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

Most Nollywood films display the Cinderella story of the village girl starting out with a natural hairstyle, but then finds a rich man...

I have a dent in my arm. It’s a reminder of a trauma from long ago. There was a daycare center at the bottom of the HUD building where...

I was on Facebook and someone posted an image of what looks like a movie poster with a large humanoid being with a huge prickly arm...

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.

When I was a little girl, I loved to wear African attire.  For special events at school, whether it was my birthday or a school dance or...

I recently watched a Tik Toker defend the Chinese government instilling instruction in Mandarin in Cantonese speaking areas of the country.

"Tales of an African Booty-scratcher" is a weekly series in which I will share my experiences growing up as an American Nigerian in...

July 2019, I was in Chicago conducting in-depth interviews with Africans working as registered nurses or in nursing school. I called a...

There are some stories that live in your head rent-free years after hearing them. For my first book Boundaries of Love: Interracial...

Blacks around the world have become fans of a beguiling foreign media format: the Korean drama. I first started watching them during the...

After many trials and tribulations, Snowdrop has finally come to North America. The series comes from the screenwriter-director team, Yoo...

I love learning new languages. I took French classes all through grammar school and into high school for a total of 7 years. This basis...

On multiple occasions, nurses have a difficult time finding my veins and have been called a “hard stick.” As a sociologist who recognizes...

June 18, 2010 Los Angeles, CA The other day, I was walking with my friend Sergio down the street. A Black man who was sitting on a bench...

As a new Kdrama lover, I feel vindicated seeing that Squid Game was the most-watched show of all time on Netflix. But as a sociologist, I...

This is where I share my musings about the world….

Rachel Dolezal. Then, we learned about Jess “La Bombalera” Krug. Since then, there have been several examples of White women engaging in...

Trump in a blue suit, white shirt, and blue tie with his arms outstretched in front of a sea of people at a rally in Milwaukee. Taken...

Did you have a Happy Halloween? It seems like many Americans did, judging by the number of Covid-19 cases since the holiday. Over the...