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NOT EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES ME AS A BLACK MAN. They hear me as one once we’ve had a conversation or understand me as a one once we get to know one another, but they're just not identity menu drops down in their head and says, “Umm, I’m not sure what he is.” I used to call it the “10 percent rule,” namely that only one out of 10 people who see me for the first time will identify me as African-American. The reason for this is simply that the level of my lightskinnedness is pretty damn high. Me being the product of a light-skinned Black woman and a white British father yielded my touch-of-black skin tone, and I generally don’t take offense at the confusion. But because I’m so fair, it’s true that my biggest racial worry growing up was that I would forever be confused with the white kid who wanted to be down, a fear exacerbated during the Vanilla Ice era and again during any other urban white-boy moments thereafter (Marky Mark, Color Me Badd, Jon B, etc.).

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Idrissa Akuna "Idris" Elba[1][2] (born 6 September 1972 )[1] is a British television, theatre, and film actor who has starred in both British and American productions. Idris Elba grew up in Hackney, East London.[1] One of his first acting roles was in the soap opera Family Affairs.[3] He has worked in a variety of TV roles including Ultraviolet and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.[1] He is also known for playing Russell "Stringer" Bell, the drug dealer who aspired to become a high powered businessman, in HBO's The Wire.[4] Elba is also a DJ under the moniker DJ Big Driis / Big Driis the Londoner, and a hip-hop soul recording artist.[1]

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MĂ˝a Marie Harrison (born October 10, 1979), professionally known mononymously as MĂ˝a, is an American R&B singersongwriter, record producer, actress, and model.Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Harrison's eponymous debut album with Interscope Records was released in April 1998, and sold over 2 million copies in the United States, producing the gold-certified top ten single "It's All About Me" featuring Sisqo.[1] Her second studio album, platinum-selling Fear of Flying, was released in 2000 and became a success stateside and worldwide,

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Union attended the University of Nebraska before moving on to Cuesta College. She eventually transferred to UCLA and earned a degree in Sociology; while studying there, she interned at a modeling agency to earn extra academic credits. She was asked by the agency to sign on with them as a new model. She needed money to pay off some college loans and debts, so she eventually agreed to become a fashion model.[4]Union started her acting career in minor roles. Most were in teen movies like 10 Things I Hate About You and Love and Basketball. In 1997, Union appeared in a sixth-season episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as the Klingon N'Garen. She also appeared in Sister, Sister as Vanessa, in Smart Guy as Denise, and in five episodes of 7th Heaven as Ke esha Hamilton. In 2000, Union landed the role of Isis in the cheerleading movie Bring it On opposite Kirsten Dunst. Bring It On h elped push Union into the mainstream and she began gaining more exposure. This led to Union being cast in the CBS television drama City of Angels as Dr. Courtney Ellis.Union was cast in her first leading role in the 2003 film Deliver Us from Eva with rapper L.L. Cool J. This was her second time working with the rapper since making a cameo in his video "Paradise" in 2002. The film received fair reviews from critics and it showed that Union was a leading lady. But first, Union landed the role of Oscar nominee Will Smith's girlfriend Syd in the film Bad Boys II, a box office success grossing over $273 million worldwide. Union then starred with Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx in the film Breakin' All the Rules in 2004.Union starred in the short-lived 2005 ABC series Night Stalker. She has also starred in the independent drama films Neo Ned and Constellation, the latter of which was released to theaters. She also starred in the 2005 remake of The Honeymooners with comedian Cedric The Entertainer. In 2006, she starred as Busta Rhymes ' love interest in the music video for Rhymes' "I Love My Chick". Union starred in the 2007 films Daddy's Little Girls by Tyler Perry (released on Valentine's Day) and the Christmas film The Perfect Holiday which opened on December 12. In an interview with Art Nouveau Magazine, Union complained about the lack of roles for black actresses and actors in Hollywood: "There used to be [roles] specifically written black, if you knew Denzel was doing a movie you knew his wife, girl or love interest was going to be black [but] that’s not necessarily the case anymore. You’re in that room with every amazingly talented actress of every hue, and it’s a dogfight, it’s hard".[5] In 2008, Union appeared on Ugly Betty for three episodes (36-38) as Renee, Wilhelmina Slater's (Vanessa L. Williams) sister and Daniel Meade's (Eric Mabius) love interest. She also made a cameo appearance in the music video for Ne-Yo's "Miss Independent". She joined the cast of the U.S. television series Life on NBC and appeared in four episodes prior to the cancellation of series in May 2009.[6] She appears in the ABC series FlashForward alongside John Cho and Joseph Fiennes which premiered on September 24, 2009.

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THE GOOD Barack Obama

Barack Obama

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PRESIDENT

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Why do you feel that women always have the right to choose majority of the times when it comes to the matter of dating a guy and even dumping him? You see when it comes to the matter of emotional battles women are way better than men. They know what to do and when to do it. This is the reason why a lot of men nowadays get dumped without even realizing where they went wrong. This is the reason why you must know this. Read on to discover what sort of games women play and how you can deal with it...... They will try and make you jealous- This is a very common game a lot of women out there play and they actually try to do this to test your emotional strength. They would talk about other guys in front of you or even would talk to other guys in your presence. You see if you show a strong or any reaction to this she would feel that she mentally won and she would instantly lose all value for you because you fell into her trap. Never let these things get to you, if such a thing happen just get yourself busy with other things instead of concentrating on what she is doing. Make it seem as if you don't give a damn and she is not the only fish in the pond. clubhardhead.com

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Playing too hard to get- This is another game a lot of women play out there. You see she might end up playing a bit too hard to get just to test and see how insecure you are about yourself and how bad do you want her. What happen in such cases is that the guy starts trying to impress the girl in all possible ways and the more you try to please her the harder she acts. In this case you must never respond to her and act cold emotionally. When you don't show much reaction she starts to think that it's not working on you and she starts trying too hard to get you now.

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These dancehall artist might be Jamaica’s next breakout stars.

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After hitting the spotlight in 2008 with her infectious, Roots-tinged single, “Somebody Come Get Me”, Hall is at work on her Universal Motown debut.

Terry Lynn

After hitting the spotlight in 2008 with her infectious, Roots-tinged single, “Somebody Come Get Me”, Hall is at work on her Universal Motown debut.

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Lenny’s sophomore album follows the path of today’s most prolific dancehall legends.

Playlist

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