Walking Tall…And Confident
I’m African American and six foot tall. Growing up everyone has told me I would be a professional basketball player. But, I was more concerned with something else — seeming smaller.
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Black Women Less Biased Against “Masculine” STEM Fields
What do Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and even Bill Nye the Science Guy all have in common? They are white guys. STEM fields are infamous for lacking females and people of color participants, but maybe not for long.
Black Youth Project On Beauty In Protest
Our friends at the Black Youth Project have been covering the events in Ferguson, MO closely, helping their readers put the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in the context of ongoing police violence against young Black men.
Pioneering The Pill To Prevent HIV
I live in Oakland — in the middle of an invisible epidemic. I want to spread a message of hope, but it’s not easy.
Ambassador of Blackness
Before moving to Oakland, I never really thought about being black. Growing up in Atlanta, my whole world was black. Black history was taught frequently in school– before and beyond the month of February.
Disappointed By The Justice System
George Zimmerman’s verdict is not the first time African Americans have faced injustices in our “justice” system.
Fighting Profiling in Florida Starts with Me
Many in the black community have hit the streets in protest of the verdict in the murder trial of George…