There’s been much talk about Serena Williams baring it all on the cover of ESPN the Magazine’s the Body Issue. Find out why ESSENCE associate editor Demetria L. Lucas thinks all Black women should celebrate this moment.
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Why I Celebrate Serena Williams’s Nude Cover—and Why You Should, Too
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What Black Women Need to Be Happy
Black women are tired of hearing Black men say that we are bitter, unhappy, or that we alone are responsible for the high numbers of single family homes and fatherless children. We’re not. Black women are tired of the bullshit, the blaming, the failure of men to step up to take responsibility for the mistakes they’ve made. We, just like women of other races, deserve to have a decent, loving, committed and honorable man in our arms. We deserve wonderful fathers for our children. We deserve to have respectful Black men be our husbands as well our lovers. Where are these men?
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The 3 Types of Black Men
After studying Black men for more than 4 decades, I’ve come to the conclusion that there are three different types of Black men. Sadly, more than half of the Black men in the dating pool are misogynists and truly hate women; their treatment of and the thoughts they express about Black women prove it.