The Seduction of Kumbaya Advocacy
I am NOT Black, You are NOT White. That is the title of a video that has been making rounds on the internet and it easily caught my attention...
I am NOT Black, You are NOT White. That is the title of a video that has been making rounds on the internet and it easily caught my attention...
In the midst of educating ourselves and in educating others about these sociological realities, some of us have inflated our egos in the process...
We see these words grace social media profiles and mark people as emblems of worldliness. "I am a global citizen," they exclaim, having various countries under their belt of experience that provide them with a sense of awareness of the world. Or, at the very least, that is what would be expected of their travels....
Last weekend, my Twitter feed was bustling with conversation surrounding the interactions between Black Americans and Africans in the United States. The conversation was inevitable considering the the people I follow, but the content of this conversation proved to be distinct from the previous ones that I have observed surrounding this topic. ...
Despite my being a Christian, I managed to be seen as a heretic. Or at least, that is how it sometimes felt. When I came to the United States nearly over a decade ago, I noticed the number of distinctions between the way Americans and Nigerians practice Christianity. It became more and more apparent, especially with the swift reprimand I would get from saying a certain phrase....
When the issue of immigration becomes a nation-wide hot topic in the United States, it is met with a clamor of opinions, many of which are reflective of people who have no idea the stress that the journey towards citizenship requires. ...
For some reason, many people are under the impression that you can't possibly be racist if you have a black friend (or other friends of color). "I'm not racist; I have black friends" is a statement that usually comes about when race is being discussed...
We were 5,000 feet above sea level in the rough, woody terrain over looking the mountainous parts of Southern California. It was January, the month when the first of the four TCK retreats would be hosted this year. It was 12°C outside and the cold did not stop us from going to play "Capture The Flag" and considering the random pieces of wood and thorny bushes jutting from the ground, this was a dangerous place to be playing the game. ...
One of the dumbest things I have ever believed in the world of blogging was that beauty bloggers are shallow. It is not something I am proud to admit...
Rachel Dolezal has already made her mark as one of the most talked about women in 2015. The reason is not so glamorous as she, a professor of African and African American studies and the NAACP president of the Spokane, Washington chapter, has been exposed as a white woman who has been parading as a black woman for years....