The Skin She’s In: A Black Dad Ponders Colorism’s Effect On His Light-Skinned Daughter
By JAMAL FREDERICK I love my daughter in ways I could never imagine and she’s long crossed the threshold of innocent infancy. She’s at that...
Great News: Gabrielle Union’s ‘Being Mary Jane’ Was Cable TV’s Top Show
Kerry Washington notwithstanding, African American images on television tend to suffer from too much trifling and not enough authenticity—which is ironic considering the overwhelming number...
Whip Appeal: A Dad Makes the Argument For Owning His Sexy
By SHAWN TAYLOR It was a flyer that that got me thinking. That simple, gaudy, overly Photoshopped flyer stuck under my windshield wiper: “Grown N’...
Return Of the Gentleman: What Black Boys Could Stand To Learn From Their Elders—For Our Girls’ Sake
I mean, I get it: he is my father and so Daddy is going to be an absolute gentleman to his little girl—make me feel...
Eight Great Ways To Keep Kids Safe Online This Summer
It’s summertime and when my kids aren’t at the pool, tossing the ball around in the park or buried in a book, they’re becoming one...
In Attacking Trayvon’s Friend Rachel Jeantel, Black Folks Are Taking It Too Far
By NICK CHILES I had a Kennedy-Nixon 1960 debate moment as I monitored the George Zimmerman murder trial on Wednesday. After reading the published online...
On Interracial Relationships & That Cheerios Commercial: the Color Of Love Is Complex
Many families I associate with are still reeling from the fountain of negative responses from that innocuous Cheerios commercial. Many of them continue to be “shocked” that...
MyBrownBaby Beauty: Stunning Photographs Of African American Children
Photographs of pretty babies make my heart flutter—those juicy cheeks, those sweet lips, those lovely eyes. It’s as if the lens captured the very essence...
Jim Carrey Should be Applauded for Taking Stand Against Violence in His Own Movie, ‘Kick-Ass 2’
By NICK CHILES We’ve certainly torn into Hollywood on numerous occasions for the utter hypocrisy and irresponsibility of their violent imagery, particularly as our society...
As Supreme Ct Issues Weak Ruling, the Affirmative Action Preoccupation with Race is Wrong
By NICK CHILES Considering the astounding variety of characteristics and accomplishments that applicants to America’s most competitive colleges present to the admissions boards every year,...
Has the Tabloid World that Imprisoned Michael Jackson Taken Daughter Paris Hostage?
By NICK CHILES As a parent, as a Michael Jackson fan, as a grownup, it’s extremely painful to watch the continuing struggles of Paris Jackson,...
Pharrell Williams’ New ‘Despicable Me 2’ Song, Happy Will Put A Smile On Your Face
It’s Friday! What better way to kick off the weekend than with an adorably sunny, delicious tune aptly titled, “Happy,” from the king of happy,...
Paula Deen Can Kiss My Grits. And Stick Her Butter Where the Sun Don’t Shine.
I’ve been to The Lady and Sons, the renowned Savannah, GA., restaurant owned by America’s lard-loving Food Network star Paula Deen. Not gonna lie: we...
Saving Our Sons: The Cliffnotes Version of My Ebony Series on Black Boys
By NICK CHILES When I decided to become a journalist about three decades ago as a junior at Yale, I envisioned myself stomping across the...
‘Soul Man’ Season Two Twitter Party: Join @MyBrownBaby & @BlackAndMarried Tonight!
I was a young entertainment reporter at the Daily News when I interviewed Cedric the Entertainer along with his comedic co-horts Bernie Mac, Steve Harvey...
