******** UPDATE BELOW WITH INFO ON A CHANGE.ORG PETITION ******** When I saw the video (see link below) of little Tiana Parker crying because her school disapproved of her locks, it broke my heart. Tiana is the straight A student who attended Deborah Brown Community School. At least she did attend the school until her father Terrance Parker was forced to enroll her … [Read more...]
Natural Hair Politics All Over the News!
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Aaaand We’re Back! Hey folks! So I take a few measly days off to do this thing called “birth my daughter” and it seems like the politics surrounding natural hair just BLOW UP! Yes, you heard that correctly. #BabyGirlFavors made her arrival! She is a six pound seven ounce chocolate drop of awesome and #HubbyFavors, #LilDudeFavors and I have been spending some time getting … [Read more...]
Russell Simmons, Harriet Tubman and #BlackPowerIsForBlackMen
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So if you haven’t heard, Russell Simmons created a Harriet Tubman sex tape. Yes, you read that right. A sex tape parody in which Mother Harriet has a fellow slave friend hide in a closet and tape her essentially seducing her master. In the video “Harriet”, played by Youtube comedian Shanna Malcolm, records: a sexual escapade with her master to blackmail him into helping her … [Read more...]
Fruitvale Station: Yearning for a Different Ending
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“It’s easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” Frederick Douglass When my husband and I went to see Fruitvale Station I made sure to bring tissue. Not because I cry easily but because every one of our friends who’d seen it advised that there was not a dry eye in the theaters where they saw the highly acclaimed film. There’s no doubt that the movie … [Read more...]
Rachel Jeantel: Black Girl Misunderstood
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Rachel Jeantel is a pretty Black girl like many others I see on a regular basis. She looks Black, speaks Black English and relates to law enforcement the way that most Black folks do. But because she is a reflection of a significant portion of the masses of Black America—she forces us to confront the fact that many of us are ashamed of certain parts of who we are. Rachel … [Read more...]