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		<title>The Irony of the Urban, Hip-Hop Culture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Georgia Mayor will sign a law making sagging pants illegal – but elsewhere jobs are being offered to those who speak Ebonics. So, how does urban culture benefit our youth? Hit the links as The Black Man investigates&#8230; One step backwards for urban influence, one giant leap forward for conventional society. At least that&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecolorcurve.com/blog/bmbm/the-irony-of-the-urban-hip-hop-culture/</link>
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		<title>A Labor (Day) of Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You can&#8217;t go to the parade without sunglasses, colorful outfitting and the right mental attitude. Click to see more, and you&#8217;ll understand what it&#8217;s all about&#8230;. One of these days I&#8217;m not going to be able to go to the Brooklyn Labor Day parade. My feet will ache too much, my eyes will exhaust from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecolorcurve.com/blog/bmbm/a-labor-day-of-love/</link>
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		<title>Takers is Officially a Hood Classic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Watch movies with black people at your own risk. &#8220;Takers&#8221; officially released on Friday to the public and The Black Man took it all in a theatre filled with chocolate people. The experience, as always resonates the random, but it was undeniably genuine. Get the realest review of the latest hot movie to hit theatres. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecolorcurve.com/blog/bmbm/takers-is-officially-a-hood-classic/</link>
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		<title>Enter Revis Island: NY Jet Darrelle Revis Finally Signs Contract</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The NY Jets&#8217; best player; cornerback sensation Darelle Revis has ended his 36-day contract holdout, finally signing a major multi-million dollar contract with the Jets&#8230; How much is it worth? Find out when you hit the links&#8230; After a seven-month stalemate often marked by acrimony, the New York Jets and holdout cornerback Darrelle Revis agreed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecolorcurve.com/blog/theintel/enter-revis-island-ny-jet-darrelle-revis-finally-signs-contract/</link>
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		<title>Tales of the Church-Going, Man-Claiming Sistah</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Phone calls claiming the single man she saw at church&#8230; fasting and praying, borderline dresses and misplaced hope&#8230; it happens every Sunday. Click to read the rest of a story that goes often untold in the black community&#8230;The author is unknown, so I can&#8217;t source anyone on this&#8230; but shouts to Lisa Maria Carroll of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecolorcurve.com/blog/theintel/tales-of-the-church-going-man-claiming-sistah/</link>
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		<title>#NoDaysOff Could Equal #NoDaysLeft</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor Day might be a holiday for a few, but chances are millions are taking it literally. It&#8217;s a Ferris Bueller sponsored, all-money making mindset, and as Color Curve super-contributor Tylise Campbell explains #nodaysoff could equal #nodaysleft. Hit the links for her debut column&#8230;. As a product of the 80’s I can recall there being [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecolorcurve.com/blog/theintel/nodaysoff-could-equal-nodaysleft/</link>
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		<title>You are the Renaissance Plan: Five Tips on How to Date Wifey in 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Halfhearted chicken dinners, baggy t-shirts and hair scarves are slowly eroding the concrete undergrounds of your going steady. It&#8217;s time to take control of your present, and push over the ordinary. Hit the links and learn how living luxuriously is the life for your wife&#8230;. Come on brother&#8230;. You can&#8217;t possibly convince yourself that this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecolorcurve.com/blog/theintel/you-are-the-renaissance-plan-five-tips-on-how-to-date-wifey-in-2010/</link>
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		<title>The Top 10 Lies That Sisters Keep Believing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s like oil for water. For far too long, the lying, fibbing and fabrication is the BP oil gushing in your waters. Hit the links and start closing the gap.  Don&#8217;t feel too bad. It&#8217;s easier to believe it than what you probably want to believe. Lies are the fabric of magically manipulating even the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecolorcurve.com/blog/theintel/the-top-10-lies-that-sisters-keep-believing/</link>
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		<title>Report That 90,000 Inmates Sexually Victimized Proves Major Problem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prison rape is one of the most overlooked issues in the black community. A new report proves we need to pay more attention. When one man told his story I nearly broke into tears. He told of the time, the entire prison row decided to plot against him. One night, he was raped by another [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecolorcurve.com/blog/theintel/report-that-90000-inmates-sexually-victimized-proves-major-problem/</link>
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		<title>There’s N.O. Doubt: Five Thoughts on New Orleans Schools Getting $1.8 Billion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CNN announced today that the U.S. Government is giving $1.8 Billion to New Orleans Schools. Sounds great… right? We’re not so convinced either. Here are five questions to consider…   “We’re giving you an 8% raise!” That’s the sound every cubicle hugger wants to hear at some point, the fact that their employer is offering more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thecolorcurve.com/blog/bmbm/there%e2%80%99s-n-o-doubt-five-thoughts-on-new-orleans-schools-getting-1-8-billion/</link>
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