Swirling double-standards: Does blaming the opposi...

Double standards abound?... READ MORE

Not all jokes are funny, black women. They’r...

"Many a truth is told in jest." ... READ MORE

A peek into a damaged mind: The reason behind intr...

"The slave masters raped our black women for a long long time and black men sat back and watched, psychologically how can you blame black men for bein... READ MORE

Best Frenemies: What’s the Deal With Toxic F...

Once upon a time you had friends and you had enemies. Then somewhere along the line in the effort to get along with EVERYBODY, we got "frenemies": a c... READ MORE

Move away from the Bull’s-eye Part 2: Allowing f...

A major issue is that when a group of African Americans try to other the undesirables that exist within our ethnic group, they get hit with the “Unc... READ MORE

Dr. Black Woman, MD: Fixing Damaged Persons?

I've never walked on water nor went to medical school, but I've been dubbed, "Dr. Black Woman, MD" and have just been paged to the OR.... READ MORE

Claiming vs. Exclusion: What makes a black woman &...

What defines a BLACK woman?... READ MORE

Move away from the Bull’s-eye Part 1*: You&#...

Somehow you have found yourself in the center of someone else's bull's-eye. And it's a big one. Big enough to focus on you and the millions of people ... READ MORE

Black Woman’s Bill of Rights: Feeling Angry

Why Do Black Women Have The Right To Be Mad As Heck?... READ MORE

On Why Your Ethnicity Doesn’t Automatically ...

If you don't already know this, there is a factoid I would like to share with you: You don't get to tell other people what to do with their thoughts a... READ MORE

Shutting Up About Black Men (Part 3)

And here is the promised final part to a rather touchy subject. Just like how not everyone may have agreed with the observations made in the first two... READ MORE

Black Woman’s Bill of Rights: Pride

Pride is "feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated,... READ MORE

Godspeed: The Art of Agreeing to Disagree

The term godspeed literally means "an expression of good wishes to a person starting a journey". What kind of journey? In my case, a journey to the re... READ MORE

The Black Woman’s Bill of Rights: Gentleness...

To some people, you are a hardened, non-feminine creature and a workhorse until proven otherwise. And even when you've attempted to establish you're a... READ MORE