New Hair Era | Same Old Racism When I first cut out my perm in the 1990s I had no reason to believe that I was going to live long enough to see a natural Black hair movement. Nobody, and I mean nobody at my predominantly White Penn State University campus was wearing natural hairstyles then and I remember feeling very alone. A lot of my friends and advisors would ask me … [Read more...]
The Black Hair Sisterhood?
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She Caught Me Staring at Her Hair... The sista looked up and saw me staring. I was openly eyeballing her and there was no denying that she caught me in the act. I didn't have enough time to look away so our eyes locked awkwardly for another second or two. Since not all folks take kindly to strangers eying them up, I blurted out the thought that had been at the forefront of … [Read more...]
Racism: The Wound that Time Cannot Heal
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Time Does Not Heal All Wounds It has been just a few months since the aftermath of Ferguson...since the death of Mike Brown. In that time we’ve come to learn the names of more: John Crawford III, Darien Hunt, Ezell Ford, Tamir Rice and so many others slain at the hands of police. Yesterday the grand klavern jury voted to not indict the White police officer who used a … [Read more...]
Going Natural Video Diaries Documentary & Events!
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by Mireille Liong of www.Going-Natural.com Each of the following events will take place at the Warehouse Gallery in Red Hook Brooklyn (183 Lorraine Street | Studio #5 | Brooklyn, NY 11231) The Going Natural Video Diaries Documentary Date: August 9 at 2:00 pm. This Saturday (as in THIS WEEKEND PEOPLE! ;-) is the 1st screening of the Going Natural Video Diaries, a … [Read more...]
Relax, Relate, Release…Repeat!
Focus on the Important Things Remember that episode of A Different World when Whitley Gilbert (played by Jasmine Guy), couldn't get over the fact that her rich, ex-boyfriend Julian had moved on? In this scene (which you can see in the clip below) Whitley (who always had a capacity for les dramatics) tries to get over him and sees a shrink who whips her into shape with a dose … [Read more...]