Author: Kehinde Thurman
29 Jul This Is Bigger Than Ray Rice and Stephen A. Smith
He said all the right words. He looked contrite in all the right places. His word were prepared very carefully and he takes ownership. He even personalized it (I had correctly guessed from his original comments that he had some form of bystander...
19 Jun Because All the Women Are Not White and All the Blacks Are Not Men: MBK, Intersectionality, and 1000+ Of Us Who Are Brave
Last month, over 200 Black men penned an open letter to President Barack Obama to express their concerns on the exclusion of Black girls and women from the My Brother’s Keeper Initiative (MBK). In solidarity, 200+ Black Men, including Rev. James M. Lawson, Danny Glover...
30 May Somewhere Between Boyz and Men(ace), We Lost Another Girl: The Analytical Depth of Just Another Girl On the I.R.T.
Cult classic films Boyz in the Hood, Juice and Menace II Society have been both praised and criticized for their depictions of Black male experiences. In all of those films, women occupy little more than space fillers. Shalika is just the ghetto girl who banters with...
29 May Taylor Townsend– Black Girl Amazing!
Defeating France’s top seeded player, Taylor Townsend just became the youngest player to advance to the 3rd round of the U.S. Open in the last 5 years. Townsend’s success on the tennis court opens the door to many discussions about Black girls and more specifically Black...