The New Mutants: Black Excellence In the New Class of Black Global Super-Achievers
By PATRICK A. HOWELL “There is a new class of black super-achievers graduating for the first time.” Mark Penn, “Micro-Trends: The Small Forces Behind...
A Black Beauty Maven Wonders If She’s Hitched To an Industry That Goes Against Her Motherly Teachings
Sometimes the beauty world contradicts what self-described "Beauty Gladiator" Jodi Patterson preaches at home.
Picking Role Models That Count: Parents Have Way More Juice Than Hollywood
Forget waiting for Hollywood to funnel heroes to our kids. This dad has a few role models just perfect for Black children.
Building Beauty-full Daughters: Teaching Girls of Color to Love Their Entire Selves
When people tell her 4-year-old daughter she's "pretty," this mom feels the urge to flesh out the compliment to assure her baby she's much more than a pretty face.
Forget 2014 New Year Resolutions: Try this REVOLUTION For Moms & Dads
Forget about the resolutions. Focusing on the process, rather than the goal, will have you winning every time.
Megyn Kelly, Black Santa and Other Colored Things That’ll Make Her Fox Head Explode
If Fox's Megyn Kelly is offended by the idea of a Black Santa, her head would explode if she knew all the ways Blackness rears its beautiful head in our household.
Picking the Brown Doll: Why Images Matter
A mother is reaffirmed in her commitment to stay vigilant about images she exposes her daughter to after a class project reveals her baby girl is listening.
The Adorable Preschool Tap Dancer Who Will Totally Be Beyonce When She Grows Up (VIDEO)
Oh. My. God. This pint-sized, preschool tap dancing goddess gave me absolutely LIFE this morning.
‘I Am Beautiful the Way I Am’: NYC Girls Project Encourages Self-Esteem For Tweens
Here’s the thing: I’m no fan of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. His crusade against cigarettes, super-sized sodas and fatty oils in restaurant food...
Shopping While Black: the Beigewashing of Tiffany Woodkins
By AYA de LEON So let me begin by saying there are an infinite number of shades of people of African heritage and they are...
