Raven Symone, Labels, & Idealism
Raven Symone does not want to be referred to as “African American” or “gay”. When I first heard these statements, they did/didn’t surprise me one…
Gender
Ray Rice, Domestic Violence: The Video – Sensationalizing and Racializing a Social Problem
Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice, or rather ex-football player Ray Rice, has been let go following the release of a horrific video of him knocking…
Women Raping Men – The Strange Truth
Whenever I think of the rape culture that permeates within this society, I think of how men help promote the lunacy. It makes me think of that…
Black Women Murdered By The Police
With all the attention on Ferguson, it can be easily said that there is a war waged against our Black males. People can say that I…
Cee Lo Green: The Rape Machine
Cee Lo Green has amassed plenty of fame and wealth for himself. When his career began, he was the loquacious and grounded emcee from Goodie Mobb. His…
Do Women Provoke Abuse? ESPN Suspends Stephen A. Smith for Domestic Violence Remarks
Stephen A. Smith has been suspended from ESPN as of yesterday (July 29th, 2014). He will be suspended for about a week and will return next Wednesday [1].…
ForHarriet.com’s Founder Shouldn’t March for Eric Garner Or Anyone Else
Eric Garner and the horrific way that he died have made its rounds through the media. Whether it was Spike Lee’s rendering the video in correlation to Radio…
Maya Angelou: Home Going and Transitioning To Greatness
As I with many of you watched the home going services for the indomitable and undeniably phenomenal, phenomenal woman Dr. Maya Angelou, I am struck…
Rape Culture in Black America
Editor’s Note: Recently, Dr. Boyce Watkins made some very silly statements in one of his articles discussing rape (read it here). Rather than dissect his statements,…
Maya Angelou: Phenomenal Woman of Humanity
There would many days and many ways in which I heard this poem recited. The excerpt above always stayed with me. As I became older, I quickly…