Raise your hand if you’re tired of the assembly-line of smug and self-congratulatory ‘relationship manuals’ written by folks like Tyrese and Steve Harvey that make Black women into paupers and Black men into princes that are always right and always capable of moving on if WE don’t care enough to acquiesce. Yawn. Fortunately, however, Atlanta-based… Continue reading “Where Did Our Love Go?”: A Gil Robertson Q&A
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“I Need You”: Why More Should Follow Jill Scott’s “Golden” Parenting Plan
With Mother’s Day’s just around the corner and a year since the murder of Trayvon Martin, it didn’t surprise me to see the joys of motherhood and the perilous state of black children being weighed in the May edition of Ebony magazine. However, in between the political commentary and photos spreads about the latest fashion… Continue reading “I Need You”: Why More Should Follow Jill Scott’s “Golden” Parenting Plan
How Very White Of You: An Open Letter To Univ. of TX’s Professor Graglia
Greetings, Professor Graglia, You seem like a thoughtful and educated man and given your decades of teaching experience, including your current post as a University of Texas Law Professor, you may not have meant to diminish the performance efforts of non-white students in college settings. But what you stated in last month’s interview with BBC… Continue reading How Very White Of You: An Open Letter To Univ. of TX’s Professor Graglia