In today’s world, there are many subcultures in the United States. With the United States being the one place everyone wants to go, due to the “American Dream,” it is only natural that the U.S. is filled with millions and millions of different races and cultures. One of those cultures is the culture of Black ...
Black women have had a love/hate relationship with their hair for decades. Dealing with the texture of African American hair requires patience and a great deal of care. Black ladies on the go have discovered that whether or not they have a chemical relaxer or a natural ‘do, keeping the style in check can present ...
In this day and age, people of all races, cultures and genders are coming together and nobody is truly shocked by anything anymore. It has become the norm to see a man kissing his boyfriend and people of mixed heritage. I like to think that we are evolving, becoming more tolerant and excepting the choices ...
To meet her, you’d never know anything was unique about Ruby Davis. She’s a married, middle-aged, college-educated black woman with four children. All boys. Her values are like many people in her subset. Get an education. Work hard. Live clean and with-in the law. Vote. Be a good citizen. Sound familiar? The only thing that ...
Chris Rock’s new documentary Good Hair is a funny, revealing film about how issues of hair and identity affect the African-American community. A movie of this kind hasn’t been done officially on a mainstream level, so it was a great idea to have a celebrity as popular as Chris Rock, take on the task. Although ...
There have been numerous debates concerning the reason why white men do not want to marry black women. Although untrue, the argument is that white men don’t date and marry black women because they generally don’t find them sexually attractive. This has become a hot issue within Stanford University Professor Ralph Richard Banks’ new book ...