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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Webster’s dictionary defines race as: (1) a category of humankind that shares certain distinctive physical traits; (2) a class or kind of people unified by shared interests, habits, or characteristics I cringe every time I hear the phrase, “I don’t…
