As fans process the Oscars upset, read think pieces about it, and fire off varied opinions, there are three important takeaways EEW Magazine Online is highlighting for your consideration.

Unlike pop star Rihanna, whose baby news was widely celebrated, when unmarried, Black women within the faith community reveal their pregnancies, they are often frowned upon, shamed, criticized, and called the dreaded F-word – fornicator. Why the double standard?

Kamala Harris made history Saturday as the first Black woman elected as vice president of the United States, shattering barriers that have kept men — almost all of them white — entrenched at the highest levels of American politics for more than two centuries.