Solace, according to Dictionary.com, means relief or comfort in sorrow, trouble, or distress. We all live under relative levels of stress which fluctuate depending on the circumstance. There’s good stress […]
Continued from “I’m not dark-skinned, so I don’t know if it’s hard for dark-skinned people.” The Trouble With Insider/Outsider Positioning I’ll use illustrations to demonstrate my thoughts on this. If […]
This is the third in my series so far. It’s numbered as 1 because this particular post was getting to be over 1,000 words, so I split it into chunks. […]
Continued from Skin Color Bias: 5 Reasons I’m Talking About it (and why you should too) Here, I’m not going to focus on the commonly analyzed role media has on skin […]
Also read 5 Reasons I haven’t said much about color bias… Yet Deep breath. I’ve procrastinated on this one while I cultivate the courage to write it. As I type […]
Since high school I’ve contemplated the location where I’d eventually “settle down.” Back then I thought bigger cities were better, especially big cities not in the South. Now that I’ve […]
The 2011 Essence Music Festival was this past weekend. Despite growing up in the New Orleans area, this was my first year attending any of the events. What sparked my […]
On my way to yet another teacher’s event I had the undeniable feeling of being at home. Something about Interstate 10 does that for me. This time it was the […]
