I love this comment: “Visibly missing/ Deafeningly silent on this issue: 1. White feminists 2. White feminists who love to complain that black women like Michelle Obama &/or Beyonce are not feminist enough 3. Minority groups who continually ask…
Tag: Black women
Who Looks Up To You?
James Baldwin Debates William F. Buckley – 1965
One thing I’d love to do over the next few years is to be a moderator of a series of debates. I love intellectual challenges and enjoy hearing different points of view. It would be great to get public intellectuals with various points of view in a room and find out where there might be common ground.
It’s sad that in 2016 public discourse has turned into shouting matches.
Take some time out and check out this debate. It is a classic, and it is fascinating.
The Myth Of The Deadbeat Dad
From the wild Irish slums of the 19th-century Eastern seaboard, to the riot-torn suburbs of Los Angeles, there is one unmistakable lesson in American history: a community that allows large numbers of young men to grow up in broken families,…
Black Women Ain’t WHAT?
I am the first one to say that ALL black women ain’t sh*t…or even that any other type of women fall into this category. While I don’t agree with sweeping generalizations and the way she presented her thoughts, a lot…
Marriage and The Single Black Woman
Removing so many men from the marriage market has profound consequences. As incarceration rates exploded between 1970 and 2007, the proportion of US-born black women aged 30-44 who were married plunged from 62% to 33%. Why this happened is complex…
