At what age do you think a child recognizes the differences in skin colors?
At 27 months my youngest was recently playing with Barbie dolls....
Election season is somewhat like a holiday for me, a long and visceral one, but a holiday nonetheless. I know not everyone feels this...
I have been going to the polls since I can remember. My parents voted before work and made a point of taking my brother...
Recently, The San Francisco 49ers quarterback came out and stated that he would no longer stand for the national anthem during 49ers games. He...
They laid him in my arms at six weeks old. My husband and I had a little less than three hours after saying yes...
“I don’t like dark skin.” These are the exact words said about my 3-year-old black daughter by another child. This is a very personal...
Moment of Truth, I don’t necessarily love comic book movies. Don’t get me wrong, I will watch Iron Man if prompted, and The Hulk...
As I walked through the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, the energy on the grounds carried the weight of recent events that...
If you are like the thousands of other white women over the past few months, you have been balancing Zoom book clubs on white...
"I don't see myself different than any other mom, black in America or not. We, Moms, want & work to keep our children healthy,...
As a Black girl growing up in a predominantly Caucasian suburb, it was clear that I was different. None of my teachers or friends...
The third Monday of January, every year, is the commemorative celebration of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Growing up, the day has...
February is Black History Month. This is a month that pays tribute to African American men and women from the past and the present...
I grew up monolingual. Even though I took several years of Spanish in high school and in university, I was nowhere close to being...























