On June 12, 1967, the United States struck down anti-miscegenation laws in the famous Supreme Court case, Loving v. Virginia. Festivals have sprung up around the country to celebrate June 12 as “Loving Day” and there is even an official lovingday.org…
A Breakdown of the latest race, gender and just plain interesting news popping up on the web: [youtube width=”300″ height=”200″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWjug3wgmzE[/youtube] — Love: Black Twitter’s Reaction to Sally Mae’s anniversary. — Love: “Sally, Sally” I can’t afford my hair.” The above…
This post was originally entitled “The Best Critique / Defense of Olivia Pope You Will Ever Read” but since the original title is much more succinct and honestly perfect, we decided to keep it. On November 23, 2013, I was scrolling down…
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The Root and other media outlets are reporting that Lindsay Boehner, daughter of Speaker of the House John Boehner recently married Dominic Lakhan, “a Jamaican-born construction worker” , who in the words of Root author Keli Goff “happens to be…
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…
I was sitting around with some co-workers, when one of them began to talk about her child’s confirmation. Out of nowhere she turned to me and asked, “What do Jewish people call their confirmations again?” I knew she was referring…
So actress Zoe Saldana says “people of color don’t exist” i.e., she doesn’t see race. . . because she lives in Narnia? My initial response was But that would be immature and isn’t a very intellectual response to what…
THIS SHIRT MAKES ME ATTRACTIVE, RIGHT? I LOVE PEOPLE WATCHING. Especially at twenty-something bars where men and women slide around the room awkwardly trying to strike up conversation with members of the opposite sex. The best part of this charade…
Last year’s A’s mom and stepdad decided to visit him in the Virgin Islands. He was excited about their visit. I was excited too. By excited I mean “throw up in my mouth” nervous. Up until then, I’d never…
