Category: Love and Race

Dont Get Her Hair Wet Gets Serious

“Meet Your First Black Girlfriend” video hilariously saves white guys from awkward moments.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDiU0aqqKp0[/youtube] I laughed out loud the first time I watched this video; it manages to be both equal parts instructive and funny. While some of it has to be exaggerated… I can’t imagine that anyone with any common sense (or a healthy respect for living) would ask their girlfriend…

Going Home

“The bus roared on. I was going home in October. Everybody goes home in October.” —  On the Road Last month, like the great Jack Kerouac, I came back to my Old Kentucky Home.  Unlike, Jack Kerouac, I am not…

I Too Sing America

On this most holy of Summers pastime’s weekend, I wrestle the reigns from the usual suspects to share a slice of life from my experience. Like Kemper and C, I find myself in the throes of an interracial relationship which…

George Lucas’ One Shining Moment

Last week,  George Lucas  won an Emmy. But that wasn’t the big news story that came out about Lucas. Instead, news organizations made much of Lucas’ embarrassing slip up during his speech when he confused the NAACP (National Association for…

No Longer a Couple … of the Week

Tim and Amy Duncan Last week, to honor the start of the NBA Finals, this site featured an article about former Finals’ MVP, Dirk Nowitzki and his thriving marriage. This week we are featuring a current participant in the NBA…

Couple of the Week

Jessica Olssen and Dirk Nowitski To honor the start of the NBA Finals, we present you with the 2011 Finals MVP Dirk Nowitski and his lovely wife, Jessica Olssen.  Dirk married Jessica in 2011 and honored Jessica’s Kenyan roots by…

Well, color me surprised: did Senator John McCain’s son marry a sista?

The Washington Post  reports that Jack McCain, a Navy pilot and son of Senator John McCain got married over the weekend to Renee Swift, an Air Force reserve captain. I am pouring over the pics from the wedding and I am…

Hatas Gonna Hate: Cheerios’ commerical featuring interracial family upsets racists . . . surprise!

  Slate.com has a great article on the recent uproar surrounding Cheerios’ latest effort to encourage people to save their hearts by eating processed food.  As Slate reports, “Just Checking,”  a cute Cheerios ad featuring a little girl, her white…