Because of Stereotypes, Black Boys Adjust Better Socially Than Black Girls in Suburban Schools
Black boys in the suburbs appear to have a much easier time assimilating and being accepted because the stereotypes about African-American male children help them in social situations, while the stereotypes for black girls harm them.
A Black Boy’s Haircut Inspires Natural Hair Hate—And Encourages A Mom To Pen An Uplifting Book
By AMA KARIKARI No, I was not hallucinating at the time God gave me the story. I was a heart-broken mother struggling to teach her...
Cuz He’s Black: When African American Boys Ready Themselves For a War We Can’t Prepare Them For
Really, I have no words to add to what poet Javon Johnson says in this, his poem, “Cuz He’s Black.” All the emotion, all the...
This Is My Beautiful, Smart Nephew Miles. He Will Change the World. And #HeIsNotASuspect
Editor’s Note: In response to the George Zimmerman verdict and the flood of responses from its readers, ESSENCE magazine is launching #HeIsNotASuspect, a powerful social...
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...
A MyBrownBaby Salute to Ebony Magazine for the Cover Story, ‘Saving Our Sons’
By NICK CHILES I have been writing about black males for most of the past two decades, but I’ve never been as excited about a...
Good Week for Black Boys—Thanks to Work of Shawn Dove and a White Billionaire
BY NICK CHILES The plight of young black boys has always been of special interest to me. Having raised one black boy into manhood and...
Cleveland Texas Gang Rape UPDATE: Man Convicted In 11-Year-Old’s Assault Has Been Caught!
UPDATE: Eric McGowen, the man convicted and sentenced to 99 years in prison for his role in the repeated gang rape of an 11-year-old Cleveland,...
Gang Rape Of 11-Year-Old Cleveland, Texas Girl Goes To Trial: An Update
Two years after 20 men and boys were charged in the repeated gang rape of an 11-year-old girl in Cleveland, Texas, the child, whom we...
