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The marriage debate highlights the need for black women to tell our own stories; it calls for an honest and holistic conversation that includes black men and it requires a critical analysis of structural inequities and mass incarceration.

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24 ♥ / 12 December, 2011 / Source: The New York Times

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newmodelminority) And, I also want to add, again, some more, that these marriage debates are almost always...
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