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By now, many of us have heard about the ugly insult hurled at the wonderful Quvenzhané Wallis, who, by virtue of being talented and Black at the same time, has become another symbol representing our society’s insufferable addiction to misogyny and racism (among other things). Even more unfortunately, what happened to Quvenzhané is not surprising, […]

Many of us have spent the last month celebrating the birthdays of awesome people (Toni Morrison, Nina Simone, Summer M., Erykah Badu), posting fake quotes attributed to someone featured on the Mount Rushmore of black leaders, wondering how many things George Washington Carver made with peanuts, and ruminating on the marriage of crunchiness and technology […]

Willow Smith’s wild style has many criticizing the Smith’s parenting skills. Jada Pinkett-Smith says its healthy self-expression for a young girl. What do you think of all the hoopla surrounding Willow’s style?

Honestly, I have wanted to speak on Rape Culture for a while, but I have remained hesitant for a long time, quite simply because I am a man. The privilege of being a man and talking about such a sensitive subject, from a position of power is one that I, even now, am not entirely […]

I’m officially some sort of pop culture martyr. The BET Awards were last night. And instead of going my usual Sunday evening television watching route, I dissed the Gorga/Giudice feud for Sam Jackson and n’em. For those of you who missed it, forgot, or thought better of it, I noted the important moments and provided […]

Since I was a little a brown girl, I have always secretly wanted to save the world. Yes, the whole big world. To say the least, I was utterly enthralled with movies like Indian Jones and the last Crusade to the point of obscene dissidence to the 80s generational black-uplift narrative of being a lawyer […]

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNI58Qc8pRY 14 year old black boy says: “I want to be one of the big black boys.”  14 year old black boy says: “So, I killed my black mother with a twelve gauge shot gun.” Since when does killing your black mother make you a big boy? I know this is the Black Youth Project […]

Color of Change is now calling for the firing of XXL Editor-in-Chief Vanessa Satten over Too $hort’s outrageous and inappropriate ‘advice’ to young men, and they need your help. Learn more about their online petition at BlackYouthProject.com!

Like most children, I told lies when I was a little black girl. I told big lies. I told small lies. I told white lies. I told lies. And, even had the audacity to argue with my “all seeing all knowing” do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do black grandmother about the usage of lie over her usage of “telling a story.” What does telling […]

So, yesterday was Thanksgiving and all I can say is that my great aunt pushed the ultimate button and questioned why I consider myself a feminist. I tried to ignore her comments about feminists being lesbians. I tried to take the higher ground when she said, “Our men need for women to help them, cook […]

I work at the Chicago House and Social Service Agency as an intern for my masters. At this placement I teach students that have been impacted by poverty, HIV/AIDS, an educational crisis and other systemic issues. I have been notified that in this environment many of the students have been diagnosed with learning, behavioral, and […]

  And, so we begin as most stories start, Once upon a time not too long ago . . . “Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward.” Soren Kierkegaard For me, this quote speaks of many known and unknown joys and pains. It is a quote that my godmother faithfully […]