Temporary Separation
Life is all about relationships. All different kinds of relationships and connections. Sometimes they succeed to different degrees and with much consternation and elbow grease...or not. Other times they fail to varying degrees, with ease and with no fight to make it...
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Talking Black, Talking White
So Y’ALL? Y’all… l forgot to tell y’all in my intro blog that I am from the Midwest...and grew up in a Jamaican household but I can place a “y’all” in just about any conversation LOL. ON this particular blog, you know the one you’re currently reading, I will use bad...
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It’s Just Hair!
“It’s just hair! What is the big deal?!” Seems like a fairly harmless statement, but it is ignorant. I feel comfortable speaking for the majority of black women on this...it is never JUST hair. Hair is never a simple topic for Black women. Even the people who should...
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The Black Cage Stage
The “Black Cage Stage” is the cycle that Black folks go through when they discover White Eurocentric reformed theology. This other side to so-called orthodox Christianity hits us Black people smack in the face and we immediately act in illogical ways as a result of...
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Pick Me Culture?
A “Pick Me” Defined So I stumbled across this fairly new cultural term (well new to me?) “pick me culture.” Pick Me Culture: “Women whose motivation for shaming other women is, men. Everything they do is centered around catching a man.” Sonya Eskridge “Women who are...
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Lazy Lips
Assessing some statements we say without thinking I've had many confrontations with brothers and sisters in Christ. If we are “one anothering” well and in fellowship, it is inevitable. A wise pastor who I love dearly once said to me, “Keiko, we won’t all be BFFs.” I...
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Why It Gotta Be All That?
I told you guys on Facebook, that I have thoughts, many, many, many thoughts. Well, here they are! It all started when a friend of mine showed me this screenshot from Twitter: When we saw this, as Sheneneh the popular character from “In Living Color,” would always...
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Black People Law
As a Black person I have lived by a certain set of principles that have colored my life, behavior, and choices since I can remember. Principles such as (in no particular order): 1. Whatever happens in our house stays in our house. You don't tell family secrets. ...
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How To Spot A Nut Online
Dating online can be a minefield. Seriously. And anyone who has done it for any period of time can tell you their fair share of stories about crazy people online. Ok so that is what this blog post is about. What this blog post is not about is painting online dating as...
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A Christian’s Perspective On: Whitesplaining
The word whitesplaining includes the ways and means that people use to make excuses for racist and/or prejudiced behavior. To be clear: one does not have to be white to participate in #whitesplaining, in my book. Naturally the mainstream definition of the term does...
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Keiko Nevers
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Keiko is Jamaican American born and raised in Gary, IN. She has a BS in Management from Krannert Business School at Purdue University, is a certified program manager in corporate security, and a self professing nerd. She has an MA in Human Services Counseling from Regent University which she uses to mentor women in Christian womanhood, and mentor men and women professionally. In her free time she enjoys doing her “even brained thing” – reading, writing, drawing, and playing the violin.
