A$AP Rocky recently addressed the issue of homophobia in Hip Hop, asserting that the genre more forward thinking than many realize. “We’ve got people like Jay-Z. We’ve got people like Kanye. We’ve got people like me. We’re all prime examples of people who don’t think like that.
Often when I tell people I am from Detroit (particularly white people), I am often met with a look of either bewilderment or amazement. This shock is often magnified when I tell people that I attended Detroit Public Schools all my life. I suppose people begin to short circuit when I tell them my birthplace […]
Details have emerged regarding the murder of openly gay Clarksdale, Mississippi mayoral candidate Marco McMillian. According to the coroner, he was beaten, dragged, and set ablaze by his murderer. Horrible. Our thoughts and prayers are with his loved ones.
Justice Department will file a brief today urging the Supreme Court to allow same-sex marriages to resume in California.
What I’m saying is that there is a fine line between policing self-expression/controlling a child and protecting a child. You don’t have to be controlling to set boundaries and protect your child. Contrary to popular belief, self-expression is a right.
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This is not a blog to “put down” Morehouse (we have enough of those on the Internet). However, few would deny that the discourse of Morehouse and the LGBTQ community is often a controversial one in the Black community. In fact, it is not a secret that many black institutions have a rather sad history […]
I could use these next 787 words to lament my dissatisfaction with the myriad of “so-called” reputable news outlets that described President Obama’s inaugural address as, ‘Obama Unchained’. I’m nowhere near Spike Lee in my critique of the film, but I don’t think it is appropriate to juxtapose the President of the United […]
The Pentagon has officially lifted the ban on female service members in combat.
“Who will cry for the little boy, the boy inside a man / Who will cry for the little boy, who knew well, hurt and pain / Who will cry for the little boy, who died and died again / Who will cry for the little boy, a good boy he tried to be / […]
Every week, the Black Youth Project collects the top news stories about black youth from across the country. Click here to check out our archive of weekly news round-ups, and check back every Monday for a new roundup of headlines about young black America Higher Ed Is Still Pretty Segregated Jamelle Bouie, The […]
The NFL Playoffs last weekend, which is to say that we’re mere weeks away from the  Super Bowl halftime performance by one Beyonce Giselle Knowles. Although I’m a huge football fan, I am admittedly looking forward to this performance almost as much as I am the game. It will in no way reached the stratosphere […]
