Earlier this week (Feb. 8), DFW-based publicist, Chief Strategist and founder of KTA Media Group, Kayla Tucker Adams, was recognized for a second time among other local luminaries in the fifth annual edition of Who’s Who In Black Dallas. A networking event and publication that highlights the accomplishments of African-Americans who, in the words of… Continue reading “We All Win Bigger If We Do It Together”- A Q&A with KTA Media’s Kayla Tucker Adams
Tag: Essence Magazine
Eurocentric Ownership Slowly Chipped Away Our “Essence”
This prior essay crystalizes the exact moment I realized that I could no longer subscribe to Essence magazine, one of their most tone-deaf cover choices and business moves ever. “Irritated……Infuriated…….Outraged…..Undone…..” That just begins to describe the outrage that many loyal readers are feeling as they find this month’s Essence magazine in their mailbox on… Continue reading Eurocentric Ownership Slowly Chipped Away Our “Essence”
Why Black Men Love White Women: a Q&A With Author Rajen Persaud, Part 1
With our nation’s first African-American president now in the White House, as well as the never-ending drama of black and white issues in popular culture, I figured it was a good time to revisit one of the most honest and insightful books on race relations that I’ve ever read, Rajen Persaud’s Why Black Men… Continue reading Why Black Men Love White Women: a Q&A With Author Rajen Persaud, Part 1
Marriage ‘No,’ Babies ‘Yes’?
http://www.dallasnews.com/lifestyles/columnists/lorrie-irby-jackson/20120713-choice-to-have-children-outside-marriage-not-ideal.ece A couple of years into life as a divorced single mother, my then-kindergartener Darius asked me The Question: “Mom, why didn’t you have any other kids?” I used a tactful and age-appropriate version of the truth to respond. “Well, baby, a while after you were born, I realized that the marriage wasn’t going to… Continue reading Marriage ‘No,’ Babies ‘Yes’?