With all the troubles Bill Cosby has faced recently, has the black family image been tarnished? Is a television show the proper standard for the black family image? Ebony Magazine takes on the topic in it’s latest issue, an excerpt of which you can read, by clicking here. What are your thoughts?
Twitter exploded today with images of two very different baby sling packages, both manufactured by Baby K’Tan. In one image, a Black mother is featured…
Being a mentor is a full time job. It is often very hard to know if you are doing well at it. I work with kids everyday in my organization, Hip-Hop Chess Federation. Today one of the kids I mentor was talking to me about his life goals (we will call him Marcus). Sometimes Marcus jokes […]
There is an incredible buzz around the birth Jay Z and Beyonce’s baby that I don’t think I have ever seen before. People keep asking: What does Blue Ivy mean? What kind of father will Jay Z be? Will Beyonce be able to stop dancing and acting long enough to be a good mother? How […]
NEW YORK (AP) — John Legend will no longer be a bachelor: He’s engaged. The singer’s publicist said Tuesday that Legend proposed to his girlfriend, model Chrissy Teigen, recently in the Maldives. No more details are being provided. Legend has won nine Grammys and released four albums. Teigen was named “rookie of the year” in […]
More than 45 years after the Department of Labor issued “The Moynihan Report,” a study which examined the breakdown of the Black family, sociologist Herbert Gans revisited the report, offering his own critique in the Fall 2011 issue of the Du Bois Review. See also: Jay-Z Talks Kanye West Collaboration And Baby With Beyonce See also: […]
