In my conversations with Americans as well as people around the world, I have noticed that people often confuse racism, ethnocentrism,...

As a consequence, we all smelled like fish, every single day. For me, as a girl, it was a peculiarity that my friends could accept.

She was my sister. As daughters of the Most High, we prayed for each other, sometimes to the point of tears. She introduced me to her...

Oge had her very first ingrown hair, but she didn’t know it initially. Something was painful “down there” and it brushed against her...

Too often in our society, when the media links class and African Americans, they have their eyes on issues of poverty. Decades ago,...