Yonce’s all on Bill O’Reilly’s mouth like liquor. At least it was a few weeks ago when O’Reilly, the notorious Fox News political commentator, yet again took up the task of publicly attacking Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Time Magazine’s Most Influential Person.…
I was seventeen years old when I first considered what dating outside my race might mean. It was a year before the Italian man I’d been seeing promulgated it disgusting that I’d found a Black man walking down Michigan Avenue…
Pariah (puh-rayh-uh) noun: 1) a person without status 2) a rejected member of society 3) an outcast I will never forget the first time my mother called me a faggot. It was Thanksgiving 2004. We had just gotten home from…
Mom. Dad. I have something I need to tell you. For a while I’ve struggled with how I would break the news to you. After all, there are plenty of social taboos and myths surrounding what I’m about to say.…
I know I am not the only man who finds the thought of using a new, unfamiliar hair-stylist frightening. After all, the way someone “whips your buttah” can make or break your look. But this is not a style editorial.…
The question of the hour that everyone seems to be asking, from some Prop 8 white supremacists to Queen Latifah on VH1’s “Single Ladies.” Is gay the new black? One can’t help but wonder what motivates a person, or entire…
Isn’t it always the case the book is better than the film? The book’s success withstanding, it seems the controversy surrounding Kathryn Stockett’s “The Help” has taken on a life of its own. It appears the line between fiction versus…