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  • Politics Is Like Hiring A Hitman
    by Scott Woods inPolitical on2020-08-13

    For me, politics is like hiring a hitman. I have values and things I care about. I care enough about them to at least bother voting for 5 minutes every year for one issue or another. And because I care at least that much, I vote for people who align with the ability to realize the things I care about.

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  • Punching Above Our Weight
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-07-24

    I believe our vote is the punctuation of our voice. Without that resounding exclamation mark, I believe our voices are just incoherent noise.

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  • BLACK PROGRESS AMIDST SOCIAL CHAOS
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-06-16

    Recent events have raised the profile of historical injustice and inequities here in the USA. The entire world has taken note of the fact that BLACK LIVES MATTER.   We invite all of our friends to engage in actions that result in the greatest movement for change in our history. It is imperative that we take advantage of this opportunity to affect a positive change by ACTING IN OUR SELF-INTERESTS.

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  • Living in a Black No-Man's Land
    by Roger Madison Jr. inOur Community on2019-10-28

    There are many narratives that define the Black experience in America in this 2nd decade of the 21st century. Our striving over the centuries of our sojourn in this nation is a tapestry of every human experience -- oppression, enslavement, forced assimilation, dehumanization, exclusion, segregation, isolation, struggle, perseverance, achievement, excellence, celebration, mourning, despair, progress, setbacks, lynching, assassination, genocide, terror, self-hatred, low esteem, pride,...

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  • Fighting Racism
    by Scott Woods inOur Community on2018-10-25

    I had a boss who was racist. Not an outright bigot, of course; her toolbox was more subtle than most. We bumped heads a lot over inconsequential things. She frequently couldn’t keep my name out her mouth. Lot of gaslighting. You know…2018 style. I tried a lot of ways to combat or navigate her issues. None of them worked, and that’s saying a lot because I’m really good at fighting racism. But at the end of the day – every day – she was my boss, I had to deal with her, and that was that. Finally I...

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The Book Natural Black Hair Now Available

 

 

 Natural Black Hair - a book

 

 Natural Black Hair is a book that contains the story of a family of black women who were tired of pressing, relaxing, and braiding their hair. This time they decided to go natural. Inside the book Natural Black Hair, you will find their story - their thoughts about natural hair, their reflections on the subject of black hair, and lessons they learned while discovering how to care for and nuture their natural black hair. This book also contains instructions for different ways of styling natural black hair.

 Here is the table of contents for this book:

When We Started: An introduction to the four women in this book and their hair care situations and concerns
Lessons From The Past: Reflections on past lessons learned about black hair care.
Lessons From Others: Thoughts about how African women take care of their hair.
We Learned To Use Water Wisely: Lessons learned about using water to style natural black hair.
The "Doo Rag" Undone: Lessons learned about using scarves to style natural black hair.
Oni's Triumph: Thoughts about Oni, who had suffered from hair breakage from chemical relaxers, and her success with natural hair care.
The Success Continues:

  • Basic Techniques: Seven techniques for natural hair care
  • Our Favorite Styles For Natural Hair: Directions for some simple natural styles for black and African hair.
This book is available through on our website, on itunes, and in the Barnes and Noble nookstore.  For information visit http://nwscents.com/natural-black-hair.html .