Blackface In White Spaces: Black Folks Are Gonna Check You, Boo
An Instagram makeup artist thinks dressing up a white model in Blackface is cool. It is not.
When it Comes to Colorism, a Little Bit of Crew Love Goes a Long Way
This is what happens when a dark-skinned girl, weighed down by the effects of colorism, hears uplifting words from friends who tell her she's beautiful.
The Skin I’m In: This Afro Latina Defines Who She Is
This Afro Latina mom talks race, ethnicity, nationality and how she defines her identity as a Black Dominican woman with a chocolate baby.
Black and Ugly: Afro Latino Colorism On the Pre-School Playground Forced This Conversation
Afro latino colorism reared its ugly head on a preschool playground, but this little girl leaned on her mom's lessons on self-love to make it through.
Dear Walmart, Where’s Black Barbie?
When a Black mom can't find a Black Barbie in her local superstore, she's forced to have conversations with her toddler she's not ready to and doesn't want to have. So she's penned a letter getting Walmart together.
Juicy Pics of Brown Babies Here: MyBrownBaby_Fresh Is On Instagram!
Pics of brown babies have long been in short supply. But here at MyBrownBaby, we're celebrating that beauty with a new Instagram page—MyBrownBaby_Fresh.
MyBrownBaby Fresh: Amber Rose vs. The Kardashians, Princess Culture & Pretty Black Skin
In this week's fresh links, Amber Rose vs. The Kardashians gets filtered through the lens of class and race, plus, a mom laments princess culture's effects on young girls and boys, and a Black photographer celebrates dark skin.
When It Comes to Annie in Target, It’s a Hard-Knock Life (For Black Girls)
The display of a white Annie in Target makes a mom of Black girls ponder her child's invisibility in retail stores and pop culture.
The MyBrownBaby Year In Review: Top Blog Posts
Though some people were quite vocal about their hate for Facebook’s “Year In Review” app, I appreciated it for reminding me to look back at...
Lupita Nyong’o’s Sesame Street Turn Helped My Daughter Discover Her Brown Skin
When Lupita Nyong'o tells Elmo she loves her brown skin, a little girl and her mother learn something special about themselves.
