We can all use a break or a simple act of kindness.
Losing My Religion
If you’re unable to see color—and not because you’re clinically colorblind—then you’re never going to be able to take me seriously when I tell you about the frequency with which my color is held against me.
If you’re unable to see color—and not because you’re clinically colorblind—then you’re never going to be able to take me seriously when I tell you about the frequency with which my color is held against me.
I Am Blart
Here's to the Paul Blarts of the world who are so comfortable in their own skin that they are crushing whatever they do.
Here’s to the Paul Blarts of the world who are so comfortable in their own skin that they are crushing whatever they do.
Nine Circles of Christmas
What’s the point of teaching kids in toddler age range about stranger danger, and then taking them to the mall and making them sit on the lap of a guy they don’t know who is grimacing because of his beard glue itches?
What’s the point of teaching kids in toddler age range about stranger danger, and then taking them to the mall and making them sit on the lap of a guy they don’t know who is grimacing because of his beard glue itches?
Black Respectability Politics Need To Die Already
Blackness is not a commodity, a fashion, or a style.
Blackness is not a commodity, a fashion, or a style.
Birds, Bees, and Petri Dishes
James Burnett talks to men about what is not in the in-vitro fertilization brochures.
James Burnett talks to men about what is not in the in-vitro fertilization brochures.
When Skin Color Matters
And when it shouldn’t.
And when it shouldn’t.
I Heard You . . . No, Really!
Cliché or not, talking too much and listening too little is problematic
Cliché or not, talking too much and listening too little is problematic
When a Compliment Is Actually an Insult
Racism and the cynicism of low expectations.
Racism and the cynicism of low expectations.