Why Isn't Anyone Talking About Essence Bowman?
Courtesy of @irreverentfash on Twitter In the wake of the Philando Castile and Alton Sterling shootings, I immediately saw the hashtag ...
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My Realization About Independence Day
This is the first time in my life when I realized the significance of the Fourth of July-----there is none. Well, not for blacks, at...
Things I Learned from 'O.J. Made in America' Part 1
Photo Credit: Nick Higgins and Ronan Killeen When I first heard about the 30 for 30 O.J. Made in America series I thought, "Not another...
Should Blacks Receive Reparations?
Decades of Jim Crow practices, slavery, and current systematic disparities in equality leave some to ponder the question of blacks...
Anita Hill Case: Sexual Misconduct and Black Male Accountability
Anita Hill before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 11, 1991 Greg Gibson/AP Photo SEX, POWER, and RACE are the best words to...
Why Black-On-Black Crime Exists
Whenever police violence garners media attention with black live matter, the argument about people not caring about black on black crime...
Chicago Trump Rally Response
AP/Charles Rex Aborgast On Friday night, Donald Trump’s rally at UIC was cancelled due to violent protests. Videos showing Trump...
On the White Girls Who Love to Prey on Black Boys and the Black Boys Who Want Them To
People Magazine It seems as if white girls, especially those at my high school, have a fetish with the black guys. I didn’t know how...
The Biracial Myth
RACE IS NOT ABOUT DNA. I think that's where people get it wrong. A biracial person can identify as whatever they want because they are...
Sixteen Shots
Sixteen shots. That is what a black life means in society. Not one, two, or three shots because, of course, that would have been too...
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