On several occasions I have heard it suggested that Americans of color, particularly Black Americans, tend to “overreact” when lamenting the state of race relations. It is said that they fail to acknowledge progress, are needlessly pessimistic, and are simply impossible to please. But, naturally, I’ve yet to hear such a charge be underpinned by […]
On several occasions I have heard it suggested that Americans of color, particularly Black Americans, tend to “overreact” when lamenting the state of race relations. It is said that they fail to acknowledge progress, are needlessly pessimistic, and are simply impossible to please. But, naturally, I’ve yet to hear such a charge be underpinned by
“Home is a notion that only nations of the homeless fully appreciate and only the uprooted comprehend.” ― Wallace Stegner, Angle of Repose The basic needs that most people have, and others don’t, are taken for granted. What am I referring to? Why do I say this? Having a roof over my head with walls, floors, and
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Do you ever feel like dating is a struggle for you? Well, I have. When I was in my twenties, I would only date guys according to their looks. As I got older, wiser, and joined a women\’s ministry class at church, I was advised to direct my attention elsewhere – to focus on more
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Or rather I left a voicemail I found the number you scribbled down All those years ago When I would time my Sunday nap with the sermon When I asked why God would let Trayvons die and Zimmermans live What good is the promise of salvation when my skin is synonymous with death Prayer was
Conformity is the process whereby people change their beliefs, attitudes, actions, or perceptions, thus moving toward a group norm. Conformity, to some seems to be “the trigger” word when partnered with cultural diversity. I asked myself, why is that? Must a person comply and accept even when they disagree with something? Do they go along
As an African American female, you always want your hair to look amazing. Something about looking put-together all of the time makes me feel a million times better. Keeping up with yourself, on the other hand, can be very costly. Black hair isn\’t always ideal to wear out because it can be difficult to manage
\”No one is able to make the female a Queen except her father – Arab Proverb If you read any of my previous articles, you know how emotional I can get when I’m passionate about something or being transparent as the tears rolled down my cheeks. Well, this time is no different. Although I was
In his 1957 lecture “Create Dangerously,” Nobel Prize-winning writer and philosopher Albert Camus spoke of a wise man who “always used to ask the divinity in his prayers to be so kind as to spare him from living in an interesting era.” In a time as interesting as ours, many of us may be doing
Our image of ourselves as defined for us by textbooks and teachers. We not only accepted ourselves as inferior; we accepted the inferiority as inevitable and inescapable. – Huey P. Newton, Revolutionary Suicide One of the largest weapons white supremacy used to oppress non-white communities for over four centuries is the public education system. Statistically, Black
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