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Good Pick-Up Idea or Wishful Thinking?

November 12, 2013 SBM Staff

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We posted this to our Facebook page earlier and saw an enthusiastic response, so wanted to see what you thought here on the blog. What do you think of this idea? Fellas, feel free to chime in too.

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Happy Labor Day! Crack some crabs or crash a BBQ!

September 3, 2012 Dr. J

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SBM will be back tomorrow with a big share of content for you… in the meantime between time, do something crazy. – Dr. J

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Empowerment

20 Awkward Moments for Black People at Work

August 28, 2012 Dr. J

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  The other day I’m sitting at work on my computer and instead of work, I’m on Twitter. Most of my coworkers are cool and while we can occasionally hang out and get into some trouble, they know we have boundaries. This one guy on my team does not know what that means and he […]

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What’s Your Name, What’s Your Sign: Why I Can’t Stand Astrology and Those Who Swear By It

July 31, 2012 The Mighty Most

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So, you’re in the middle of a conversation with someone new and interesting. The conversation is going well and you’re both getting more and more comfortable sharing your lives’ most elucidating tidbits. You’re winding down one particularly enlightening story and looking to them to see if they appreciate the insight into your life you’ve just anecdotally […]

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Urban Life: Immune to the City. Nothing Can Phase Me.

July 17, 2012 Tunde

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“You haven’t grown accustomed to New York until you can see the illest sh*t ever and it doesn’t phase you.” I forgot who gave me this advice when I first moved to New York eleven months ago, but I surely didn’t believe it. There was no way a person could see some of the things […]

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20 Signs That “You Not Bout That Life”

June 22, 2012 Dr. J

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One of the things I love the most about my job is that it’s a pretty diverse crowd. When we’re in the office we’re always sharing with each other a little bit of our cultures. As Black people, we keep some things private and we share others. We’ll never tell you where the church dinner […]

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The Black Folks Enrollment Form: For Non-Black Folks

April 13, 2012 Dr. J

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For a long time, I’ve always played the character that Black men play very well. It’s a good way to end up left, dead in the first 45 minutes of a serious situation, or in jail without bail money. That’s right, I’ve played the token Black guy in a lot of movies (yep, my life is […]

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Around the Web

Must Read: Letter From Escaped Slave To His Former Master

January 31, 2012 SBM Staff

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So I was clicking around the internet today and came across this awesome blog that publishes interesting old letters in hopes of getting them more recognition. Yesterday they posted a letter from a former Tennessee slave named Jourdan who’d escaped to Ohio and started a new life. Apparently, his master, aware of his new home, […]

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5 Things That Make Sexy Moments Unsexy

January 26, 2012 Slim Jackson

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Good sex makes for great stories. Bad sex makes for even better ones… unless you’re the person telling them. There’s always satisfaction and humor found in the unfortunate occurrences that happen to others. In this case, they also make you think of your own erotic escapades.  Even when you hear about people upside inside out living mediocre […]

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Why Don’t Rich People Believe in God?

November 1, 2011 Dr. J

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Someone asked a question one time about why Black people believe in God so much, it’s simple, because God represents “hope”.  Hope that things can be better than they are today, hope that things will get better in the future, hope that maybe not in this life, but in the next life things will get […]

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