Grace Gealy was surprised to learn how divided Black people in the United States are when it comes to complexion. The “Empire” star, who originally…
#KendrickLamar discusses his troubled past, ongoing struggles and “unapologetic” third album, ’To Pimp a Butterfly,’ in our new cover story. Head to RollingStone.com for highlights…
Who is that woman on the cover of the latest spring issue of InStyle Magazine? Word on the street, the woman is supposed to be…
Just days after teachers at Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science in D.C. lost their jobs for reportedly teaching Black History lessons to…
Just days after teachers at Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science in D.C. lost their jobs for reportedly teaching Black History lessons to…
Amber Rose may have a loving attitude towards black men, but that doesn’t mean her family shares the same feeling. If you missed it, Monday night, during an interview for “Light Girls,” the follow-up to OWN’s documentary “Dark Girls,” Rose opened up about how colorism and racism within her family and the black community affected […]
As the nation celebrates Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 86th birthday, we are immersed in an intensive, often divisive, conversation about race in America. Sixty years after King marched through the streets, like he did in Selma and cities throughout the South, we find ourselves still on the streets battling many of these same […]
Colorism apparently isn’t limited to dark-skinned women. The prejudice, which is a form of discrimination that happens to women with darker skin from those of the same race, actually affected light-skinned actress Raven-Symoné, who confessed to trying to darken her skin during her time on the classic sitcom “That’s So Raven.” “When I had my […]
The conversation about colorism in the Black community is far from over. Bill Duke’s “Dark Girls” is a documentary that addressed colorism–a topic that needed…
The conversation about colorism in the Black community is far from over. Bill Duke’s “Dark Girls” is a documentary that addressed colorism–a topic that needed…
Tank ignited a light-skinned vs. dark-skinned debate on social media that has many people opening up about their experience with what is referred to as “shadism” or…
Black women in Hollywood. This seems to be the most neverending topic in pop culture. With the rising of Lupita Nyong’o's star, several op-eds about…
-
‘Empire’ Star Grace Gealy Never Felt Light-Skinned Until She Moved To The United States
-
The ‘Not Black Enough’ Chatter Over Kendrick Lamar’s Rolling Stone Cover Is So Unnecessary
-
Fans Upset Over InStyle Magazine’s “Whitewashing” Of Kerry Washington
-
Howard U Middle School Students Show Solidarity With Fired Teachers By Walking Out Of Classrooms
-
‘Empire’ Star Grace Gealy Never Felt Light-Skinned Until She Moved To The United States
-
The ‘Not Black Enough’ Chatter Over Kendrick Lamar’s Rolling Stone Cover Is So Unnecessary
-
Fans Upset Over InStyle Magazine’s “Whitewashing” Of Kerry Washington
-
Howard U Middle School Students Show Solidarity With Fired Teachers By Walking Out Of Classrooms
