As a little girl, my mother was concerned over any adult around me. She would have to meet the parents of my friends and really get to know them before I was allowed to spend the night. If one of my friends’ mothers started to date a new guy, my mom would have to meet …
Category Archives: SHIRLEY: cultural politics
Taking one for the team: How Omarosa made the ultimate sacrifice by joining the Trump staff
When a black celebrity seems to disband the overall good of the people to tap dance for the entertainment of the white population, the black community jokes-but-kind-of-not-really about them no longer being invited to cookouts, family reunions, dinner, or anywhere else where we break and butter our cornbread. After working for the Trump administration and …
Families being separated is about all people of color
History has a dirty habit of repeating itself. Especially if we don’t learn from it and our mistakes. You’d pretty much have to be blind to any form of news to not know anything about the current immigration crisis that is plaguing the U.S. From the travel ban that was reinforced by Congress over the …
Whole foods and Starbucks: How to transform ‘gentrification’ into ‘community evolvement’
Whole Foods was the ultimate sign that Harlem had become a NEW Harlem. It showed outsiders that the residents were willing to conform and change, willing to assimilate into mass society. Something as simple as Whole Foods took away the identity, the individualism, the uniqueness of Harlem. To me, it signified the end of a …
Where’s Kanye on the Mason-Dixon? Modern-day runaways looking back
With the acceptance of progressive culture comes the type of people who think they know everything, but really, they know absolutely nothing. As society becomes more aware of our surroundings, we become more educated in our cultural differences. Lord willing, we’re more knowledgeable and accepting of those differences and embrace them without chastising their uniqueness …
#herSTORY: the femme noire 