Posts Tagged ‘race issues’
Real talk on race: Why I had to stop saying ‘some White people’
When discussing racial issues, we cannot pretend that all bigotry is equal. It renders the discussion empty to reduce it to personal meanness or problematic individuals. This is a cultural problem and it should be addressed as such.
Read MoreDon Lemon and classist blacks shouldn’t dish out what they can’t take
Both Don Lemon and Charles Barkley conveniently ignore the fact that their dismissal of black people of a certain social background as “ghetto” and “ignorant” is just as detrimental as being called “not black enough.”
Read MoreRaven-Symoné explains controversial African American comment
Raven-Symoné went from beloved former child star to public enemy number one in the eyes of the black community after she commented on OWN’s “Where Are They Now?” that she didn’t want to be labeled as “African-American” or “gay.” During her interview with Oprah Winfrey, Raven-Symone opened up about her sexuality and claimed that she…
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