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The Attack On Lara Logan, Islamaphobia and Victim Blaming
When CBS News Chief Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan was sexually assaulted and beaten in Egypt last week, the response from both members of…
Blessed are the Meek?
There’s something about people who are always tooting their own horn that rubs me the wrong way—people who are unapologetically…
Chris Rock To Tea Party: Go Night, Night
The Tea Party has been somewhat tempered in their outrageous antics since the shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords in Tuscan last…
Please Don’t Use My Name In Vain
To my constituents, It’s been a while since I’ve addressed you. I hear your calls. I see the temporary delight and long-term damage done…
The Valentine’s Day Hater
I’m not a big fan of holidays. Perhaps it has something to do with not having those big “Soul Food” style celebrations that so many of…
Hollywood’s Fixation with Black Men in Drag
Radio tycoon Cathy Hughes recently voiced her discontent of the portrayal of Black women in film in an interview with MsDramaTV. She…
Blacks Look For Race in Everything?
My very diverse group of friends in graduate school, from places as far as Iran to Kuwait to Russia to India to China, marveled at my…
Pleading the Fifth
My best friend and I were debating the other day about how obligated you are to tell a person the whole truth when you first meet them. For…
Sistah Moment
I knew it would happen sooner or later. A single girl of a certain age working in a top retailer’s bridal registry department,…
United We Stand: What We Love About Women of the Diaspora!
Last week a video of an Ethiopian-American woman surfaced and reignited the conversation around differences between the diverse people and…
Stop Bringing the Biracial Issue to the Doorsteps of Blacks
Over the weekend I was catching up on some news and ended up on The Root’s website browsing through articles. John McWhorter’s…
Pull Up Your Pants and Let’s Dance
There has been much ado about young Black men and their taste for sagging jeans; from the criticism of our elders to the various…
His Validation Is Not Needed
A couple of weeks ago when I wrote “Steve Harvey and Black Women,” addressing the patriarchal aspect of why literally over 2 million…
Too Bright For Our Own Good?
There are no less than forty certificates with my name hanging on the walls of my family home. Some of them can be chalked up to my…
Would You Date You?
They say physical attraction is half the battle when it comes to dating, so if a guy you’re interested in asks for your number, you…
How Much Are “Preferences” Hurting Our Relationships?
In every encounter, with each new beginning, there are cues that humans use to tip them off about the person in front of them. The furtive…
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