When I Grow Up…

It’s taken me awhile to process my emotions and thoughts that surfaced while watching Tyler Perry’s “For Colored Girls”. I left the theater with the same feelings that come after a serious fight. My head was spinning. I felt dazed, confused, angry, hurt and in need of a rematch, but I wasn’t completely sure why. Surprisingly, it was BET that helped me sort it all out.

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A few days ago, I was riding the R train and a group of high school-aged boys sat beside me. I made room for them and attempted to get back to my subway meditation, when the one sharing a two-seater with me started a rowdy, expletive-laced conversation that covered why “b*tches” get raped and the [...]

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Yesterday, Questlove of The Roots Twitpic’d NBC’s cafeteria menu that was created in honor of Black History Month.

Supposedly, the menu has been taken down because there are some who felt that it had a racist and stereotypical tone.

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