My Black Is Beautiful's "The Talk" will have you in tears.
Nasir Andrews is only 9 years old but she’s pleading for someone to help stop the racial bullying she’s experiencing in her fourth-grade classroom. She is not suffering silently. “I don’t feel like anybody is helping or cares,” Nasir posted in a heartrending video on Facebook. “I want kids and adults to know my story. […]
One adorable 5-year-old has got lots of questions about what happened with the last election. Like many of us, young Taylor wants to know what happened to Barack Obama, why couldn’t he just stay president a little longer, and why Hillary Clinton is not in the White House right now. Instead of shouting all her […]
Kerry Robinson may have the cutest baby girl on the planet. Social media seems to think so. A video with Kerry, who lives in San Antonio, Texas and her one-year-old daughter, Jayde, has gone viral witho over 11 million views. The video shows Kerry and her daughter mimicking the salon experience as Jayde expertly wields […]
A new report reveals an alarming disparity surrounding fatal injuries endured by Black children in New York City.
Dr. Stacey Patton is an adoptee, child abuse survivor, and former foster youth turned award-winning author, journalist and child advocate. Her reporting on issues of child welfare, race relations, and higher education has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, Al Jazeera, BBC News, TheRoot.com, The Chronicle of Higher Education, ForHarriet.com, and Dame Magazine. She […]
Black women are kicking ass at the 2016 Olympics and saying how proud I am of them wouldn’t even begin to do their accomplishments enough justice. That said, let’s reel it back in. I don’t mean the celebration, that’s cool. I’m talking about that look in all of your eyes that turned a feel-good TV […]
Everyone reading this should now have at least three or four invitations to the homegoing ceremony for Harambee the silverback gorilla. Poor Harambee got his wig pushed back after a three-year-old boy fell into his cage. Now everybody is pointing fingers and assigning blame. Honestly, I’m waiting on the report of how much weed Harambee smoked […]
CINCINNATI (AP) — The killing of a 400-pound gorilla to save a little boy who had slipped into its enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo has triggered outrage, second-guessing and a police investigation into whether the boy’s family did anything wrong. Some have been quick to blame the 3-year-old boy’s mom, while others think the zoo […]
Should the parents of the four-year-old boy who fell 15-feet into a gorilla exhibit in Cincinnati be charged with criminal negligence? Absolutely not. And it’s ridiculous that 300,000 people have signed a petition demanding that criminal charges be filed against the parents, Michelle Gregg, 32, and Deonne Dickerson, 36. Animal rights groups blame Gregg and […]
CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Zoo’s director on Monday defended the decision to kill a gorilla to protect a 4-year-old boy who entered its exhibit, noting it’s easy to second-guess after the child was recovered safely. The male western lowland gorilla named Harambe was killed Saturday by a special zoo response team that feared for […]
If you’re a teacher who has ever taught K-12, do you ever think back and wonder what happened to some of those kids? Little Johnny, who worked your nerves because he always threw those doggone paper airplanes when he thought you weren’t looking. Nikki, who never seemed to be in a good mood. And David. […]
