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Asian Men Are Creating A Fatherless Africa
A disturbing trend has taken root all over the Sub-Saharan Africa of Asian working men getting the local women pregnant and abandoning the children or even killing them. In the 70s in Congo, Asian workers from Japan used to dominate the mineral-rich mines. Women impregnated by these workers share chilling stories of how the babies were systematically killed. According to the Japanese miners, their constitution does not allow them to have children of other races and bring them back to Japan, so they kill them. Do you think that is true?
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African Development: Black Nurse Launches Line of Natural Tea Blends, Handcrafted With Wellness in Mind
Miracle J. Reese is the founder of one of very few Black-owned tea companies based in Birmingham, Ala. Her company, TasTea Wellness Blends (pronounced “taste tea”), is a premium loose-leaf tea company. Made of natural herbs and fruits, her blends are handcrafted with wellness in mind.
TasTea’s four flavor blends each have unique recipes to create a positive tea experience. Customers get to choose their mood while enjoying drinkable wellness. Miracle says her goal is to bring enjoyable solutions to health that are delicious. Her wellness teas deliver a clean and travel-friendly tea experience nationally with great tea benefits including skin rejuvenation, immunity boost and health.
Miracle is originally from Tuscaloosa, Ala., but now resides in Birmingham after her return following her travel nursing career. She is also the founder of the PUSH Initiative, a collection of women’s wellness initiatives that help progress understanding physical and mental solutions of self-health.
As she strives to always inspire, Miracle’s goal is to influence more Black people to become enthused about how great tea is. Her tea tastings focus on inner and outer beauty while uplifting people.
Miracle’s honors include her recent nomination as the National Black Nurses Association’s 40 under 40, recipient of the 2019 Alabama State Nurses Association District 3’s Citation For Nursing Excellence, Veteran Affairs Five Star Award Recipient, selected as a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society. Miracle engages with the community through P.U.S.H.’s campaign for Meatless Mondays, a day in focus of whole foods minus meat and Tea & Talk, a health disparity round table over TasTea teas.