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Yesterday, Black-ish star Yara Shahidi paid homage to singer Sade by reenacting one of her most iconic 1980-ish photos. Sade Adu stood in front of a camera with a light denim jacket and jeans on with her arms folded. One gold cuff bracelet hung on the then, 20-something singer's arm. Her braided ponytail hung down one side. Ms. Adu's beautiful freckles popped out from her cheeks. Red lipstick and gold earrings were worn. Fast forward to 2017! Yara Shahidi posted the photo of Sade and then herself dressed as her on Instagram. She captioned the singer's original photo as "The Queen #Sade". When the 16-year-old posted herself, she humbly captioned it as "homage". I love how she did the photo in her own way. Instead of wearing a large cuff bracelet like Sade, Shahidi opted for a smaller, gold cuff bracelet. There were a few other small differences. In all I thought the photo was super cute! I also love Sade's original photo because it was s...

1BlessedNatural: Breaking Down the "Emotional Half-fro" on Black-ish" -picture of Diane on Black-ish with her half fro (photo courtesy of @ tvtagBlackish ) Last night's episode "Oedipal Triangle" of the new hit comedy Black-ish on ABC dealt with the idea of the "emotional half-fro." Dre's mother, Ruby (played by Jenifer Lewis) comes to visit the family, and Rainbow is not happy about it because she knows that she questions her parenting. She also judges her "blackness" or ability to relate to Black life. Rainbow is bi-racial. When Ruby takes it upon herself to give Diane an Afro, she makes it clear to Rainbow that she feels she is not in touch with her Black side. I think the "emotional half-fro" represents this idea  Dre lays out rose petals and the works for his mom Ruby, but Rainbow is not trying to hear it. Ruby puts on an elaborate display to show that she is in touch with her roots. This includes cookin...