Tag: Detroit Proper
News + Features
Black Women: Holding Families Down for Generations with Chewing Gum and Mother Wit
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Passed down from our ancient foremothers, “mother wit” is where practicality meets spirituality.
News + Features
The Silly Gooses That We Are, We Flew North and Now We’re Stuck with the Winter
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Don’t believe the sunshiny hype. Spring ain’t here yet.
Faith + Family
With Interracial Relationships, We’re Down for the Swirl When it’s Good for the Black Girl
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Black men are far more likely than black women to marry outside of the race – and more likely to get married period. Is it time for black women to expand their search for love?
Microaggressions and feelings of exclusion when doing yoga in white spaces has got us bent out of space.
On the 400th anniversary of the first enslaved Africans being brought to America, we remember the backs from which American capitalism was born.
News + Features
Detroit Proper: The World Knows Motown for Its Music but We Do Movies, Too
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The city prepares for the Trinity International Film Festival, Aug. 14-18 at the Boll Family YMCA downtown.
News + Features
Detroit Proper: ‘The Tetra’ Encourages You to Fan the Flames Within
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Esoteric messages from these secret senders seem to say all the right things.
Examining the power of words to penetrate, settle in and forever effect how you see yourself – and others.