Looking Back While Preparing for the Future Personally, 2013 was a really powerful year. In addition to welcoming our daughter into the world, our son started first grade and my family took some serious steps towards creating the reality that we want to have. Producing this website and publishing my first book, Afro State of Mind: Memories of a Nappy Headed Black Girl, … [Read more...]
Everything is White … Unless You’re Told Otherwise
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“Santa just IS White. Santa is what he is, kids…Jesus was a White man too.” With these statement, Fox News anchor Megan Kelly kicked off a conversation that she was not prepared to manage. Kelly was responding to a Slate article written by Aisha Harris in which Harris argued that Santa should be depicted as a penguin. Harris’ argument was grounded in the fact that seeing the … [Read more...]
Raising Confident Kinky, Coily and Curly-Haired Kids
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Raising confident kids is hard under most circumstances. As Black parents, the challenges associated with instilling confidence and a sense of pride into our children can be even more complicated. Especially when it comes to their hair and skin color. Believe me when I say, it’s hard out there for the parents of a Black child especially when you consider the impact of the … [Read more...]
White Women + Black Hair = Racial Progress?
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White Women + Black Hair = Progress? Recently there have been a number of images circulating in which corporate White women are featured wearing business suits and hairstyles typically seen only on Black women. These images are part of an exhibit, which seeks to build bridges between White and Black women. The photographer is a young Black woman by the name of Endia Beal, who … [Read more...]