āThe Negro people of Montgomery, exhausted by the humiliating experiences that they had constantly faced on the buses, expressed in a massive act of non-cooperation their determination to be free. They came to see that it was ultimately more honorable to walk the streets in dignity than to ride the buses in humiliationā¦This principle became […]
When we blame Black women for our failure to be seen as āreal menā in a White racist society we only show ourselves to be immature. Our mothers, our sisters, our aunts, our girlfriends, our wives, and nieces are not our enemy.
The winds of change offered us another subtle and elusive breeze on the 4th of July as the nation celebrated another ironic Independence Day. Undoubtedly, many of you have already heard of Frank Oceanās beautiful tumblr post announcing that his first love was a man. In delicate prose laced in a humble font sans serif, […]
I have beef with Brittney Griner. It’s not because the Baylor University women’s basketball team she leads beat Notre Dame in the women’s NCAA Division 1 championship a couple of weeks ago, and I like an underdog–even if it is Notre Dame. It’s not because my beloved Tennessee Lady Volunteers were one of Baylor’s casualties […]
It was from television shows that I learned men leave for work to make money as women stay home to take care of the children. It was from movies that I learned women play the victim as men come to their rescue. And it was from magazines that I learned women need certain products and […]
In January, I posed the controversial question, āWhat is the effect of a āblackā name in America?ā I explained the effect that āblackā names can have on job searches, finding that black named applicants wait an average of 15 weeks to find a job while white named applicants wait 10. I now question the effect […]
“Nobody is free until everybody is free.” -Fannie Lou Hamer Why am I so hesitant toĀ speak ofĀ progress? I think itās because my heart is heavy and my conscience is unclear given what I know about our present. I canāt state enough that the middle and upper class, college educated, and successfully professional Black people are […]
Dr. Boyce Watkins wonders if a majority of these young boys were African American, and if that played some role in the University’s response to Jerry Sandusky’s behavior. Does it matter if most of the victims were African American? Did race play a factor in Sandusky’s ability to get away with his alleged crimes for this long? Sound off below!
Last week, this site featured a trailer for the documentary, Dear Daddy, about young black women who grew up without fathers. In these last few months, it seems to me that documentaries about black women and their relationships to men and their relationship to the standards and mores of larger society have been of interest […]
TOO MUCH, TOO LATE?: NewsOne Lists Obama’s 40 Greatest Presidential Accomplishments; But Do They Even Matter Anymore? Ā In the face of mounting doubts regardingĀ The President’sĀ reelection prospects, NewsOne has taken the liberty of listing ā40 Reasons to Be Proud of Obamaās Presidency.ā And itās a long and exhaustive list. But if thereās one accomplishment the […]
I donāt expect much from Michelle Bachmann. Anyone who claims to understand U.S. history but states that the āfounding fathersā did not care about skin color is clearly a deluded revisionist. Yes, Bachmann actually said, “It didn’t matter the color of their skin. It didn’t matter their language. It didn’t matter their economic status,” Bachmann […]
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4668c8O8XfI&feature=BFa&list=PLAA6D5AE0F1172DD9&index=2 According to Clenard Childress, āthe most dangerous place for an African American to be is in the womb of their African American mother.” From claims of being the least attractive women in the world (Satoshi Kanazawaās study), to schizophrenically being viewed as both āirresponsible baby makersā and unrepentant ābaby killers,ā Black women find […]
