If you ask any American when slavery began in what became the United States, they will tell you 1619. This is thanks to the...

Despite our extremely high numbers of infections and deaths, states have been opening up beaches, restaurants, beauty salons, and other...

When it comes to African Americans and Covid-19, we have been swinging from one extreme to the other. As my African American friend...

Black musicians boycotted the Super Bowl. Hell, even Afro-Latinx and Afro-Caribbeans boycotted the Super Bowl. So, the NFL brought in two...

After three seasons, there is nothing African about GP Chidi. On the show, GP Chidi was born in Senegal to Nigerian parents. This is...

I was interviewed by Brazilianist and anthropologist, Reighan Gillam (USC) about my book, Boundaries of Love! Listen to the interview...

When I was studying at Harvard in the early 2000s, I had a black immigrant professor who had built part of his career gas-lighting...

This weekend, people all around the world will be tuning in to watch the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, an American...

I grew up in Chicago in the 1980s and 90s in the days of Christie Brinkley as the American beauty ideal. The Jherri curl was the...

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...

Race is a social construction. We have heard that phrase over and over again to the point that it has become a bit hackneyed. When I...

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,...

I went to a conference on “Mixedness” at the Sorbonne in Paris. On the last day of the conference, some of the conference participants...

The plus-sized supermodel, Tess Holliday, told The Guardian newspaper, “Black men love me.” This sparked an online firestorm, leading her...

Right now is not a good time to be in the U.S. We are watching how agents of the state kill unarmed African American men and get away...