Beyonce’s Journalism Award Causes Criticism of New York Association of Black Journalists
The New York Association of Black Journalists recently announced that it was awarding famous singer Beyonce with a journalism award for her article Eat, Play, Love which was published in Essence Magazine. This new recognition of Beyonce as an award winning journalist has caused an online frenzy amongst journalists and Essence Magazine readers. Many feel [...]
Black Women Start Online Boycott Against Colorism In The Black Community
On April 14th, 2012 a new Youtube account called 4BlackWomenOnly posted a video featuring negative comments that Black celebrities have stated about Black women. The list included Kevin Hart who stated that dark skinned women were “broke ass dark hoes.” Other Statements Included: Nicki Minaj – “Them nappy headed hoes, but my kitchen good” Isaiah [...]
Being The Only Black Person At Your Job
Being the only Black person at your job can be a daunting and highly interesting experience. For those of us in the corporate world, we’ve all dealt with the awkward silences, the “hair” conversation, the name pronunciation lesson and much more. For those of us that have experienced being the only Black person at work, [...]
Do we really need “Niggas In Paris”?
Do we really need “Niggas In Paris”? I recently engaged in a Facebook chat with at friend who shared an article with me about a politician’s decision to use the song, “Niggas in Paris” as a part of his campaign. Now, CNN is asking if the usage of “Niggas in Paris” by the politician has [...]
Why Murdering Black People is Acceptable in America: A Critical Analysis
Why Murdering Black People is Acceptable in America Every week we are bombarded with another heartfelt story of someone Black located somewhere in America that has been murdered under the most unbelievable circumstances. They are murdered by the police, murdered by “frightened” non-Black strangers or murdered by other Black people. Unfortunately, these deaths are as [...]
The Difference Between Africans and African Americans
The difference between Africans and African Americans… Africans and African Americans/Black Americans have deep connections. During slavery, many African cultural attributes among enslaved Africans in the Americas were retained but some were also lost (in-part) such as (language and religion). Africans, on the other had endured colonialism (slavery by another name) which presented a new [...]
Light Skinned Versus Dark Skinned
This issue of colorism has plagued Black communities around the world, in the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, and North America. The debate still rages on as many believe that Black communities divide themselves based on skin tones with lighter skin tones (closer to European shades) possibly considered more beautiful. Consequently, in many circles light skinned [...]
If You Want To Be A Writer, Write!
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. Bill Cosby We all have that fear. What if we don’t succeed? What if we are just wasting our time trying to be a writer, poet, blogger, entrepreneur, etc. Its the fear of failure that drives us away from [...]
The Lit Bit Celebrates Women’s History Month
Welcome to Women’s History Month! So often we African Americans complain that the preceding month of February, Black History Month, is the shortest month of the year. That may be, but I love this time of year since it gives me an annual excuse to celebrate Black women in history for both February and March. [...]
The Problem With Black Republicans
It has become a norm in the Black community to vote democrat, even if we don’t know exactly who the candidate is. This is a major issue because members of the Democratic Party don’t always implement policies that benefit the Black community. Voting for democrats blindly is very harmful to the democratic process. Nevertheless, the [...]
The Death Of Myspace: Are you still using it…
The Death Of Myspace: Are you still using it… A few weeks ago a friend of a friend asked me what I was doing on my computer. He said, “ What are on? Twitter? Myspace? Facebook?” I looked up from my computer with a confused look on my face and stated with a part laugh, [...]
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