Katherine Jackson & the Jackson Family Values: A Billion Dollars Worth Of Mess
The fight over Michael Jackson’s children and estate has turned into a messy mess of an affair, with accusations of mama kidnapping, auntie slap boxing,...
Tackling Infant Mortality Rates—Without Stereotyping Black Mothers
So I wake up Saturday morning to this New York Times piece, Tackling Infant Mortality Rates Among Blacks, and by story’s end, I’m heated. I...
Fighting Words: On the N Word & My Children’s Response To It
I told you this would happen—said it was as certain as wet rain, as sure as the yellow in the sun. A white child called...
J. Crew Can Keep Its Pink Toenail Polish: I Want My Boy To Be A Boy
By KIA MORGAN SMITH Just for farts and giggles, I sat my son Jo-Jo down, grabbed his little foot, took his big toe into my...
Yet Another Sign of the Coming Apocalypse: Abercrombie Kid’s Padded, Push-Up Bikini For 7-Year-Olds
Dear Abercrombie Kids, Padded, push-up bikinis for 7-year-olds? For real? I mean I’ve yet to see the second grader who has need to push up...
Gang Rape in Texas: When Will We Stop Sacrificing Girls In Defense of Black Boys?
She is 11. And 18 boys and men have been charged with gang raping her. You read that right. Eighteen. From ages 14 to 27....
Dear Michele Bachmann: Shut Up About Black Moms and Breastfeeding
Here’s what I’m gonna need: I’m gonna need Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Michele Malkin and Fox contributor Sandy Rios and them to sit down and...
{On the Parenting Post} My Kid: Queen of Band-Aids & Boo Boos
I'm not sure why we always fall for the okey-doke. I mean, the kid is all drama all the time bumps into a chair and...
On the Parenting Post: 11-Year-Old Gangstas And Their Parents Suck
The other day while volunteering at my Lila's school, I had a most disturbing conversation with a friend of mine, a mom of an 11-year-old....
Another Black Boy, Another Senseless Murder When Will It Stop?
Pace University Football Player Danroy Henry, Jr. By NICK CHILES When will it stop? Another innocent black man killed by the cops. This time it...
