoo and Facebook, answering questions about his upcoming film, Good Deeds—and MyBrownBaby is bringing you in on the action by making the chat available right here on our site. The Good Deeds ...

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February 10, 2012

Roland Martin’s Suspension, Obama’s Birth Control Tweak, Beyonce’s Skin & Other Fresh Links

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This week, the internet lit up like the Rockefeller Christmas Tree over Roland Martin’s suspension from CNN—a suspension prompted after the celebrated commentator sent out homophobic tweets about David Beckham’s Superbowl underwear ad. Of all the commentary, this piece, by Britni Danielle, really spoke to me—particularly this passage: If anyone ...

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February 10, 2012

Macy’s Celebrates Romare Bearden’s 100th Birthday With A Must-See, In-Store Art Exhibit

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Ask any one of my children the one thing they’re supposed to buy for their mother when they grow up and get rich and famous and they will say, without hesitation, an original Romare Bearden. I think I might have whispered that in Mari and Lila’s ears when they were ...

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February 8, 2012

An Awesome Multicultural Book List, Courtesy Of Reading Is Fundamental

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I may be showing my age, but I remember even as a kid being moved by those Reading Is Fundamental commercials—the ones that promised cool, new books to kids who didn’t have any. All these years later, R.I.F. is still at it, using its resources and knowledge as the largest ...

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February 6, 2012

The Giants Super Bowl Victory Offers Dad a Teachable Moment

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By NICK CHILES There are many responsibilities that a father has to his children, but the Super Bowl win last night of my New York Giants reminded me of one of dad’s primary duties: we bequeath to our children our favorite sports teams. This is especially important when you move ...

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February 3, 2012

What’s Wrong With This McDonald’s Barbie Ad? And Other MyBrownBaby Fresh Links

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*Sigh* This is McDonald’s latest kid’s meal promotion. The fast food restaurant, which has found itself under hot water for a minority marketing campaign that had African American and Latino actors rapping and dancing while they got their Big Mac on, is under hot water again, this time for a ...

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February 1, 2012

Don Cornelius Is Gone—And a Part of Us Has Gone with Him

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By NICK CHILES For those of us over the age of 40, how can we find the words to explain how much of an impact Don Cornelius had on the air we breathed in the 1970’s? With the news that Mr. Cornelius ended his life early this morning, apparently with ...

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January 30, 2012

Spurred by Rihanna and Chris Brown, One Teenager Tries to Curb Teen Dating Violence

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By NICK CHILES Did you know that one in three American teenagers has experienced some form of dating violence? That’s such an outrageous statistic—made even more outrageous by the fact that so many people aren’t aware of it. But while most of us are content to shake our heads in ...

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