The historical basis for the gap between the black middle class and...
Well certainly one of the ironies of the success of affirmative action is...
My brother and I had a really privileged relationship with my parents... They...
The African American's relationship to Africa has long been ambivalent at...
But you see our society is still trapped in this binary black/white logic...
Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique.
I knew that there were black people in Africa of course unfortunately...
My mom God rest her soul - she liked nicknames. In the womb she named me...
The sad truth is that the civil rights movement cannot be reborn until we...
The only people who live in a post-black world are four people who live in a...
Wherever you go in the history of America there have been Black people...
What people forget is that the most radical thing about Obama is that he was...
America is the greatest nation ever founded. The ideals are the greatest ever...
So many people of color who made major contributions to American history have...
My father and I made genetics history. We were the first African-Americans...
The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than...
Let's face it - think of Africa and the first images that come to mind are...
People who own property feel a sense of ownership in their future and their...
People are afraid and when people are afraid when their pie is shrinking...
You can say I had a severe case of 'Roots' envy. I wanted to be like Alex...
My family and our neighbors and friends thought of Africa and its Africans as...
The bottom line is that Wanda Sykes has the longest continuously documented...
If you share a common ancestor with somebody you're related to them. It...
Life is a long lesson in humility.
