I was pretty flabbergasted when the “Intimacy Intervention” story appeared in my Facebook news feed from Essence.com. When I clicked the link, I found a letter detailing an interracial relationship wherein a black American woman’s “white old money” husband called her interracial slurs during sex: “n*gger b*tch,” “negro bush” and the like. My initial reaction…
If “The Face” model contestant, Devyn Abdullah, believes her “international look” will let her skip classification as “a black model,” she is in for a rude awakening. Jourdan Dunn, a supermodel whose covered Vogue Italia, fronted Burberry and YSL campaigns and closed out the Olympics, is lauded for her almond-shaped eyes that “look almost Chinese”…
Brazil – outside of Bahia and other locales populated predominantly by Afro-Brazilians – isn’t the most racially-progressive nation.Racism is rampant. It’s evidenced by the blatant colorism displayed in Brazil’s media, the referencing of darker-complexioned Brazilians as “monkeys” and the black-face slave trope. There’s also hatred toward kinkier afros and other remnants of African heritage. Fashion,…
In today’s “the world is going to hell” news, a white man accused of slapping a black toddler on an airplane pleaded not guilty to assault in federal court. Joe Rickey Hundley, a resident of Idaho, appeared Wednesday to answer to the misdemeanor assault charges. The 60-year-old man allegedly slapped 19-month-old Jonah Bennett after hurling…
Out of the thousands of police officers in New York City, only a handful have decided to step up and speak out on the city’s “Stop & Frisk” practices. But what are the ramifications of doing so? Officer Pedro Serrano, along with fellow whistle-blower cop Adhyl Polanco, testified on Tuesday in the class action lawsuit challenging…
By now, the statistics don’t even shock us anymore. Approximately 90% of the models in Fall 2013 runway shows across the world were white, and more white models were cast than in previous seasons. When supermodels like Chanel Iman talk about expressly being turned down from shows because designers “already have one black model,” the…
One day people will learn to keep their racist comments to themselves and now spew them via social media. EMT and first responder Joe Cassano probably feels he should have vented about his job in a more private arena, besides his Twitter account. The Post reported Joe Cassano’s history of using Twitter to complain about his…
Racists never prosper. Maria Armendariz, owner of popular Manhattan restaurant Lorenzo & Maria’s Kitchen, is heeding this lesson now. She’s been slapped with a lawsuit by two ex-employees, Inelia Ortega and Enriqueta Luna, who claim their former boss harassed and discriminated against them. Both women allege Armendariz referred to them as “Mexican whores” and prostitutes…
Today a U.S. District Court will hear opening arguments in a class-action lawsuit challenging the New York Police Department’s use of warrantless stops in “crime-trafficked” communities. Lalit Clarkson, David Floyd, Deon Dennis and David Ourlicht, four black men who were stopped and questioned by the NYPD, are alleging “stop and frisk” violates their constitutional right…
There’s an exciting crop of black supermodels emerging, and 22 year-old Chanel Iman is arguably on the top of the list. Iman has modeled for Victoria’s Secret, GAP, DKNY and Ralph Lauren, and appeared on the covers of Teen Vogue, Italian Elle, i-D Magazine and more. She is the youngest black model to appear on…
