Do Light Skinned Girls Perpetuate Colorism? by Veronica Wells of NoSugarNoCream.com Sisterhood is something many Black women strive for. But despite our best efforts, we all fall short from time to time. Sometimes we intentionally choose words we know will cut. Other times the disregard, disrespect is less sinister and due to years of consuming Eurocentric beauty standards, internalized racism,…
Mean Girls: The First Mean Girl In My Life Was My Mother As told to Veronica Wells of NoSugarNoCreamMag I noticed that the relationship I had with my mom was different from other people’s when I was like in fourth and fifth grade or middle school time. The talks most young ladies have with their mothers I didn’t really have. Even…
Photo via BlackWomenofBrazil By Marques Travae And once again, coming from the land of “we are all equal” in a “racial democracy.” The mother of a four-year-old black girl was asked by the girl’s school to change her daughter’s hairstyle so that her classmates would better accept her. Continue
Kheris Rogers By Winnie Gaturu At age 11, Kheris Rogers has already achieved a lot in her life. She is a model, a motivator and a fashion designer. These are many roles for a girl her age but she has handled them with a lot of grace and positivity. You see, Kheris hit a rough patch when she joined…
Lonnie Chavis By Erickka Sy Savané If 11-year-old Lonnie Chavis looks familiar to you it’s because he plays adorable young Randall on the Emmy-award-winning show ‘This Is Us.’ An actor since age 4, Lonnie has grown up in the business and has 145k instagram followers to prove it. But where there’s love, there’s also hate. Lonnie’s celebrity status makes him…
Erickka Sy Savané “Your hair is ugly,” said my daughter’s classmate. My first reaction was to go right up to the school and give that child a good whop upside the head. However, I had enough good sense to know that going ham on a five-year-old would only land me in jail. No, there had to be a better way…
Photo: Getty Images Written by Mike Orie of TheConsciousTip.com Simone Biles has had quite an interesting year. From dealing with cyber bullying to winning five Olympic medals. But things just got even better. Continue Reading The Associated Press released its annual AP Athlete of the Year Award, naming Simone Biles Female Athlete of the Year and LeBron James Male Athlete…
by Mike Orie of www.theconscioustip.com When Melanie Askew left her job in human resources, she had no idea that education would transform her life. All she knew was that she hoped to make an impact in her community. But a massive pay cut and a leap of faith would lead Askew to do something that hasn’t been done before. In…
by Kelcie Owens of Spiraled Would you ever go up to a complete stranger and call them fat? Or how about informing them that you feel they have ugly hair? Or, worse yet, would you tell them that you feel they have accomplished nothing worthwhile in their life and therefore are unworthy of finding love and happiness? Most of you…
by Tracey Wallace via Naturallycurly.com We all know it’s true: kids can be cruel. The media coverage on the effects of bullying from this year alone have proven that being the brunt of cruelty, especially at a young age, can have lasting effects, and can even lead to tragedy. Being different than the status quo can ruin a children’s memories…
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