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Continue reading →: No AP History, Unless It’s Old-School American History
When I was in school, I took AP classes in history, English and Spanish. I couldn’t tell you what specifics the curriculum covered — most days by dinnertime I couldn’t tell you what I ate for lunch — but I do remember the lively discussions that were typical of those…
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Continue reading →: Do Women Choose to Make Less Money Than Men?
Given Patricia Arquette’s cock up last night at the Oscars, this piece is especially timely. More on that later. But the article on which this video is based blew me away. Even after I thought about it and prepped for it and talked it out, Ladan and I were both like, huh? It makes…
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Continue reading →: You Can Be a Feminist and Love Modern MusicI ran into this article where For Harriet writer Michelle Denise Jackson discussed her quandary — being a feminist and simultaneously loving ratchet music. You know ratchet music. You may have nearly broken a finger or two frantically pushing buttons on the radio while driving to get away from it.…
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Continue reading →: It’s Not Easy Being a Woman of Color in STEM Research
Between battling Geisha stereotypes, being labeled crazy for showing any emotion and being mistaken for a janitor – despite a lack of mop, bucket or broom – when’s a woman of color working in STEM research supposed to get any work done?
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Continue reading →: Fifty Shades of Shhhh!
Any die-hard romance lover is waiting impatiently for next Friday, not because it’s Valentine’s Day weekend, but because the film adaptation of best-selling trilogy “Fifty Shades of Grey” will be released. It’s a major, major deal; trust me. I’ve been waiting for this with more anticipation than the Man of…
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Continue reading →: David Oyelowo Explains Why Selma Was Snubbed at the Oscars
David Oyelowo hits the nail squarely on the head in this four minute video from a Q&A at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Black people are celebrated more for subservience and being ‘less than,’ as opposed to being lauded for embodying positions of great power and authority, beauty or…
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Continue reading →: Strippers Are Employees Too
I follow a stripper on Instagram, @Cardi_BB. She’s crass, rude, swears like a sailor, is as far from politically correct as is possible for anyone to be and she’s absolutely hilarious. She makes me laugh, makes me think and occasionally, she makes me sad. She’s not a victim, whining about…
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Continue reading →: Remembering Ernie Banks, Baseball Player and Diversity Champion
Ernie Banks died last Friday at 83. Known globally as “Mr. Cub,” Banks became the Chicago Cubs’ first African-American player on Sept. 17, 1953. In his 19-year playing career and 40-plus years as an ambassador for baseball and the city of Chicago, Banks was a two-time National League Most Valuable…
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Continue reading →: You Don’t Fit Our Profile
McDonald’s is on legal fire after 10 former employees of a Boston-area franchise filed a complaint last week — they were fired for not fitting the color scheme the owner desired. Apparently “there are too many black people in the store.” Supervisors allegedly used terms like bitch, ratchet and ghetto…
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