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 […]
VMK, a company based in the People’s Republic of the Congo, has a set of smart phones and tablets that are more affordable and specifically designed for Africans.
It’s New Year’s Eve, and tomorrow many of us will start making resolutions we will inevitably break. I don’t make resolutions; I’m also not into composing “Best of…” and “Worst of…” lists mostly because I don’t choose to dedicate my memory to cataloging such things. Since my blogging day has coincided with the event, however, […]
Django is a film that’s been pivoted as an answer, when it raises more questions than anything. Should it be viewed within its historical significance, and the extent to which it can portray the horrors of slavery while reinvigorating a moment in history that many find irrelevant and antiquated? Or rather, should it be divorced […]
Megan Piphus, an upperclassman at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, recently appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She’s using music, ventriloquism, and puppetry, to inspire youth to dream big and in color!
In the LGBTQ community there is something called “throwing shade.” A colloquial term used to describe instances when one individual verbally and offensively altercates another. I am not interested in the shade itself, but moreso the reasoning as to why this experience is so common among interactions between youth of color in the LGBTQ community. […]
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
A bizarre impersonation of Serena Williams at an exhibition game in Brazil has many charging tennis player Caroline Wozniacki with racism. The 22 year-old stuffed her bra and underwear with towels and began strutting around the court, mocking Williams. Should she apologize?
Beyonce has signed a $50 million endorsement deal with Pepsi. While many are congratulating Bey on a major career milestone, others have criticized the endorsement of a sugary, decidedly unhealthy soft drink as hypocritical. Do you fault Bey for collaborating with Pepsi?
A few weeks ago I threatened to record an album of me performing Christmas carols as spoken word pieces. It seemed like a genius idea at the time until: 1. While trying it in the privacy of my own home I realized that although initially funny, it gets annoying really quickly, and 2. DMX performed […]
A 15 year-old Chicago student was allegedly strip-searched at his high school last month. His outraged parents plan to file suit against Chicago Public Schools. How could school officials ever deem a strip search appropriate?
Mayor Cory Booker has vowed to spend the week on food stamps to combat stigma associated with gov. assistance. Will Booker’s efforts shed light on the lives of those who depend on things like food stamps to eat? Is this just the latest in Booker’s social media shenanigans?
